Florida Value Partners is now a major landlord in the Kendall office submarket after picking up a three-property portfolio near South Miami for $34.3 million. Miami Lakes-based Florida Value Partners, led by Gus Alfonso, Ed Farah and Alicio Piña, acquired Commons on Sunset at 9350-9360 Southwest 72n

The headlines were predicting massive declines in real estate agent commissions — some even expected home prices to fall as a result, but a year after the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) nationwide commission lawsuit settlement agreement went into effect the data is painting a different pict

The Trump administration is reportedly aiming for an initial public offering (IPO) of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac later this year. According to The Wall Street Journal, which spoke to sources familiar with the situation, the Trump administration is preparin

Starlife Group launched an EB-5 investor program that will help fund construction of a planned luxury Hollywood rental development.  Aventura-based Starlife, led by CEO Gevorg Shahbazyan, is seeking EB-5 investors for 21 Hollywood, a 14-story, 200-unit building that will include about 10,000 square

Most people know me as a real estate speaker and coach. I’ve trained hundreds of thousands of agents across the country on how to list, sell, and serve at the highest level. But here’s something most don’t know: I’m also an active real estate investor. I buy between six and 10 properties a year. Tha

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) may have been dismissed from three antitrust suits this summer, but it appears the plaintiffs in at least one of them aren’t quite ready to give up their fight.  Plaintiff Homie Technologies filed a notice of appeal on Thursday, notifying the U.S. District

The lending arm of the Rok family is accusing Miami-based developer Marlon Gomez of delaying the court sale of an Aventura site by allegedly filing frivolous bankruptcy petitions.  An affiliate of Aventura-based Rok Lending, led by CEO Bryan Morjain, is seeking to immediately reschedule an Aug. 4 fo

loanDepot is making more leadership changes following the return of founder and majority stakeholder Anthony Hsieh as CEO. Tom Fiddler has been promoted to president of retail lending while Dan Peña will serve as president of partnership.  John Bianchi, the executive vice president of retail product

Publishing heiress Cynthia Sulzberger and her husband, Steven Green, dropped $7.9 million on a condo in the newly completed Forté on Flagler tower in West Palm Beach. Records show the couple bought unit 1402 in the 25-story, 40-unit tower at 1309 South Flagler Drive from an affiliate of the develope

The United States faces a pressing dual challenge: an aging population at risk of social isolation and a housing market that has struggled to keep pace with evolving care needs. Traditional senior housing models often separate rather than connect, leaving many older adults without meaningful communi

loanDepot on Thursday reported that its second-quarter 2025 revenue increased by 3% to $283 million and adjusted revenue increased 5% to $292 million compared to the prior quarter. loanDepot’s first quarter saw the return of loanDepot founder and executive chairman Anthony Hsieh to the day-to-day op

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will nominate Stephen Miran — his top economic adviser — to fill a vacant seat on the Federal Reserve‘s Board of Governors following last week’s resignation of Adriana Kugler. Miran, who currently chairs the White House Council of Economic Advisers,

Developer Sonny Kahn, a founding partner at Miami-based Crescent Heights, and his wife, Suzanne, paid $28 million for an oceanfront estate in Manalapan.  The Kahns acquired the 1.6-acre property at 1200 South Ocean Boulevard about a month after selling their waterfront Miami Beach estate to develope

The price gap between new and existing homes fell to a record low in the second quarter of 2025 — making newly built properties a more affordable option for many buyers, according to Realtor.com’s quarterly new construction report released Thursday. The nationwide premium for new homes dropped to 7.

LPT Realty founder Robert Palmer is launching his latest venture — Aperture Global Real Estate — in Big Sky, Montana. Aperture, the luxury affiliate of LPT Realty, has established a presence in 17 U.S. states and four international cities. The firm’s expansion comes on the heels of Palmer’s success

Cypress Loan Servicing has reached a $2 million settlement with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) over allegations that it violated state foreclosure prevention and consumer protection laws.According to the AGO, Cypress — formerly known as Rushmore Loan Management Services — allegedl

Lennar and its partners dusted off a three-year-old proposal for a megaproject on a 960-acre land tract outside of Miami-Dade County’s Urban Development Boundary.  Miami-based homebuilding giant Lennar and South Florida’s Easton real estate family want to develop City Park with 7,800 for-sale and fo

DALLAS, TX — August 7, 2025 — HousingWire Data, the enterprise data division of HW Media, has launched Sold Intel, a new product offering that brings transaction-level clarity to the housing market. Sold Intel joins the platform’s existing datasets – Listings Intel and Pending Intel – offering clien

Today, we had another new low in mortgage rates. It was nothing too drastic, just a 0.2% drop from 6.57% to 6.55%, but it’s on a day that the 10-year yield is currently flat to higher, which means mortgage spreads made the difference today. Just like in 2024, mortgage spreads don’t always get the re

Better Home & Finance Holding Co. announced its second-quarter 2025 earnings on Thursday. The company revealed that it’s still operating at a loss, but it showed clear improvement in the second quarter as revenue grew, loan volume rose and its tech offerings expanded. In its earnings call on Thursda