Residential properties and housing market
Monday’s lawsuit settlement between Compass and Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) could have implications well beyond Washington state. An end to litigation comes as brokerages and multiple l...
Sep 02, 2026 · 5 min readI ordered a grill online last year. Standard purchase, nothing special. But at some point after clicking buy, I noticed I could see exactly where it was at any given moment. Which facility it left. Wh...
Sep 02, 2026 · 5 min read
Residential · Condo Manhattan Development The Plan: At 44 West Eighth Street, the Goal Is a ‘Wonderful Visual Cacophony’ By Amanda Schiavo September 2, 2026 6:00 am reprints The exterior facade...
Sep 02, 2026 · 5 min readAs the need for affordable housing in the U.S. grows, the tax-exempt commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market is emerging as a potential financing tool to deliver more homes. New federal ru...
Sep 01, 2026 · 5 min readHigher mortgage rates have tended to slow housing data over the past few years and that has been the case in 2026. But this year has been a bit more orderly since mortgage rates haven’t broken over 7%...
Aug 29, 2026 · 5 min readKey Takeaways In 2026, “fast” HELOCs can mean approval in minutes and funding in 3–10 days thanks to online automation and AVM appraisals. Aven is our Best Overall pick: the fastest combination on thi...
Aug 26, 2026 · 5 min readHomebuilding’s Summer of 2026 race to the bottom is on. Even as new home prices fell to a five-year low, sales slowed sharply in July as builders contended with cautious buyers and growing new-home in...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min readThe homebuilding industry has a favorite word: Scale. Executives use it. Analysts use it. Investors use it. Consultants use it. Whenever a builder grows, someone inevitably explains why the company h...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min readMany real estate downturns are followed by promises of consumer-friendly process reform and increased attention on affordability. As with the subprime mortgage crisis, many believed the ongoing buye...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min readStaging can play a critical role in residential real estate. It helps to bring a model unit to life, and it provides potential renters and buyers with a glimpse of what their future home could look li...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min readBy Tom DeRose, co-founder and CEO at PandaGuarantee ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Contested evictions in New York City are the most expens...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min readThe VA reopened its main foreclosure-prevention tool on June 15, 2026, after a gap of roughly 13 months in which more than 10,000 veterans lost homes to foreclosure sales. If you are behind on a VA-gu...
Aug 24, 2026 · 5 min readBusiness terms, like talented team members, may be underpaid overachievers. One of homebuilding’s buzzing pop-chart terms these days qualifies. Scale. It sounds abstract, rhetorical, almost like a B.S...
Aug 21, 2026 · 5 min readHousing has an AI problem, and the Federal Reserve has said so. As the midterms approach, a wave of anti-data-center sentiment and backlash against AI in general has been so sweeping that governors in...
Aug 21, 2026 · 5 min readWith a population of less than 6,000, little Bay Harbor Islands, Fla., is often overlooked – but not by Regency Development Group. Since 2020, the developer has been building residential projects in t...
Aug 21, 2026 · 5 min readCompass International Holdings is adding yet another antitrust claim to its growing legal and regulatory docket. On Wednesday, plaintiffs Peter Castaneda and Haley Gelfand, both New York City renters...
Aug 21, 2026 · 5 min readKey Takeaways You can qualify for a mortgage using disability income. Your disability benefits count as income if you can show they’ll continue for at least 3 years. There are special home loans and g...
Aug 20, 2026 · 5 min read