Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes in August rose one point to a level of 61 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). That is the highest reading since November

In October, we reported on a budding legal battle between Zillow and Top Agent Network (TAN).  Tan claimed the popular syndication portal had stolen proprietary trade secrets under the guise of investor interest to create its “Coming Soon” feature. Today, a

According to numerous news reports, in April of this year, ONE Sotheby’s International Realty Senior Vice President Kevin Tomlinson filed a complaint with the Miami Association of Realtors, claiming longtime South Florida top producers Jill Hertzberg and Jill Eber

Today, CoreLogic released its June 2015 National Foreclosure Report, and the big reveal was foreclosures are still dropping – so not much of a surprise. For another month, national foreclosures fell, with inventory dropping 28.9 percent year-over-year from a

In 2016, a minimalistic, off-the-grid lifestyle will take on a whole new meaning. The Ecocapsule, an egg shaped, environmentally friendly portable house created by Nice Architects, will allow anyone to live anywhere in the world for up to a year.

Homebuilding is in a state of flux across the nation. With growing barriers in lending and land availability forcing traditionally entry-level homebuilders into the upper ends of the market, it is unclear what the future of the industry and

CoreLogic’s May distressed sales report shows lowest levels since 2007 CoreLogic recently released a new report detailing the state of the distressed sales market in the U.S. for May, and for another month, both real-estate owned (REO) and short

Square footage is growing faster now than it did during the housing boom, but the culture of the McMansion may be changing After being scared away by the 2008 financial and housing crisis, the McMansion is slowly returning to

On Friday, July 31, trucks poured 600 cubic yards of cement into H3 Hollywood, laying down one third of the foundation for the newest addition to Hollywood, Florida. As construction on H3 Hollywood continues, Team Real Estate Developments unveils

Property Markets Group (PMG), along with their joint venture partner S2 Development and Canyon Partners Real Estate, announced that they have closed a $133.7 million senior construction loan for Muse Residences. Canyon, the lender, is a Los Angeles-based real

Rising rents, new research shows, are not an incentive to buy a house Renters in the Miami metro area are spending substantially more money on their monthly rent than is historically the case. That was the finding of a new

Julia Roberts has decided one New York apartment is enough. With the decision to keep her Gramercy Park apartment, Roberts recently listed her second property at 45 W 10th St. for $4.5 million. The Hampton-style property with panoramic views

Opulence International Realty (OIR), a South Florida-based real estate brokerage and development firm, has recently announced it’s brand-new partnership with BOND New York, a full service real estate brokerage firm. OIR will add BOND’s New York City experts to

New research indicates home flipping remains very profitable in Miami In 2015’s second quarter, the Miami metro area had 1,383 single family home flips, which is more than any other area in the nation, according to a recent study

Recent study shows national increase in average down payments. In 2015’s second quarter, the average down payment in Florida was 17.58 percent, which was an increase from the first quarter’s 17.28 percent, according to a recent study by online loan marketplace,

A mother-daughter real estate team in New Mexico recently listed not one, but two homes featured in the hit series, “Breaking Bad.” The more popular of the two was used as the residence of Jesse Pinkman, played by Aaron