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Prince Harry is opening up about why he and Meghan Markle decided to leave California behind and relocate their family to the U.K., revealing that their children's education and his desire to reconnect with his roots played a major role in the decision. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who moved to t

Florida’s most famous snowbird paradise is getting bigger.  The Villages, a 57,000-acre retirement community in Central Florida, is seeking to issue nearly $180 million in high-yield debt financing to fund more housing, Bloomberg reported. The bond proceeds will finance 3,860 new residential units,

Developer Alirio Torrealba was working late on a Friday in May, pleading with a lender for more time on $2.25 million in loans the lender said were in default.  “I am not asking you for a reduction, or a discount, or to stop complying,” Torrealba wrote in Spanish to Paulo Pérez Ilabaca in an email f

DOJ says the servicer refused rate cut requests and retaliated against those seeking relief

United Airlines cut its profit outlook for the year as fuel prices continued to climb.

Poleg also predicted that U.S. home prices could decline over the coming months

In a perfect world, homeowners would tackle repairs as soon as issues arise. The reality, however, is that most put them off. In fact, the recent "Home Oops" report from Angi found that 30% of respondents knowingly delayed a repair that worsened. And among those who did, 83% paid more than they woul

Homeowners understand these days that nothing can go to waste. There’s no time for frivolous spending with costs so high—and celebrating Halloween is no exception.  Candy prices are at an all-time high, as are utility prices, meaning keeping those inflated skeletons going all night long is going to

Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s Scottsdale, AZ, home is closed indefinitely after a visiting dignitary was killed in a freak accident. Rogério Renato Mateucci, 55, a top official at Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná in Brazil, was on a walking tour of Wright’s renowned Taliesin West home

While HECM volume fell to $880 million in Q3 2026, private-label loans totaled $1.2 billion

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Tyler Perry has forked over $30 million for a sprawling mansion in Puerto Rico—weeks after listing his $57 million California property. The movie mogul, 57, recently picked up the pad, which sprawls across 14,475 square feet and is situated on a 1.47-acre lot. Perry's new pad, which was built in 202

Broward County is moving toward a potential freeze on data center development.  Commissioners unanimously approved a motion Tuesday to direct the county attorney’s office to draft an ordinance that would impose a one-year moratorium on large-scale data center development in unincorporated Broward Co

HousingWire Data shows 30-year conforming rates at 7.52%, down 11 bps week over week, as the 10-year yield fell to 5.09%

Lisa Barlow of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” is letting fans in on the latest transformation her Draper, UT, abode has undergone. In an interview with Glamour magazine, the 51-year-old said she’s “obsessed” with renovating her house. “I just put an addition on our house, and it’s stunning,

The North Carolina-based team has logged 418 loans and $125.5M in volume year to date

Part midcentury time capsule, part indoor resort—a $1.227 million estate in Goose Creek is making a case for being one of the most eccentric listings in the Charleston, SC, area. Described by listing agent Margaux Kilgallen with Beresford Realty as an "architectural chameleon," the 5,390-square-foot

HousingWire Intelligence data showed 51,947 new pending single family sales for Oct. 16 week, down 13.1% year over year

The Allen Morris Company is partnering with Savanna on a West Palm Beach apartment project after taking ownership of the development site. New York-based Savanna sold an assemblage to Coral Gables-based Allen Morris for $16.8 million. Allen Morris will be a managing member and lead development, a co

"Call Her Daddy" host Alex Cooper and husband Matt Kaplan have welcomed their first baby—one year after the couple showcased the renovations their Los Angeles home was undergoing to prepare them for parenthood. The 32-year-old internet personality took to Instagram to reveal that she and Kaplan, 42,