Renting has become a way of life for many over the past decade. According to the Realtor.com® experts and economists, renting a home is still cheaper than buying one in all of the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas. But that's not to say that renters hold all the cards right now. Even if you hav

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders star Reece Weaver is taking fans along for her move to the Big Apple, offering a first look inside her new New York City apartment—just months after putting down roots in Alabama. Weaver, 24, who hails from Florida, shot to fame while appearing in Netflix's hit series "Am

Homebuilders are feeling just a tad more confident as the summer housing market draws to an end. Homebuilder confidence in current sales conditions bumped up one point, raising the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index to 35 on Monday. Anything under 50 reflects that

Long before the Dunn siblings’ war spilled into court, the family’s name was synonymous with the vast, still-industrial reaches of northwest Miami-Dade. Composed of siblings Lowell Dunn II, Loretta Dunn and Lizbeth Arencibia, the Dunn family has for decades ranked among the area’s most consequential

Lowell Dunn II, a developer who recently sold 146 acres in Medley for nearly $380 million, is locked in an ugly sibling squabble with his sister Lizbeth Arencibia and her husband, Rene Arencibia, that has spawned accusations of bribery, slander and tens of millions in missing revenues from trash dis

Actress Hayden Panettiere has died at the age of 36 after being found unresponsive at an apartment in South Carolina. The "Ice Princess" star died at Judson Mill Lofts in Greenville, SC, on Aug. 16, just five days before what would have been her 37th birthday. Her father, Alan Lee "Skip" Panettiere,

Leading this week’s hiring news is the addition of Micah Conn as managing director of Wood Partners’ South Florida office. Conn brings more than 20 years of experience in multifamily and mixed-use development, delivering projects across South Florida, according to a news release. Conn will oversee a

🏆 Residential: The top recorded home sale was in Golden Beach, where an oceanfront lot at 625 Ocean Boulevard sold for $24 million. The seller was the estate of Sydell Herrick, and the buyer was a company managed by spec developer David Rodriguez, who intends to build a home on the 0.6-acre site. ?

American Housing Corp. is a vertically integrated real estate developer and manufacturing company that aims to construct pre-built “townhomes” in desirable urban neighborhoods across the United States. The factory-made components—such as pre-wired insulated wall panels, floors, stairs, roofing—are d

Being house-rich, cash-poor is the new reality for a majority of Americans, regardless of age.  So is racking up debt.  With gas and food prices remaining high alongside surging property taxes and home insurance, homeowners face financial pressure from every angle. A common course of action is reach

Renting a starter home is still cheaper than buying one in all of the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas—but that advantage is beginning to shrink. In July, buying a starter home cost $858 more per month than renting one, according to the July 2026 Rental Report from Realtor.com®. But in Orlando

Get ready for a busy week in real estate. The Realtor.com® Economics team is tracking a packed calendar of reports and key economic indicators that will shed light on where the housing market is heading next. Realtor.com proprietary releases kick off on Monday with senior economist Jiayi Xu’s July r

Mortgage lenders and brokers are navigating an affordability-constrained market in which a borrower’s qualifying score can determine not only eligibility but also pricing, cash-to-close and purchasing power. UWM moved quickly to introduce VantageScore 4.0 through a new pilot, giving independent mort

Every conference I go to right now has the same conversation happening in every room. AI is going to transform the mortgage industry. AI is going to eliminate jobs. AI is going to make everything faster, cheaper, smarter. And maybe all of that is true, eventually. But I keep sitting in those session

Just one hour outside of New York City, tucked away on a sun-dappled woodland plot, is an A-frame dwelling so "magical" that it feels almost as if you have stumbled into a totally new world. The A-frame home, which is nestled in Westchester-rock outcroppings in Yorktown Heights, is so bucolic that l

If you've been dreaming of an idyllic European summer, you may not have to go as far as you think to find it. That's because the Orchard House, a seven bedroom estate in Bigfork, MT on the shore of Flathead Lake, is bringing all the vibes of a summer in the south of France, no passport needed. Recen

Florida’s proposed property tax amendment, which residents will vote on come November, is garnering more criticism than expected.  That could be because the ballot item, which now has a new name and language thanks to a court-ordered rewrite, may create more problems than solutions. Late last month,

A wooded sanctuary tucked away on 16.5 acres of privacy in upstate New York has just hit the market for $4,600,000. Known as Red Rock House, the modern estate located in the historic hamlet of Red Rock in East Chatham was designed by Anmahian Winton Architects to blend in with its stunning surroundi

An adorable Outer Banks cottage on the island of Hatteras has just hit the market in North Carolina for $349,500—nearly 10 years after it was raised onto towering stilts that elevated it above any immediate flood risk. Offering just 797 square feet of space, the updated home was lifted up out of har

Developer Carlos Rosso remembers growing up in Buenos Aires, Brazil—and the particular feel of the city which, much like New York, is based around walkability, street retail, cafes, and people watching. But when he moved to Miami in 2002, this isn't what he saw or experienced. "Miami isn't known for