Photo by Max Earey/Aston Martin Channeling that classic Tom Cruise line from the original Top Gun movie: “I feel the need. The need for speed.” To feel the speed, simply dial up Sport+ drive mode to add a triple shot of espresso to the 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8. Now foot to the floor and brace yoursel

Mortgage rates increased Thursday as markets awaited the release of the long-delayed employment report for September and continued to assess the latest inflation data in the wake of the government shutdown. The average rate on 30-year fixed home loans edged up to 6.26% for the week ending Nov. 20, u

Advenir bought a 249-unit apartment building in Pompano Beach for $60.9 million, amid an uptick in multifamily investment sales in South Florida.  Aventura-based Advenir bought the six-story Bell Lighthouse Point at 4611 North Federal Highway from Greensboro, North Carolina-based Bell Partners, acco

Sales of existing homes rose in October despite the government shutdown, as lower mortgage rates drew more buyers off the sidelines. Closings on existing homes rose 1.2% last month from September, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.1 million, the National Association of Realtors® reported Thu

The Boca Raton City Council unanimously approved plans by the city’s housing authority and Miami-based Atlantic Pacific Companies to add 105 apartments to a decades-old affordable housing complex. The zoning changes will enable Atlantic Pacific and the Boca Raton Housing Authority to build two new t

The U.S. economy added 119,000 jobs in September, exceeding economists' expectations, even as summer payrolls were revised down, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that was released nearly seven weeks late due to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Meanwhile, the

For nearly a century, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has defined the American housing market. More than 90% of mortgage holders have one, and for decades, it has worked. House hunters could lock in stable payments, refinance when rates fell, and build equity over time. But the 30-year mortgage is a

Buyer satisfaction among homebuyers has improved over the last two years as the housing market's slower pace has given house hunters more time to plan for homeownership.  In 2025, nearly 4 in 10 homebuyers (37%) said they did not experience regret over their purchase, up from 31% in 2023, according

Commercial real estate investor Todd J. Drowlette has brokered boatloads of deals with major corporations, including Starbucks and Dunkin', but when it came to signing on the dotted line for his own property purchase, "The Real Estate Commission" star was swayed by something far more important than

A system designed for purposeEvery mortgage market is patchwork. Rules, products, and features exist because of past events, a crisis, a policy choice, or a market failure. The result is a structure that reflects history more than design. That doesn’t make it bad, but it does mean we carry baggage t

Most major metros are adding jobs more slowly than normal, and the slowdown is hitting the workers who drive homebuying activity the most: those in tech, professional services, and finance, according to a new report from John Burns Research & Consulting.  The shift has major implications for the hou

A charming dome home that spent decades as an empty "shell" has been brought to the market in Washington, nine years after it was finally completed. The two-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom dwelling was originally conceived by a nuclear engineer who brought that vision to life in the early 1980s by building th

As the year comes to a close, Yelp has projected the hottest trends for 2026. While matcha, mahjong nights, and heated workouts are on the list, so are a number of unexpected home design movements—most notably, old-school bathrooms. According to Yelp’s 2026 Home Trend Forecast, vintage bathrooms, co

Hollywood legend Kevin Spacey has revealed that he is homeless, having lost his lavish Baltimore property to foreclosure while dealing with the soaring cost of the legal fees involved in defending himself against a spate of sexual assault allegations. Spacey, 66, was once one of the most sought-afte

The plaintiffs in the Taylor Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) suit filed against Zillow in mid-September filed an amended complaint on Wednesday.  The amended complaint contains testimony from a dozen anonymous current and former Zillow-affiliated loan officers and agents that corrobora

The largest active volcano in Oregon is being drilled into as part of an effort to create a cleaner energy source. Engineers are building a geothermal power plant that taps into the energy of the Newberry Volcano—the largest volcano in the Cascades volcanic arc. In 2026, the Texas-based startup Maza

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman has criticized the Trump administration's plan to sell shares of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the public, laying out an alternative path that would reward existing common shareholders. Ackman, whose Pershing Square hedge fund holds a substa

Wealthfront, a fintech known for low-cost investing and savings products, is entering the mortgage business. The California-headquartered company announced Wednesday that was offering early access to Wealthfront Home Lending, which offers mortgages through the company’s automated, software-driven pl

The Cape Coral–Fort Myers-Naples, FL metro housing market has moved into buyer-favorable territory, with homes taking a median 119 days to sell, 54% longer than the national median of 77 days, according to HousingWire Data for the week ending Nov. 14, 2025. Single-family inventory in the Cape Coral

It used to be that being a millionaire meant a person could retire and live a comfortable life. But not even millionaires may believe that anymore. There are 23.8 million millionaires in the U.S., the most of any country in the world, but only 36% of them consider themselves "wealthy," according to