Chinese travel reservations to Doha in particular skyrocketed 441% year on year during the Golden Week, while bookings to Abu Dhabi grew 229% year over year.

The federal government shutdown stretched past the one-week mark, interrupting data releases and likely delaying some home closings. Mortgage lenders have received guidance from Fannie and Freddie on adaptations they can make to minimize disruption, which will help. One bright spot, Bureau of Labor

Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology news, including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: Mortgage execs advise lenders to embrace technology or risk falling behind Lenders were u

Hollywood heavyweight Brad Pitt and his girlfriend, Ines de Ramon, have reportedly taken a major step in their relationship by moving in together—just weeks after the actor snapped up a brand-new $12 million home in Los Angeles. The Oscar-winning star, 61, and his 32-year-old partner, who began dati

The Slocum Home Team, a three-generation family real estate business founded in 1949, has joined eXp Realty. Founded by George Slocum in Warwick, Rhode Island, the brokerage has been a fixture in local real estate for the better part of a century. The team is now led by Nick Slocum and includes 30 a

Air traffic control staffing shortages have driven up some flight delays at U.S. airports this week.

Billionaire Ken Griffin, who owns well over $1 billion of South Florida residential and commercial real estate, wants to open a private megayacht marina in Miami Beach.  Griffin, through an affiliate, filed a proposal for a 30,000-plus-square-foot marina with four buildings at 120 MacArthur Causeway

Billionaire developer Jeff Greene filed suit against West Palm Beach, alleging the city has improperly stalled approvals for his planned luxury condominiums.  The developer said he believes Mayor Keith James is delaying the project as retaliation for Greene’s opposition to a city land deal with bill

Spirit Airlines will get a $475 million lifeline from its bondholders and another $150 million from an aircraft lessor.

Compass announced that the Salaverri Windsor Group. a Sarasota, Fla.-based real estate team, has joined the company. Led by Georgia Salaverri and Steven Windsor, the team has more than 30 years of combined experience in real estate. “We are thrilled to welcome the Salaverri Windsor Group to Compass,

In 2023, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling that reaffirmed a basic constitutional principle: When the government seizes property, it cannot keep more than what it is owed. And yet, until this month, it was still happening to California homeowners who fell behind on their property taxes. Whe

Affiliated Development is looking to raise $250 million to provide equity capital for mixed-income multifamily projects across Florida. Fort Lauderdale-based Affiliated, led by Nick Rojo and Jeff Burns, recently completed its initial round of capital fundraising, securing $50 million in commitments

A suspected real estate fraud ring involving New York-based investors has triggered a wave of foreclosures across Baltimore, according to a local report. A months-long investigation by The Baltimore Banner uncovered the scheme, which allegedly involved EGBE Ventures and related companies tied to inv

In full transparency: My former Dayton, Ohio real estate team is one of Zillow’s top-performing Flex partners, closing a significant number of Flex deals every month. I understand how the program works — the good, the bad and the fine print. When I read about the new class-action lawsuit accusing Zi

Midtown Capital Partners advanced its plan to build 300 apartments, including 60 affordable housing units, on a parking lot at a Plantation office park, under the state’s Live Local Act. The Plantation City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a site plan for the six-story multifamily developme

Loan officer Elizabeth Galan, who works for UMortgage in Cincinnati, has had to pivot her business strategy in 2025. Galan focuses on serving Hispanic borrowers — about 80% of her clients — in cities like Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, as well as northern Kentucky. Many of them hold non-permanent resi

At the annual National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) meeting, financial advisor and trainer Ryan Ponsford urged reverse mortgage professionals to strengthen their credibility and collaboration with financial advisors, saying the industry’s future depends on shifting perceptions and el

One Direction star Louis Tomlinson has recalled the moment he discovered his former band member Liam Payne had tragically died—just as he was pulling into the driveway of his home. Tomlinson, 33, opened up about the traumatizing phone call that revealed that Payne, who passed away in October 2024 at

One Diligence, a provider of reviews and outsourcing solutions to the residential mortgage industry, announced on Thursday that reverse mortgage lender Longbridge Financial has implemented its artificial intelligence–driven platform to enhance accuracy and efficiency in loan servicing operations. Lo

The slew of defendants in the Zea antitrust lawsuit filed against the National Association of Realtors (NAR) have been busy rejecting the lawsuit’s claims. On Wednesday, the defendants filed motions to dismiss the lawsuit, as well as a response in opposition to plaintiff Jorge A. Zea’s motion for pr