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Market data, mortgage rate movement, housing policy, and property news from across the country and here at home in Collier and Lee counties. Anything that affects what a home in Naples, Bonita Springs, or Estero is worth, and what it costs to own one, is worth understanding before it shows up in your closing statement or your tax bill.
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"Today" host Dylan Dreyer and her estranged husband, Brian Fichera, have officially offloaded their longtime marital home in New York City, almost one year to the day after they listed it for $2.5 million. Eight months after putting the property on the market, Dreyer, 44, and Fichera, 38, announced
Read More The 10 U.S. Cities Seeing the Biggest Home Value Boom Since 2019

Many homeowners have seen their places turn into cash machines, with property values across some parts of the nation surging. Even though price growth has slowed because of high mortgage rates, affordability issues, and more homes hitting the market, a handful of metros stand out with big double-dig
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the aptly named Missouri city of Festus, where an "iconic" tree farm has just been put on the market for the first time since it began doling out festive cheer to families from near and far back in the 1970s. Meert Tree Farm, a 150-acre Christmas tree f
Read More 69% of Millennials Say They Can’t Retire or Buy a House Without an Inheritance

The new average age of a first-time homebuyer climbed dramatically to 40 this year, meaning that older millennials, after years of scraping and saving, have finally achieved the American Dream. For those who have yet to manage the pathway to homeownership, the future may hold the key. Their baby bo
Read MoreFrom the warming drawer to the freezer: Tariffs, the Supreme Court and housing

As someone who’s spent decades in the mortgage trenches—and as one of the owners of a $1 billion independent mortgage banking company—I’ve seen a few sunrises and sunsets in this industry. The 2008 crisis. Conservatorship. Waves of QE. Worsening LLPA’s. Adverse market fees. The pandemic housing chao
Read MoreThe Vanishing Small Mortgage—and How It’s Shutting Out Rural and Working-Class Buyers

Morisa Ivory’s path to homeownership began the moment her rent jumped from $700 to $1,000 a month. With four kids and no room to spare, she decided she had to try buying a home, even if the process felt daunting. Her budget was modest: starting around $40,000 and eventually stretching to $90,000 as
Read More'Hassle' and 'humiliation': What it's like traveling with a weak passport

Holding a weaker passport means costly fees, long waits, endless documents, and humiliating scrutiny — making travel a hassle.
Read More‘It’s a Bird!’ ‘It’s a Plane!’ No—It’s an AI Balloon Taking Photos of Your Home for Insurers

Homeowners may want to look up: High in the stratosphere, balloon-deployed robots are snapping images of rooftops, yards, and entire neighborhoods. They’re part of a new wave of aerial technology developed by Brooklyn-based startup Near Space Labs, which uses AI-powered robots floated to the edge of
Read More‘Next Gen’ Townhomes Add ADU-Style Suites for Multigenerational Living

Homebuilders are adjusting to the growing needs of families. Whether its aging parents or property owners looking to make extra money, it's about convenience. The latest Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers report by the National Association of Realtors® reveals that multigenerational dwellings made u
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"Landman" actress Ali Larter has opened up about her decision to trade the glitz and glamour of Hollywood for a quiet life in rural Idaho—while looking back on her "simple, beautiful" childhood in an idyllic suburban home. Larter, 49, has enjoyed a hugely varied career in front of the cameras, havin
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The nation's largest landlord has agreed to pay $7 million to settle claims it used algorithms to raise rents. Greystar Property Management, which manages nearly 950,000 rental units nationwide, reached the multimillion-dollar settlement after nine states sued the company, accusing it of an "algorit
Read More Bridge Industrial plans 270K sf of warehouses at office site in Doral

Bridge Industrial plans to replace a corporate campus in Doral into nearly 270,000 square feet of warehouses, marking continuing office-to-industrial redevelopment in South Florida. Across the tri-county region, developers are seizing on aging suburban office complexes with plans for new projects,
Read MoreSouth Florida resi sales boom in October, led by Palm Beach County

South Florida’s residential market continued its explosive resurgence in October, reversing a monthslong slowdown. Dollar volume in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties rose 14 percent to $4.8 billion, compared to $4.2 billion last October, according to Multiple Listing Service data collected
Read MoreOff-site housing: cure or political distraction? Our Denver correspondents weigh in

At The Builder’s Daily Focus on Excellence Conference in Denver, we had a chance over breakfast to discuss what we were seeing in off-site housing. While we have come at this from different angles and have seen different aspects of it, we reached a similar conclusion. Both of us have believed for ye
Read MorePopulation Boom Ahead as a Handful of States Expected To Gain Millions of Residents

A handful of states west of the Mississippi River are expected to see their populations skyrocket in the coming decades, researchers have found. In one projection for 2065, the number of Utah residents is expected to increase from nearly 3.6 million to 5.6 million, according to the Kem C. Gardner Po
Read MoreKeller Williams Realty Atlanta partners with Southeast Mortgage of Georgia

Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Partners has entered into a strategic partnership with Southeast Mortgage of Georgia — linking the state’s largest real estate franchise with its largest non-bank mortgage lender. Leaders say the agreement is intended to streamline the home buying and selling process b
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The mastermind behind the wildly popular Call of Duty: Black Ops series has offloaded the custom-built Brentwood, CA, retreat where he conceived the beloved video game franchise—18 months after he put the sprawling property on the market. British native Dave Anthony, who has been hailed as the "bill
Read More Real estate agents: throw away the scripts and speak from the heart

For almost 40 years of training real estate agents, one truth has stood out above the rest: memorized scripts don’t move people. In fact, they can actually hold you back and hurt your business. I’ve long been called the “godfather of metaphors and analogies,” and for good reason — it’s the basis of
Read MoreFOA maps next steps after PHH reverse asset acquisition

Onity Group, the parent company of PHH Mortgage Corp. and its reverse mortgage arm, Liberty Reverse Mortgage, announced this week that it has chosen to stop originating reverse mortgages. Instead, Onity said it’s selling almost all of its reverse mortgage business to Finance of America (FOA). PHH is
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Bruce Willis' 37-year-old daughter, Rumer, shared a very candid glimpse into her life as a single mother, admitting that she'd been forced to retreat to the woods near her Idaho home to have "a good cry" after the stress of parenting began to take its toll. Rumer, who relocated to rural Idaho from L
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