Mortgage Rates Surge as Spring Selling Season Approaches—Here’s What Buyers and Sellers Need To Know

Mortgage Rates Surge as Spring Selling Season Approaches—Here’s What Buyers and Sellers Need To Know

Mortgage rates jumped 16 basis points last week, their largest single-week increase in nearly a year, putting additional pressure on homebuyers already navigating a challenging market. The three-week climb marks the steepest... Read more »
A Spring Selling 2026 homebuilders elegy

A Spring Selling 2026 homebuilders elegy

Show of hands. Who among us has purchased a home to live in – any home, in any place, at any price – without feeling at some point like we were on... Read more »
Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song ‘Scoop Up a .35 Million Sherman Oaks Mansion’—Weeks After Selling Toluca Lake Estate

Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song ‘Scoop Up a $10.35 Million Sherman Oaks Mansion’—Weeks After Selling Toluca Lake Estate

“Home Alone” star Macaulay Culkin and his longtime partner Brenda Song have reportedly splashed out $10.3 million on a new home in Los Angeles—weeks after they offloaded their sprawling Toluca Lake estate for $14.24... Read more »
Why some of the priciest metros are selling faster right now

Why some of the priciest metros are selling faster right now

Higher prices are often assumed to slow housing demand. But a metro-level look at HousingWire Data shows a counterintuitive pattern: some of the most expensive housing markets in the country are also... Read more »
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Selling The OC’ Star Fiona Belle Shares Which Co-Star Is ‘Like Family’ and Admits She Was ‘So Nervous’ Filming

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Selling The OC’ Star Fiona Belle Shares Which Co-Star Is ‘Like Family’ and Admits She Was ‘So Nervous’ Filming

Stepping into the spotlight for the first time, “Selling The OC” star Fiona Belle is opening up about the nerves she felt filming the hit Netflix series—and the unexpected castmate who quickly... Read more »
Former LA Kings Player Phillip Danault Selling Home

Former LA Kings Player Phillip Danault Selling Home

It didn’t take long for a former Los Angeles Kings forward to find a buyer for his Manhattan Beach home. The pending sale of Phillip Danault and his wife Marie-Pierre Fortin’s home... Read more »
A spring selling eve – pre-game – note to homebuilding leaders

A spring selling eve – pre-game – note to homebuilding leaders

Homebuilders — many we talk with — are calling today’s selling environment one of “demand uncertainty.” The phrase is clear. Traffic is uneven. Conversions are harder to forecast. Buyers hesitate longer, ask... Read more »
Are you selling the rate or building relationships? 

Are you selling the rate or building relationships? 

For more than 25 years, I’ve heard loan officers complain that their rates aren’t competitive. One of the first questions rate shoppers ask is, “What’s your rate today?” For far too long,... Read more »
‘Selling Sunset’ Alum Christine Quinn Reveals Why She Quit California and Moved Back to Texas

‘Selling Sunset’ Alum Christine Quinn Reveals Why She Quit California and Moved Back to Texas

“Selling Sunset” alum Christine Quinn has revealed why she quit California and moved to Dallas as she dished on all of her favorite things about living back in the South. The 37-year-old... Read more »
Fannie Mae releases updates to Selling Guide

Fannie Mae releases updates to Selling Guide

The newly-updated Fannie Mae Selling Guide for November has aimed to modernize special property eligibility and underwriting considerations for leasehold estates, and it has revised the government-sponsored enterprise (GSE)’s project review requirements... Read more »