Photo by AJ Canaria/HousingWire’s The Gathering Even as as real estate talent pipelines overflow with qualified women, data shows little has changed in female representation at the highest executive levels over the last several decades, Wendy Forsythe told attendees at HousingWire’s The Gathering la

Home builders now have a sharper incentive to pitch to prospective first-time homebuyers in Iowa after lawmakers passed a sweeping property tax overhaul on Sunday, the final day of the legislative session. A provision in the bill replaces a nearly decade-old first-time homebuyer savings program with

California's insurance commissioner wants to see State Farm's license to do business in the state suspended for up to a year, with the insurer coming under fire for its handling of claims from the 2025 wildfires. California Department of Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara filed a stipulation callin

The National Association of Realtors® urged Congress not to take an axe to several housing programs in the coming federal budget. President Donald Trump released a proposed discretionary budget for fiscal year 2027 last month. Among its major changes are a 13% decrease in funding at the U.S. Departm

Water quality, especially hard water, often gets overlooked by most homeowners—until it’s too late. When their shower door never really gets clean, most people just brush it off thinking it’s no big deal. The panic only starts when they run out of water too fast or there’s barely any water coming ou

After 16 years in education, Deba Douglas walked away from the classroom because she saw a different kind of learning gap. Today, the former high school and middle school principal runs Dallas-based Deba Douglas Realty Group and teaches a course called Roadmap to Real Estate Investing. The program h

The Pérez family’s Related Group sold an apartment tower on downtown Fort Lauderdale’s riverfront for $180 million, as deal flow persists despite a stubborn oversupply of apartments in South Florida. New York-based LeFrak Organization bought the 36-story, 337-unit Harbour at New River Apartments at

Photo by AJ Canaria for HousingWire The Gathering Right now, the real estate industry is consumed by consolidation, capital and the next big brokerage model. Century 21 CEO Mike Miedler is focused on a more grounded question: Who will be sitting across the kitchen table from tomorrow’s homebuyer? Fo

Met Gala hostess Anna Wintour kicked off the fashionable "first Monday in May" festivities a little early by throwing a very intimate celebrity soiree at her private New York City townhouse on Sunday evening—welcoming the likes of Zoe Kravitz, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, Nicole Kidman, and Sabrin

Spirit Airlines' collapse will give some carriers more pricing power as they race to capture Spirit's customers.

Spirit Airlines' collapse will give some carriers more pricing power as they race to capture Spirit's customers.

Pop star Selena Gomez is preparing to bid farewell to her former bachelorette pad, listing the sprawling Encino abode for $6.49 million, just six months after she tied the knot with her husband, Benny Blanco. The 33-year-old singer and actress purchased the six-bedroom, 8.5-bathroom dwelling for $4.

LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS PARTNER ON PROJECT TO REDUCE YOUTH SUICIDES INVOLVING PRESCRIPTION OR OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS According to the Florida Department of Children and Families Baker Act data dashboard, more than 500 youth in Collier County were placed under the Baker Act following suicide attemp

With the average rate on 30-year fixed home loans stuck around 6.30%, and median home prices near historic highs, homeownership remains out of reach for many—or does it? Many would-be homebuyers are giving up on their homeownership dream due to discouraging "mortgage myths," concludes a new survey b

Buying a newly constructed home can come with a number of perks, one of them being a builder warranty. Now, the assumption is that the warranty means the builder will assume financial responsibility for anything that breaks. The truth is, while a builder warranty is issued to most new constructions,

Hollywood starlet Angelina Jolie has put her legendary Los Angeles estate on the market for $29.9 million—nearly two years after confessing that she wanted to leave the U.S. for good and move abroad. Jolie, 50, purchased the extraordinary dwelling, which was once home to iconic filmmaker Cecil B. De

In the latest roundup of South Florida real estate hiring news, firms made key leadership appointments. Driftwood Capital affiliate Driftwood Hospitality Management named Greg Maliassas as its CEO, according to a news release. Maliassas was previously the CEO of Playa Hotels & Resorts, a hospitality

The Montecito mansion that was used as the central filming location for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's 2022 Netflix tell-all has finally been sold—after spending nearly five years on the market. The 13,600-square-foot Spanish-style dwelling at 888 Lilac Drive—which sits a short distance from the S

Nami Nori | West Palm Beach  A Japanese temaki restaurant will open at the Nora District in downtown West Palm Beach, marking its second South Florida outpost.  Launchpad Hospitality will open Nami Nori in a 4,300-square-foot space at 855 North Railroad Avenue and will include patio dining, accordin

🏆 Residential: In Miami Beach, a waterfront residential property at 6465 Pine Tree Drive Circle traded for $12.2 million, which was the priciest home sale recorded in South Florida. The seller was an LLC managed by Andre Jackson. Sean Tolkin, co-founder of Press On Ventures, and Jennifer Chaplin To