January 2026

The housing market continues to test patience: inventory remains constrained in many regions, buyer and seller activity is starting to normalize and interest rates still shape consumer hesitation (but that may be changing!) By conventional measures, momentum feels limited. Yet beneath those conditions, a different signal is emerging; one that may prove more predictive than housing market headlines...

A federal bankruptcy judge ruled to authorize the sale of 5,100 mostly rent-stabilized units in New York City in a deal that Zohran Mamdani tried to stall on the day he swore in as the new New York City mayor.​ With the decision, international real estate firm Summit Properties USA will acquire 93 buildings from Pinnacle Group, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year, in a deal brokered by...

Housing industry participants will closely watch President Donald Trump in Davos, where he is expected to outline measures aimed at improving housing affordability. His speech is expected for Wednesday. Potential initiatives include ideas Trump has already floated on social media, such as encouraging Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to expand their purchases of mortgage-backed securities (MBS), banning large...

As the housing market prices out more and more Americans, federal lawmakers are taking a closer look at manufactured housing as a more affordable supply-side alternative to a traditional stick-built home. Nevertheless, misconceptions about new manufactured housing communities — that they are dilapidated, ugly, or unsafe — continue to beleaguer a segment of the single-family, detached housing market...

In 2025, artificial intelligence (AI) shifted to routine use across the real estate marketing industry, according to a new industry report from Rechat analyzing brokerage surveys and platform performance data. . Brokerages increasingly consolidated listings, customer relationship management (CRM) systems and marketing tools into unified platforms — with industry leaders citing integration as a key...

There are Miami condos… and then there are Miami condos that feel like they were designed by a European nightclub architect who got handed unlimited budget, full creative control, and a copy of Fifty Shades of Grey. That’s the best way to describe a newly listed residence at Continuum South Beach, where a 30th-floor condo nicknamed “The Other Side” has just hit the market for $5.15 million —...

Succession interiors don’t try to be likable. They don’t lean cozy. They don’t do personality in a cute, curated way. The show’s wealth is cold, practiced, and deeply expensive — and the rooms reflect it. Everything looks like it was selected by someone with power, leverage, and a permanent retainer. It’s a very specific aesthetic: quiet luxury turned up to a level that becomes...

There’s a certain kind of backyard that doesn’t feel like a backyard at all. It doesn’t give “weekend BBQ” energy. It gives private event energy: the kind where cars arrive quietly, the drinks are already cold, and everything looks effortlessly ready long before the first guest shows up. It’s not about size (though size helps). It’s about layout, lighting, surfaces, and the subtle...

U.S. homebuilder sentiment weakened at the start of the year, underscoring persistent affordability strains on buyers even as mortgage rates show early signs of easing. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index fell two points in January 2026 to 37, extending a period of subdued confidence well below the 50 threshold that separates expansion from contraction. The decline...

Housing 2026 is off and going, and so far this year, with mortgage rates near 6% and mortgage spreads near normal levels, 2026 looks to be the first year of actual growth in existing home sales in years. Last week we had solid data in purchase apps and our weekly pending sales data — with inventory up, price-growth cooling and a healthier buyers versus sellers housing market. Growth is in the works as...