Now one for the books, the 2025 homebuilding market slowed in new construction, resulting in contract cancellations and reduced takedown activity. Millrose Properties, whose epic scale and timing launched a new era in land banking and asset-light homebuilding development in early 2025, bucked that t

The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) has added Capital One to its Executive Council for Housing Affordability, a group of private-sector leaders focused on expanding access to affordable housing. Gina Metrakas, vice president and head of federal advocacy at Capital One, will represent the company on t

Billionaire Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has traded the Pacific for the Atlantic, shifting his primary residence from Hawaii to his $173 million estate in Palm Beach County, FL, sitting only a few miles from  President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club.  The 81-year-old Ellison—whose $189.9 billion

HGTV star Tarek El Moussa has teasingly referred to his ex-wife, Christina Haack, as the "blonde chick who used to be my wife" while filming a promotional video in her home. El Moussa, 44, took to Instagram to share a hilarious "behind the scenes" video of himself filming at his ex-wife's $12 millio

SeaVee Boats will stay anchored in Medley after selling its global headquarters to Sagard Real Estate for $51 million. An affiliate of Denver-based Sagard, led by Mark Bigarel, acquired the boat showroom and manufacturing complex at 11081 Northwest South River Drive, records and real estate database

Mortgage rates are at multiyear lows, whether you quote Mortgage News Daily at 5.99% or Freddie Mac weekly data at 5.98%. The drop has come at a good time, as the spring housing market is about to start, with more Americans looking to sell their homes and buy another. First-time homebuyers are looki

RealTrends Verified Dallas brokerage Rogers Healy and Associates (RHA) has merged with Compass, marking the end of an era for one of North Texas’ best-known independent brokerages and the start of a new chapter under the nation’s largest real estate brand. Founder and CEO Rogers Healy announced the

The average 30-year mortgage rate dropped to 5.98% on Feb. 26, marking the first time in three and a half years that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has dropped into the 5% range. This is momentous, given for the last two years, the "6% mark" has served as a psychological and financial barrier for m

Bridge Industrial scored a $56.7 million construction loan to redevelop a Doral corporate campus into warehouses.  The deal comes as South Florida developers are seizing on suburban office complexes with plans to redevelop the sites. Aging offices in the western part of South Florida have struggled

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AD Mortgage, a provider of non-QM and residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), announced on Friday the successful launch of a $602.7 securitization deal, its largest to date. The transaction, which follows the company’s first deal of the year, a $567.42 million transaction, marks AD’s 30th sec

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A man has been arrested outside of Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home on DUI charges—after he was seen driving past the property "50 to 100 times" while looking at a photo of the missing 84-year-old on his phone. Antonio De Jesus Pena-Campos, 34, was seen in a blue vehicle making his way past the $1 milli

Nancy Guthrie's shock disappearance has led to a wave of Arizona homeowners submitting inquiries for "safe rooms," according to a local security expert, who says that his business has been flooded with requests in the wake of the 84-year-old's alleged abduction from her Tucson-area house. Nancy, who

Improving a credit score could save homebuyers tens of thousands of dollars in mortgage interest, according to a new nationwide study from AD Mortgage, released on Thursday. The analysis, Credit Score vs. Mortgage Cost: How Long It Takes to Improve and How Much It Can Save, State by State, shows tha

The spotlight is shining on a Texas city, right outside of Dallas, which is experiencing rapid growth. Forney, TX, is seeing a population shift, and just like its neighbors Plano and Arlington—both of which have seen tremendous growth—it's bracing for the same. U.S. Census Bureau estimates show that

Sotheby’s International Realty Canada has appointed Mustafa Abbasi as president, naming a technology-focused executive to lead the luxury brokerage’s next phase of growth. Previously serving as founding president of Zolo, Abbasi built a technology-driven brokerage operating across Canada. Following

Former reality stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt have revealed that they still do not have a permanent place to live—more than a year after they lost their Pacific Palisades property in the 2025 California wildfires. Montag, 39, and Pratt, 42, who share two sons, Gunner, 7, and Ryker, 3, were amo

Top broker Lawrence Moens has gone to great lengths to embody the discretion his clients expect of him.  Little is known publicly about the low-profile broker to Palm Beach’s billionaires, but the federal government’s latest release of files in late January concerning disgraced financier Jeffrey Eps