It’s homebuilders’ last push, and their business and channel partners operate through friction on every front. Scarce, costly capital Slow approvals and entitlement drag Workforce constraints and generational handoffs Climate-driven costs and insurance uncertainty Buyer fear, hesitation, and confusi

In a not too distant future, financiers in Steve Ross’ West Palm Beach office towers will be able to leave work and zip down to his Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens in less than 30 minutes. They will ride, Jetsons-style, in Archer Aviation air taxis, thanks to the billionaire Related Ross chairman

Luxury home sellers are offering more and increasingly creative concessions in 2025, according to The Agency’s annual Red Paper, a comprehensive wealth and real estate market report. A survey of The Agency brokers saw more than 60% reporting more concessions this year compared to 2024. “Concessions

If the continued slow pace of existing home sales wasn’t enough to convince you that fewer Americans are moving, Atlas Van Lines’ 2025 Migration Patterns Study would like you to consider its findings. Published on Wednesday, the report found that overall mobility in the U.S. is low, which the study

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have curtailed the public release of their economic and housing data, prompting questions about the potential impact to the mortgage market that relies on the data, according to reporting by Inman. Fannie Mae did not release its National Housing Survey in November, marking

While Zillow made waves earlier this week after removing climate risk data, which was supplied by First Street Technologies, from its listings, Redfin has taken a different approach. In a post on LinkedIn, Redfin’s chief economist Daryl Fairweather wrote that her firm had made the choice to continue

A developer scaled back his plan for a 500-unit project with mostly apartments near Naranja to a 245 townhome complex, citing higher demand for larger homes.  Attorney Gus Deribeaux, through two entities, wants to develop the townhomes on a 17.3-acre mostly vacant site on the southwest corner of Old

California has made significant efforts to address housing affordability through numerous new laws under Gov. Gavin Newsom. Candidates seeking to replace the term-limited Newsom, however, act as if little has been accomplished. The laws lacked swift, decisive enforcement to push the affordable goal,

U.S. Senate Democrats sent a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) acting director Russell Vought raising concerns that any “efforts to shutter the agency” could disrupt the publication of average prime offer rates (APOR), a key benchmark in the mortgage market. The CFPB manually cal

New Yorkers sent a powerful message in November’s mayoral election: Rent is too high. And now, an emboldened City Council has revamped a 5-year-old bill to tackle the issue from an untraditional angle: helping nonprofits buy distressed apartment buildings before they hit the market. The new and impr

A company tied to billionaire businessman Jorge Mas sold a waterfront property in Miami’s Coconut Grove for more than $100 million, The Real Deal has learned.  The sale of the 7.3-acre residential lot off of Douglas Road next to the Kampong botanical garden marks one of the priciest residential sale

Rohit Chopra, former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and a previous member of the Federal Trade Commission, has landed a new job. According to reporting from Bloomberg on Tuesday, a coalition of Democratic state prosecutors called The Progressive State Leaders Committee (

A trove of unseen photos of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's infamous private island has been released by the House Oversight Committee in the latest release of files pertaining to the businessman's alleged crimes. Ten images were made public on Dec. 3, as well as a video "walkthrough" of Ep

Bright MLS expects the U.S. housing market to enter a transitional period in 2026, with slightly lower mortgage rates and rising inventory offering some relief to buyers but not enough to fuel a full recovery. The nation’s largest multiple listing service (MLS) released its annual forecast Wednesday

Pennymac TPO is waiving a $99 credit report fee charged at closing for loans submitted through its POWER+ portal in December, the lender announced Wednesday. “Qualified credit report fee waivers will be paid by Pennymac at closing—no action required by the partner,” the company said in a notice to b

A public-private partnership between Boca Raton, David Martin’s Terra and the Frisbie family’s Frisbie Group to redevelop the coastal city’s government campus has erupted into an impassioned debate over how, exactly, public land should be used, sold and leased.  But a judge just threw a wrench in lo

Boston is already one of the most expensive U.S. cities to live in—and it's about to become even pricier. In October 2025, the median home list price in Boston was just under $800,000, the fifth-highest among the top 50 U.S. metros and the highest outside California, according to the Realtor.com® mo

Tesla tycoon Elon Musk is already father to at least 13 children—however, the billionaire has now admitted that he is open to expanding his brood even more via adoption, despite confessing that he finds it "impossible" to carve out time to spend with the kids he already has. The 54-year-old business

Delta trimmed its fourth-quarter profit forecast, citing the government shutdown.

Is your rent too high in 2025? You're definitely not alone. Nearly half of renters are cost-burdened, defined as spending 30% or more of their income on housing, according to Census data. For years, it’s felt like rising rent was just the cost of existing. But that tide is finally shifting. Rents na