After a strong spring and promising early summer, July saw homebuying stagnate as a result of rising borrowing costs, forcing sellers to slash prices to revive demand. The share of listings with a price cut reached 20% in July, nearly even with last year's levels, after running close to 2 percentage

Ted Benna, widely hailed as the father of the 401(k) retirement plan, wants to shake up the system he helped to create, to help those who are benefiting from it least.  “We've reached a point now where many middle- and low-income employees can't afford to have money taken out of their paycheck,” Ben

Today, the Realtor.com® economics team releases its July Monthly Housing Trends Report—showing a market that isn't coming apart, but is cooling as is typical for late summer. Senior economist Jake Krimmel's full analysis, along with metro- and county-level data for markets beyond the top 50, is avai

For years, becoming a great real estate agent followed a familiar path. You put in the hours, learned your market, built relationships and slowly developed systems that made you more efficient than the competition. Experience wasn’t just valuable. It was your competitive advantage. AI for real estat

For years, housing affordability was a problem hiding in plain sight. Rents were climbing faster than wages. First-time buyers locked out of markets their parents once could afford. Families doubling up, moving away or simply giving up on the idea of owning a home. The numbers were damning. The caus

The tide is beginning to turn back in favor of multifamily landlords, but it’s still too early to get excited.  Developers are starting to pull back on leasing incentives and bring rents back up after an oversupply benefited renters. At the end of the second quarter, the number of new leases (13,774

A waterfall might not be a common feature in many backyards, but this historic mill-turned-residence has one running through it—and that's only part of what makes Bloomvale, likely one of the Hudson Valley's most extraordinary homes currently on the market, so compelling. The remarkable stone estate

The planned demolition of an abandoned South Miami landmark has hit another delay. The redevelopment of Sunset Place—a once-vibrant outdoor shopping center that had been scheduled for teardown in early 2026—remains in limbo. Development firm Midtown Development purchased the 10-acre site for $65.5 m

Airlines are paying billions of dollars more in fuel costs this year

In the early 20th century, the 10,000-plus page Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog served as the original all-in-one marketplace—featuring clothes, toys, and even complete mail-order house kits. These mail-order homes were shipped directly by train, and considered "modern" at the time. They included eve

Housing demand still showed positive year-over-year growth last week, despite the hawkish Fed, escalation of the Iran conflict, rising mortgage rates and the 10-year yield hitting yearly highs. We had year-over-year growth in our weekly pending sales, total pending sales and purchase apps. Growth ha

Many Colorado mountain homes can claim ski-in/ski-out status, but premier views of a gondola gliding just past your windows? That's a bit more rare—and exactly what the next owners of this Steamboat Springs residence can look forward to. The sprawling stone estate at 2555 Ski Trail Lane has returned

Waterlillies. Photo courtesy of Naples Botanical Garden Celebrate the height of aquatic bloom during Waterlily Weekend at Naples Botanical Garden August 29 and 30. Showcasing nearly 300 varieties across lush water gardens, this two-day festival invites guests to experience these floating marvels at

A Virginia resident is transforming a 120-year-old abandoned general store into her dream homestead—and sharing every step of the journey with hundreds of thousands of followers online. Emma Shaye, 32, purchased the property in the fall of 2024 for $23,000 following a deeply personal loss. The previ

On the southernmost tip of Clearwater Beach, FL, a luxurious beachfront cottage whose owners reportedly refused all buyout offers for decades is now the lone single-family house in a sea of large condo developments. The property's future is now in question after it sold for nearly $3 million last fa

A summer of weather extremes and severe infrastructure stress has prompted companies and policymakers across Europe to respond.

Downtown Miami’s largest landowner Moishe Mana just made his portfolio even bigger, adding $33 million worth of properties within 10 days. Mana’s firm, Mana Common, paid $20.3 million for the 35,550-square-foot Historic U.S. Post Office Building at 100 Northeast First Avenue and the adjacent 15,000-

A family from New York City has agreed to pay $47 million for a penthouse at the under-construction St. Regis Residences in the heart of Miami's Brickell financial district, where they will count billionaire Ken Griffin among their neighbors. The sale price is one of the highest ever recorded for a

To see our latest updates on the Nancy Guthrie case, please click here. Nearly six months after "Today" host Savannah Guthrie's mother Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Tucson, AZ, home, the Pima County Sheriff's Office released two ransom notes, the second of which claimed that the missing woman had

Artificial intelligence (AI) and broader tech investment is reshaping broad swaths of the U.S. economy, but its impact on housing is proving far from uniform. HousingWire Data updated July 25 shows a growing divide between markets where AI wealth is supporting demand and those where even strong tech