Affordability continues to be a challenge in housing, and a new report from the National Association of Home Builders shows how that’s influencing both buyers and builders in 2026. 

After five years of worsening, housing affordability has finally started to improve, according to a new Redfin study. 

Midtown Park Residences is the first residential tower in Midtown Park, a $2 billion, five-acre mixed-use project that will connect Miami’s Midtown, Wynwood and Design District.

Complete with towers, turrets and Corinthian columns, the sellers built this Spring Grove, Illinois, property in 2012 and nicknamed it the “castle of love.”

With mortgage rates approaching 6%, 5.5 million additional buyers that could not qualify for a mortgage one year ago would qualify at today’s lower rates, the National Association of REALTORS® said. 

It’s the fifth consecutive monthly increase.

In a rare housing market shift, newly built homes saw price reductions more frequently than existing homes in late 2025 for the first time in recent history, according to a new report from Realtor.com.  

The twin condo towers, LOFTY Brickell and The Standard Residences, Brickell, are slated to open in August 2027. 

As the housing market continues to adjust, design and community strategy have become drivers of buyer preference, according to Jenni Nichols, vice president of design at John Burns Research and Consulting.

The new executive most recently worked for ARC Realty. 

Rate has entered a multi-year partnership with Alianza, a national grassroots soccer platform serving Latino communities, to expand access to bilingual homeownership education and financial resources. 

The boutique development will feature 51 condominiums starting at $3.7 million. 

The change comes as Robert Reffkin takes the role of chairman and CEO of the newly formed Compass International Holdings.

“Today’s ruling is a clear victory not just for Zillow, but for consumers, agents, brokerages and the real estate industry at large,” a Zillow spokesperson told Agent Publishing.

The event will be held Feb. 6 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood. 

Ryan Schneider, former CEO of Anywhere Real Estate, has left the company following its acquisition by Compass, a representative from Anywhere confirmed.