Last year was the best for "missing middle" home construction since before the Great Recession, according to the National Association of Home Builders. NAHB tracked 19,000 total starts of two- to four-unit housing projects—roughly 5,000 a quarter except for a slightly slower third quarter. These med

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the toughest-yet restriction on private listings in the state, as several others eye the move. Ferguson signed Senate Bill 6091 on Monday. It prohibits real estate brokers from marketing properties to an exclusive group of brokers or prospective buyers, unless the

A proposal for an industrial headquarters on 246 acres outside Miami-Dade County’s Urban Development Boundary is back for a vote, despite unresolved controversy over its impact on wetlands.  The item is slated to go in front of commissioners on Thursday. If they again postpone a vote to allow for fu

The Department of Homeland Security shutdown has caused pileups in airport security lines across the country.

Comedian and actor Kevin James paid $17.2 million for a mansion in Boca Raton, The Real Deal has learned.  James, of “The King of Queens” fame, bought a six-bedroom, eight-and-a-half-bathroom home on Sabal Palm Drive in the Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club, according to a source.  A trust managed b

Housing affordability is a major challenge—apparently even for federal housing officials. The Washington Post reports that Benjamin Hobbs, the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s assistant secretary for public and Indian housing, has listed a cash fund for a home down payment on his online

A $5.5 million luxury unit inside the iconic Four Seasons in New York City has found a buyer. The property in The Four Seasons Residences not only exudes luxury, it's one of the few available duplexes. "A duplex at The Four Seasons Private Residences is an extremely rare offering. There are only fiv

Golf pro Cameron Young has won the 2026 Players Championship trophy, bringing his career to new heights—after previously confessing that he and his wife couldn't afford to buy a home in Florida. The 28-year-old took home the prestigious trophy on March 15, and made sure to thank his wife, Kelsey Dal

Older Americans now hold as much real estate wealth as middle-aged homeowners, illustrating the widening gaps in homeownership access and long-term home price gains. An analysis from Redfin, based on data from the Federal Reserve Board, found that Americans ages 70 and older controlled roughly 26% o

Related Ross is launching sales for Edgeworth, its third planned condo highrise in West Palm Beach.  The developer, led by billionaire chairman and CEO Steve Ross, is planning the two-building complex at 1155 South Flagler Drive, the site of West Palm Beach’s Family Church campus, according to a new

CEO Ed Bastian told CNBC's Phil LeBeau that Delta had taken a $400 million fuel hit in the quarter, but that demand has been "really, really great."

Dozens of innovative companies have sprung up over the past 15 years, each vowing to revolutionize home building.  Many haven’t, don’t, and won’t make it through the “early-stage” gauntlet of A, B, and C series capital raises, where they can pay off their debt, cover their bills and sustainably gene

Kim Bepler, a trustee of Fordham University, dropped $30 million on a waterfront home in Palm Beach.  Records show Bepler bought the house at 751 Island Drive from the estate of Pat Johnson, with her children signing as trustees.  Jim McCann and Christopher Hughes Bode of Premier Estate Properties h

The cast of "Selling Sunset" is reportedly set for a major shake-up, with Christine Quinn and Heather Rae El Moussa said to be returning to Netflix's hit real estate drama. Weeks after Quinn confessed that she was having "conversations" with the streaming giant about coming back to the series on her

Half of Florida's vacant homes have no chance of being snapped up by buyers—they are sitting empty, waiting for seasonal visitors. A recent analysis by Compare the Market that used U.S. Census Bureau data found that the Sunshine State has 1.48 million vacant homes, with 741,429 of those classified a

Finance of America (FOA) has expanded access to its HomeSafe Second product into Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, giving senior homeowners more options for tapping record levels of home equity without giving up their low post-pandemic mortgage rates, the company announced Tuesday. Reintroduced in 2023 as

Beginning in early June, real estate professionals in Washington state must publicly market their residential real estate listings to all consumers, unless the seller can show doing so would negatively impact their health or safety. This requirement comes after Washington Governor Bob Furgeson signe

A Miami federal jury handed a stinging rebuke to the Village of Pinecrest last week, ruling that government officials in the affluent Miami-Dade suburb violated a residential developer’s civil rights by conditioning a building permit on the donation of private land. On Thursday, jurors awarded devel

The offshore wind energy project by Revolution Wind has officially begun delivering power to the Connecticut energy grid after the Trump Administration tried to stop construction of the wind turbines. The offshore wind project is expected to supply enough electricity to power more than 350,000 homes

Top banks in the mortgage space, which have relied on a similar playbook for years, say they could become more active if upcoming changes to capital rules provide more flexibility, several industry executives told HousingWire. But any shift in strategy is expected to take time. Depositories typicall