"The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" stars Jessi Draper and Jordan Ngatikaura are officially divorcing—bringing an end to their five-year marriage, mere months after they put their marital home on the market. Divorce rumors have been dogging Jessi, 33, and Jordan, 32, who wed in 2020, for months, heig

As we transition into the warmer months, the "Costco run" takes on a whole new meaning for homeowners.  Whether you are a seasoned DIY enthusiast or someone who considers changing a lightbulb a major victory, the warehouse is currently stocked with items that can bring luxury, functionality, and fun

Built-for-rent multifamily construction surged at the end of 2025, extending the cycle’s heavy tilt toward rentals and keeping average apartment sizes below pre-Great Recession levels, according to a National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) analysis of Census Bureau data. NAHB Chief Economist Ro

The Iran conflict finally pushed the 10-year yield above a key level on Friday morning and if this move sticks and the conflict escalates further, mortgage rates are at risk of heading much higher during the spring season, something that wasn’t the case even a few weeks ago. Even some doves at the F

Compass’s antitrust lawsuit against Northwest MLS (NWMLS) is that much closer to heading to court.  On Thursday, Judge Jamal Whitehead of U.S. District Court in Seattle denied NWMLS’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit for failure to state a claim. Originally filed in late April 2025, the lawsuit centers

Housing permits in inventory-starved New Hampshire have reached their highest level in 20 years, but even this major burst of momentum is not enough to solve the Granite State's challenges. A recent housing supply report from the New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs (BEA) showed

As the "hybrid creep" and return-to-office mandates reclaim worker time, the dedicated home office is being used far less than in the recent past. If you have one, there are plenty of creative yet affordable ways to put this square footage to better use. “Many people constructed workspaces during th

Two former loan officers have sued Stockton Mortgage Corp., alleging the company illegally accessed their personal email accounts and used private messages in separate litigation against them. Christopher Hoehn and Ashley Hoehn filed the complaint on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Nort

Hedge fund manager Nick Maounis paid $31.5 million for his neighboring property on La Gorce Island, The Real Deal has learned.  Dennery LLC sold the 5,400-square-foot, four-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bathroom house at 84 La Gorce Circle in Miami Beach, according to property records and the listing. Th

A federal judge in Texas has vacated the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) nationwide anti-money laundering rule requiring title insurance companies to report details of millions of residential real estate transactions. U.S. District Judge Jeremy Kernodle of the Eastern District of Tex

Michigan housing advocates are pointing to Austin, Texas, as they try to build support for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s “grand bargain” housing affordability agenda in the state Legislature. Advocates say a multi-year set of zoning, permitting and code reforms in Austin helped drive a surge in homebuildi

Actor and martial arts expert Chuck Norris has passed away at the age of 86, just one day after he was hospitalized in Hawaii, where he was spending time at his longtime vacation home. The "Walker, Texas Ranger" star's death was announced in a post shared to his official Instagram page on March 20.

Mortgage rates continued their recent upward climb this week, as the average rate on 30-year fixed home loans rose to 6.22% for the week ending March 19. This 11-basis-point jump follows the 6.11% recorded the previous week and represents a significant shift from just three weeks ago, when rates bri

LD&D and One Capital scored a $30.5 million construction loan for their planned Surf Row condos in Surfside.  New York-based Maxim Capital Group provided the financing for the 24-unit complex planned at 8800 Collins Avenue (formerly 8809 Harding Avenue), according to the news release.  LD&D, led by

You may know the cost of living in your city, or even how much its population has shifted in recent decades. But do you know how prosperous it is? It’s a question that Bradley Schurman and Jaymes Cloninger set out to answer with the Geography of Prosperity Index, a new framework for measuring long-t

The enormous New Hampshire estate where Jeffrey Epstein's right-hand woman, Ghislaine Maxwell, was arrested has finally found a buyer—nearly one year after hitting the market. Maxwell, 64, was apprehended in July 2020 by FBI agents at the property in Bradford, where she is understood to have been in

It's officially the first day of spring, and with it comes anticipation of the spring selling season. Realtor.com® economists had identified the national Best Time to Sell Week as April 12-18, but now it's accompanied by economic uncertainty. "The housing market is facing significant recent headwind

🏆 Residential: The priciest home sale in South Florida was in Miami, where a penthouse at CMC Group’s Vita at Grove Isle sold for $19.8 million. The buyer was an LLC managed by Elena Skvortsova, an executive at Messer, a German industrial gas company, and Maximilian Maruna, an executive at a jet co

Japanese homebuilders are on a buying spree of American firms, in a trend that's only accelerating as the U.S. faces a shortage of 4.03 million homes. Since the start of 2026, four Japanese firms have announced deals to snap up homebuilders, including Sumitomo Forestry Co. Ltd.'s plan to acquire Tri

Bill Owens is taking the gavel at the National Association of Home Builders at a crucial moment for the housing market, and he says that builders must play a key role in solving the affordability crisis. Owens, NAHB's newly elected chairman for 2026, is a remodeler and homebuilder based in Worthingt