Luxury Long Island City High-Rise That Boasts Sweeping Manhattan Views Prepares To Welcome First Residents

Luxury Long Island City High-Rise That Boasts Sweeping Manhattan Views Prepares To Welcome First Residents

The finishing touches are being placed on New York City‘s newest luxury residential tower soon ready to welcome residents. The Orchard is an 823-foot-high building in Long Island City, Queens. The tower... Read more »
Texas Housing Market Bucks the Trend With a Surprising Surge in Sales

Texas Housing Market Bucks the Trend With a Surprising Surge in Sales

The Texas housing market is proving remarkably resilient, bucking the usual autumnal slowdown with a notable surge in home sales in both September and October. Despite rising interest rates, this unexpected upward... Read more »
Snapdocs integrates with MeridianLink’s LOS for home equity loans

Snapdocs integrates with MeridianLink’s LOS for home equity loans

Signed documents automatically flow back into the system once a closing is completed, reducing manual work, improving accuracy and shortening cycle times, the companies said. America First Credit Union (AFCU) is among... Read more »
Details on Ben Ashkenazy, Saks Global Deal

Details on Ben Ashkenazy, Saks Global Deal

Ben Ashkenazy’s recent Beverly Hills buy that made him one of the largest retail landlords in the city’s glitzy shopping district came out to $50 million, records reveal.  In late December, his... Read more »
A Portrait of the Modern American Landlord: More Than Half of Rental Property Owners Are Small-Time Investors—and New to the Market

A Portrait of the Modern American Landlord: More Than Half of Rental Property Owners Are Small-Time Investors—and New to the Market

Just months before their wedding, Hilary Reiter Azzaretti and her then-fiance moved in together and inadvertently stumbled into a lucrative line of work as landlords in Utah’s most prestigious ski town. “We... Read more »
30-Year Refinance Rate Drops by 7 Basis Points

30-Year Refinance Rate Drops by 7 Basis Points

Here’s today’s update on mortgage refinance rates. For January 12th, the average 30-year fixed refinance rate has seen a decrease of 7 basis points, bringing it down from last week’s average of... Read more »
U.S. housing inventory growth slows to 10% in 2026

U.S. housing inventory growth slows to 10% in 2026

Housing inventory growth has slowed from 33% year over year in mid-2025 to 10.0% today. The cooling marks the clearest end to the supply-shortage era and the beginning of a market where... Read more »
Northridge’s The Mix Earns 3 Million in Rialto FinancingN

Northridge’s The Mix Earns $113 Million in Rialto FinancingN

Pendulum Property Partners and Affinius Capital have received a funding boost for an industrial and office campus in the San Fernando Valley.  The owners secured $113 million in financing from Rialto Capital... Read more »

U.S. Household Real Estate Value Falls From Record High

The total value of U.S. household real estate took a hit in the third quarter but remains elevated, according to the latest data from the Federal Reserve. The aggregate market value of... Read more »
30-Year Fixed Loan Rate Persists Below 6%

30-Year Fixed Loan Rate Persists Below 6%

As of January 12, 2026, mortgage rates, according to Zillow, have seen a gentle dip. The most popular choice, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, now sits around 5.91%, a slight decrease from the... Read more »