Key Takeaways With a HECM reverse mortgage you keep the title and can stay in the home as long as you meet the loan terms (living there, paying taxes and insurance, and maintaining the home). A HECM i...
Sep 14, 2026 · 5 min readKey Takeaways A HELOC and a reverse mortgage both tap home equity for repairs, but work in nearly opposite ways: one adds a monthly payment, the other removes it. A HELOC usually costs less upfront; a...
Sep 14, 2026 · 5 min readActive adult buyers, who often sit on decades of built-up equity, are at least partially shielded from the affordability constraints squeezing younger, entry-level buyers.But that doesn’t mean marketi...
Sep 14, 2026 · 5 min readCompass launched the Compass Global Division, an internal agent-to-agent network designed to connect U.S.-based clients with vetted advisors for international real estate transactions, the company ann...
Sep 14, 2026 · 5 min readFor Char Kurihara, homebuilding job titles might well be artifacts of a bygone era. That’s not about title inflation or ego. If anything, it’s the opposite. Since the housing and financial crisis, the...
Sep 14, 2026 · 5 min read
At this time of year, as we remember Sept. 11, 2001, I inevitably find myself thinking about time. I think about the people who went to work that morning expecting it to be an ordinary Tuesday. I thin...
Sep 14, 2026 · 5 min read
Los Angeles remains a locale that runs on ambition and the pursuit of opportunity. But a significant bifurcation is taking place. Increasingly, the marketplace for retail real estate has significantl...
Sep 14, 2026 · 5 min readIt’s a little difficult to believe that it’s been a full quarter of a century since that horrible day in 2001 when al-Qaida terrorists shook America to its very core with the single worst foreign atta...
Sep 13, 2026 · 5 min readHomebuilding is hard right now, but that doesn’t mean it still doesn’t follow simple rules. StyleCraft Builders CEO Doug French sees today’s homebuilding business and operational hurdles – including r...
Sep 10, 2026 · 5 min readDeveloper Jay Roberts is making a splash in South Florida. The CEO of Miami-based Prosper Group recently closed on a $50 million site along the Miami River in the city’s Brickell district. The 1-acre...
Sep 10, 2026 · 5 min readFannie Mae and Freddie Mac have published official pricing grids for single-family mortgages using the traditional Classic FICO and new VantageScore 4.0 models. Early analyses suggest the new credit s...
Sep 10, 2026 · 5 min readToday, mortgage rates rose above 7% for the first time this year. The positive storyline for the 2026 housing market was that mortgage spreads near normal would reduce mortgage rate volatility and kee...
Sep 10, 2026 · 5 min readExisting home sales fell 2% month over month in August to a seasonally adjusted annual sales pace of 3.98 million, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Th...
Sep 10, 2026 · 5 min readNine in 10 U.S. seniors report at least one barrier that affects their health, independence or access to care, with aging-in-place challenges, support gaps and medical debt all worsening in 2026, acco...
Sep 10, 2026 · 5 min readMove over “Jersey Boys,” because this Jersey girl is the queen bee of the New Jersey real estate market. Teresa Minnick of Christie’s International Real Estate Group is a leading broker in the Garden...
Sep 10, 2026 · 5 min read