RiskSpan has launched a new credit risk model designed for the expanding nonqualified mortgage (non-QM) market, adding to its existing prepayment modeling tools as investors seek more specialized analytics for the asset class. The company announced Friday the general availability of Credit Model 7.1

Rates surged this week to levels not seen in 11 months as the conflict between the U.S. and Iran continued ratcheting up with no resolution in sight, putting renewed upward pressure on energy prices and bond yields. The average rate on 30-year fixed home loans jumped to 6.55% for the week ending Jul

Pablo Castro came into South Florida real estate with a bang. Over the past two years, the Spanish developer, who has never built in the U.S. and until recently had zero name recognition here, proposed Florida’s largest known multifamily complex, bought the site, secured approval and stirred controv

Construction of new single-family homes across the U.S. stalled in June as builders continued pulling back due to high mortgage rates, but the multifamily sector roared back to life, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Friday. Single-family housing starts last month were at a seasonally adjusted annual

Billionaire Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin could scoop up one of Brickell’s oldest buildings, which sits across from the hedge fund’s future headquarters and is the only missing piece of his full city block. Miami city commissioners next week will consider selling a city-owned white wood-frame

The Four Seasons Resort Orlando offers free shuttle service to Disney theme parks (including Magic Kingdom). Courtesy of Four Seasons Orlando Walt Disney World was a cornerstone of my childhood. My family became annual passholders during the twenty-fifth anniversary celebration and visited regularly

🏆 Residential: The top home sale to hit records was in Key Biscayne, where a waterfront property at 230 Harbor Drive changed hands for $17.5 million. The seller was Philippe Touret, chairman of the board of Nozin, which makes a nasal antiseptic, and the buyers were Jose Estrella and Jacqueline Vila

Median home sale prices surged to a new record high in June, yet housing affordability actually improved compared to a year ago, creating what at first might seem like a paradox.  To explain this contradiction, economists point beyond the raw price to a set of shifting economic factors affecting the

A historical Cape Cod estate in the idyllic Massachusetts enclave of Sandwich Village has been brought to market for the first time in more than 40 years, having been meticulously restored and expanded by its late antique dealer owner. Now on the market for $2.95 million, the five-bedroom estate kno

Homebuilding scale is arriving at the midway point through a structural inflection. The latest evidence arrived Thursday, as Stanley Martin Homes announced it had entered an agreement to acquire Florida-based Holiday Builders, a transaction that will add approximately 1,050 annual home closings, mor

Shahab Karmely and Edgardo Defortuna’s joint venture presold a penthouse at their Faena-branded luxury condo development along the Miami River for $30 million, a record for the area on price as well as price per square foot.  Karmely’s KAR Properties has long planned to develop the waterfront site i

The Club at Brickell Bay used to be a quiet residential condominium in Miami’s financial district. But it’s taken on a new identity as the “Animal House” after many of its condos were converted to vacation rentals. Police reports describe a slew of illicit activities, including drunk guests passed o

Former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt has listed the opulent New York City apartment he bought the same year he sold his stake in the legendary sports team—offering up the "distinguished" abode for $2.5 million less than what he purchased it for 14 years ago. The four-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom

In 2021, William and Josh Lemmon started buying single-family homes in Akron, OH, for as little as $60,000 and renting them out for as much as $1,000 per month. “The rents [we could charge compared] to the cost of buying it were insane,” William tells Realtor.com®. “So we jumped in on it.” It was th

Eight months ago, Greystone Real Estate Capital was just getting started raising money for affordable housing projects. It has now closed its second fund in less than a year, drawing three existing institutional investors and five new ones. Greystone’s latest fund brought in $137 million, pushing th

Olumide Larry Ogunjobi is used to making big moves on the field in the NFL, but his latest play was in Miami’s luxury real estate market.  The former Buffalo Bills defensive tackle marked his debut into luxury spec home development with the listing of his first project, in Miami Beach’s gated Biscay

Olumide Larry Ogunjobi is used to making big moves on the field in the NFL, but his latest play was in Miami’s luxury real estate market.  The former Buffalo Bills defensive tackle marked his debut into luxury spec home development with the listing of his first project, in Miami Beach’s gated Biscay

loanDepot has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the lender of violating federal loan originator compensation rules, arguing that mortgage brokerage West Capital Lending (WCL) lacks standing to sue and is improperly trying to use consumer protection laws to pursue a competitive busi

Nearly 15 years after opening its doors in the wake of the financial crisis, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is operating in a markedly different form than it did just a year ago. Since the Trump administration took over at the start of 2025, the agency’s operations have been in limb

Cody Pearce has returned to YES Communities, one of the nation’s largest manufactured housing community operators, as president, effective July 13, 2026, the company announced. Pearce will oversee day-to-day operations at one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of manufactured housing commu