10 Housing Markets With the Biggest Jump in Pending Sales in January 2026

10 Housing Markets With the Biggest Jump in Pending Sales in January 2026

Even though the national picture for home sales contracts looked a bit chilly in January, I’ve noticed some real pockets of warmth where buyers are actively signing on the dotted line. According... Read more »
Institutional Investors Are Snapping Up Homes Across the U.S.—They’re Taking the Biggest Share in These 5 Metros

Institutional Investors Are Snapping Up Homes Across the U.S.—They’re Taking the Biggest Share in These 5 Metros

Institutional investors continue to hold a significant slice of America’s housing inventory, buying up more than 6% of homes across the U.S. in 2025 alone—but new data reveals that there are five... Read more »
One of America’s Biggest Homes Has Asking Price Cut by a Staggering  Million

One of America’s Biggest Homes Has Asking Price Cut by a Staggering $40 Million

A Beverly Hills, CA, megamansion, which boasts an eye-watering 50,000 square feet with nearly every amenity imaginable, has received an equally shocking price cut: $40 million off its last asking price. The... Read more »
Lakewood Center Sale Tops Los Angeles’ Biggest Retail Deals

Lakewood Center Sale Tops Los Angeles’ Biggest Retail Deals

A lot more money changed hands for a lot more square footage in 2025 when it came to Los Angeles County’s largest retail investment deals. Roughly $968 million was spent on 2025’s... Read more »
The biggest reverse mortgage opportunities in 2025

The biggest reverse mortgage opportunities in 2025

While 2024 was rife with challenges for the mortgage industry broadly — across forward and reverse — a new year brings a new mindset. Some challenges remain, with mortgage rates being chief... Read more »
The biggest mortgage rate stories of 2024

The biggest mortgage rate stories of 2024

2024 was a disappointing year for those looking forward to a Fed rate-cut cycle and what that could do to mortgage rates. A strong economy (and a skittish Fed) pushed rate cuts... Read more »
The biggest challenge for the reverse industry in 2024? Mortgage rates

The biggest challenge for the reverse industry in 2024? Mortgage rates

Reverse mortgage business — and mortgage business generally — is not where people want it to be. That was a repeated idea shared by a group of reverse mortgage professionals when asked... Read more »
Southern Californians shaped the nation’s biggest political problems

Southern Californians shaped the nation’s biggest political problems

Voters rank the economy and inflation as the most important issues facing the country, and in spite of good news on both fronts, discontent over pocketbook issues remains steady. There’s one stretch... Read more »
China’s biggest problem is lack of confidence: Standard Chartered CEO

China’s biggest problem is lack of confidence: Standard Chartered CEO

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — China is facing a confidence deficit as its economy undergoes massive transition and concern grows over its ongoing property crisis, a top banking CEO said while onstage... Read more »
Older Americans could become their children’s ‘biggest expense’ in coming years, says aging advocate

Older Americans could become their children’s ‘biggest expense’ in coming years, says aging advocate

The seniors who are often the parents of Generation X and Generation Y (millennials) could become a pronounced expense for their kids in the coming years, but adult children also want to... Read more »