Home shoppers are looking for a way to stretch their dollar—and townhomes are turning out to be a budget-friendly path to homeownership. Realtor.com® economists analyzed data focusing solely on townhomes and found that in January 2020, the share of active listings that were townhomes was 4%. By Janu

Coldwell Banker Realty again named Miami’s Jills Zeder Group its top team in the nation, with $1.9 billion in sales last year. The team, led by Jill Hertzberg, Jill Eber and Judy Zeder has been the big dog Coldwell team nationally for seven years running now. Since the Compass-Anywhere Real Estate m

Cotality reported Thursday that real estate investor activity in the U.S. single-family home market remained stable through 2025, accounting for 30% of all purchases, up slightly from 29% in 2024. Persistent housing unaffordability is keeping many owner-occupant buyers on the sidelines while fueling

All Massachusetts real estate agents would need to take fair housing training under a new law passed by the state Senate, which says the Trump administration "abandoned its responsibility to enforce federal fair housing law." S. 2947 passed out of the Senate Thursday by a vote of 38-0. It heads to t

Troubled actor Bill Cosby has put his New York City townhouse back on the market for $6.75 million—months after he managed to save the property from foreclosure by selling another, much more opulent Manhattan dwelling for $28 million. Cosby, 88, initially put both of his New York townhomes on the ma

One of the nation's largest homebuilders, Tri-Pointe Homes Inc., is being acquired by a Tokyo conglomerate, it announced Friday. Sumitomo Forestry Co. Ltd. reached a deal to acquire Tri-Pointe for $47 a share. The all-cash transaction could come to about $4.5 billion, the companies said. The deal sh

When most people decide to paint the outside of their home, they automatically wait for warmer weather. What many don’t realize, however, is that exterior painting in the winter can actually be a good idea depending on where you live—and in some cases, save you some serious cash. “Painting in the wi

Mortgage rates this week for a 30-year fixed loan decreased to 6.09%, slipping down from 6.11% last week. While a two-basis-point drop might not seem like a headline-maker at first glance, for the budget-conscious homebuyer, every fraction of a percent is a step toward greater affordability. So what

"Dawson's Creek" star James Van Der Beek died at the age of 48 after a yearslong battle with colorectal cancer—having spent his final days surrounded by loved ones at his 36-acre Texas ranch, having turned the property into a sanctuary for his family after leaving Los Angeles in 2020. The famed acto

🏆 Residential: The top home sale to hit records in South Florida was in Palm Beach. William Rickman, a real estate investor, and his wife Marcia Rickman parted with a home at 143 Clarendon Avenue for $25 million. The buyer was an LLC managed by Linnette Miller and Robert Miller, a developer. The pr

Inflation cooled by a wider-than-expected margin at the start of the new year, falling to its lowest level since early 2021—and raising questions about whether the Federal Reserve will pause interest rate cuts in the near term. Overall prices increased by 2.4% in the 12 months through January 2026,

The winter blues are hitting the housing landscape and buyers are ghosting the market by snapping up a home from the wealth of active inventory, then backing out after it's gone under contract. And while the share of home sales falling out of contract this year looks much like last year, ending Dece

While Congress has momentum to pass laws to ease the housing shortage, it continues to debate which red tape to cut. The House Committee on Financial Services examined a wide range of policies that could contribute to the increasing cost of building and securing a home in a hearing on Monday. It's f

A new starter home law is the cornerstone of Maryland Gov. Wes Moore's housing strategy, but local officials worry the bill is too broad. The Maryland House of Delegates Economic Matters Committee got a first read of the Starter and Silver Homes Act, a bill proffered as part of a larger package of b

April 15 will arrive faster than you realize, so if you haven't filed your taxes yet, now's the time to start combing through your records to see what expenses could end up saving you money on your return, especially if you own a home. One often-missed opportunity? Homeowners association dues. HOA d

A dazzling $6.5 million colonial estate that sits on a lush 116-acre spread on the outskirts of Virginia's famed "horse and hunt capital" is set to go up on the auction block—where it will be sold to the highest bidder with no reserve price in place. This means the expansive five-bedroom property, w

The FBI has released key new details about the masked, armed intruder caught on security camera at Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home on the night she disappeared—while announcing that it has increased its reward for information leading to her safe return to $100,000. In a post shared to the FBI Phoenix X

Robert Miller, a Palm Beach real estate investor and marina owner, bought a home on the island for $25 million. The home sits within the Mar-a-Lago Security Zone, a stretch of the island that falls under Secret Service protection when President Donald Trump is in town.  Records show Miller and his w

Another branded Miami condominium is at the center of buyers’ ire.  The condo association for Missoni Baia in Edgewater is suing billionaire developer Vlad Doronin’s Miami-based OKO Group and nearly two dozen firms that built the 60-story tower.  The Jan. 30 complaint, filed in Miami-Dade Circuit Co

Pennsylvania needs to update its laws and invest money in housing production to create 450,000 new housing units by 2035, Gov. Josh Shapiro said. The Democratic governor unveiled the state's first long-term housing strategy in Philadelphia on Thursday, calling for public investment in infrastructure