U.S. commercial and multifamily mortgage debt climbed to a record near $5 trillion at the end of 2025, underscoring continued lending activity even as higher borrowing costs reshape underwriting standards. Total commercial and multifamily mortgage debt outstanding rose 1.5% in the fourth quarter to $4.99 trillion, an increase of $75.2 billion from the prior three months, according to new data from the...
March 2026
Rory Golod has been named president of growth at Compass International Holdings (CIH), the parent company of Compass, Christie’s International Real Estate, @properties and the Anywhere brands. In this newly created role, Golod will be focused on driving agent success across the company’s unified technology platform. In an announcement on Monday, CIH said Golod will oversee efforts to help roughly...
Policy uncertainty is pushing older Americans to delay retirement, shift to conservative investments and boost their emergency savings, according to a new survey. The findings published last week by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College show 21% of respondents who’ve yet to retire are postponing retirement while 33% are moving to safer portfolios. The survey of 1,443 people ages...
There seem to be very few things that Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill can agree on these days, but one of them is that housing has become increasingly unaffordable for the average American. And with good reason: housing affordability is the worst it’s been in over 40 years – since the 1980s when mortgage rates routinely approached 20%. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta,...
Austin city lawmakers bent on ensuring the Texas capital sustains momentum in a housing supply expansion that cuts into a home shortage and slows price growth took another step last week. Thursday, the Austin City Council approved a new package of land-use changes that would accelerate construction of missing-middle housing types such as duplexes, fourplexes and small apartment buildings in walkable,...
The U.S. homebuilding industry remains more fragmented than outsiders believe, even after years of consolidation. Lennar continues to be one of the biggest builders in the country, but size alone isn’t the main factor anymore; the next advantage comes from blending operational efficiency with customer segmentation. That is why KB Home appears to be a possible strategic target. KB Home is large enough...
Kitchens measuring 215 to 300 square feet offer a design sweet spot, balancing ample storage with high-functioning efficiency. These generous layouts provide significant workspace and optimal flow for both entertaining and daily life. In the following four projects, see how design and...
WORLD PROPERTY MARKETS, a Miami-based proptech firm, is developing large-scale digital infrastructure to connect global buyer demand with property supply in real time. The initiative targets persistent inefficiencies in real estate, where trillions of dollars in annual transactions remain constrained by fragmented markets, manual processes, high transaction costs, and cross-border barriers including...
Faced with 2½ acres of lawn and little else, the owners of this property in the English Midlands were stumped: How could they create an enjoyable backyard that would also attract and support local wildlife?Landscape designer Victoria Philpott came to their rescue, creating a series of...
As shocking as it may seem with all the crazy things that have happened in 2026 — AI labor disruption headlines, epic snowstorms and especially the Iran conflict — housing demand, even last week, still showed year-over-year growth with mortgage purchase applications data and our weekly pending home sales. However, that growth has slowed and we are at a key inflection point for mortgage rates. Over...
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