Muted Reaction to Hilton & Hyland’s Latest Shift

Muted Reaction to Hilton & Hyland’s Latest Shift

Hilton & Hyland lost its managing director, and you could call industry reaction to the latest in the brokerage’s saga muted to say the least. Steve Katz, who joined the brokerage a ... Read more »
EXCLUSIVE: ’90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days’ Star Rethinks His Marriage After Seeing Wife’s Lavish Home in the Philippines

EXCLUSIVE: ’90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days’ Star Rethinks His Marriage After Seeing Wife’s Lavish Home in the Philippines

Mismatched spending habits are a common cause of conflict in relationships—so when one “90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days” cast member saw his wife’s oversized home in the Philippines for the... Read more »
30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate Falls Steeply by 78 Basis Points

30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate Falls Steeply by 78 Basis Points

If you’ve been dreaming of owning your own home, this is fantastic news you won’t want to miss. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate has seen a dramatic drop of 78 basis points... Read more »
Sumitomo Forestry buys Tri Pointe, resetting the arc of homebuilder scale

Sumitomo Forestry buys Tri Pointe, resetting the arc of homebuilder scale

Within a couple of weeks of exactly this time two years ago, the lead-in to a blockbuster $4.9 billion M&A deal involving a Japan-based acquirer of a national public homebuilding enterprise practically... Read more »
Los Angeles Enacts Commercial-to-Housing Conversion Law

Los Angeles Enacts Commercial-to-Housing Conversion Law

Housing production in Los Angeles is poised to pick up even more as a new adaptive reuse law goes into effect this month.  The Citywide Adaptive Reuse Ordinance makes it easier for... Read more »
Rates Drop Near Three-Year Lows, Boosting Borrower Hopes

Rates Drop Near Three-Year Lows, Boosting Borrower Hopes

If you’re even remotely thinking about buying a home or maybe refinancing the one you’ve got, February 14th, 2026, brings some fairly sweet news. As of today, you can snag a 30-year... Read more »
Housing demand snaps back as mortgage rates near 6%

Housing demand snaps back as mortgage rates near 6%

Weekly pending sales Pending home sales data provide a week-to-week perspective, though results can be affected by holidays and short-term fluctuations, such as the recent winter storm that hit the country. I... Read more »
California Opens Civil Rights Probe of Eaton Fire Response

California Opens Civil Rights Probe of Eaton Fire Response

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has launched a civil rights investigation into Los Angeles County’s emergency response to the Eaton fire in Altadena, introducing significant regulatory and legal exposure for county agencies. ... Read more »
Welcome to the ‘Anti-Hamptons’—Where Manhattan’s Second-Home Buyers Are Heading Now

Welcome to the ‘Anti-Hamptons’—Where Manhattan’s Second-Home Buyers Are Heading Now

For decades, New Yorkers have fled to the Hamptons for sun-soaked weekends and ocean air. But as its popularity has surged—and traffic, crowds, and price tags have climbed with it—the once-effortless escape... Read more »
How to Get a 4% Interest Rate on a Mortgage in 2026?

How to Get a 4% Interest Rate on a Mortgage in 2026?

It feels like yesterday we were talking about sub-3% mortgage rates, doesn’t it? Those days might feel like a distant dream, especially when you’re looking to buy a home or refinance in... Read more »