2026

As part of HousingWire’s Editor’s Choice awards spotlight series, we’re spotlighting past Women of Influence honorees whose careers, leadership and insights continue to influence the industry. This series offers a closer look at the experiences and decisions that have shaped their paths. HousingWire reached out to Laurie Mecier-Brochu, CEO and president of Four Seasons Sotheby’s International...

For many real estate agents and homeowners, the true cost of a homeowners association (HOA) is more than just the monthly check. Hidden within outdated governance practices — paper ballots, unverifiable email votes and opaque proxy chains— lies a financial time bomb that can decimate property values and trap homebuyers in toxic assets, says Jonathan Gropper, founder of TrueHOA. His property...

If you own a property and you’re thinking about renting it out, there’s a good chance you’ve already gone back and forth on this: do you list it on...

The Canadian housing market enters 2027 in the middle of a slow recovery from the 2024-2026 correction. National sales are forecast to climb 2.1% to roughly 485,071 units in 2027, and the national average price is expected to nudge up 0.9% from 2026 to $695,094. Those numbers hide a sharp regional split. Alberta and Saskatchewan remain seller's markets with rising prices, Ontario and British Columbia are...

European commercial real estate continued its gradual recovery into early 2026, logging a seventh straight quarter of value gains as stronger rental income offset the drag from higher yields and persistent investor caution, according to data released by Altus Group. The firm's Q1 2026 Pan-European valuation dataset, which tracks open-ended diversified funds representing roughly €30 billion in assets...

New Rochelle embraced the abundance mindset long before the “yes in my backyard ” crowd made it cool. Today, the city, 25 minutes north of New York City by train, is a reference point for how zoning reform and predictable approvals can speed mixed-income housing production citywide. The city built on a 2015 rezoning that created a downtown overlay and moved away from traditional use-based zoning....

People can sense when unedited AI is being used as content. Let me show you what I mean. Here’s what happens when someone plugs “write about mortgage marketing trends” into one popular AI tool without a second thought: In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, mortgage pros struggle to stand out. Old-school marketing isn’t enough anymore. It’s an unprecedented challenge—standing out...

Homeownership is one of the most powerful wealth-building tools this country offers, and my path into the mortgage lending industry is an unlikely story that I could not be prouder to tell. In 2006, I was a methamphetamine addict living in an abandoned house, likely due for demolition, in Akron, Ohio. I had burned practically every bridge available to me. The mortgage industry was not on my radar; only...

Less than a month after announcing its pending TopBuild for $17 billion, QXO’s business strategists outlined plans to integrate the company into its platform, drive higher profitability and accelerate organic growth across the combined business. On Monday, QXO released an investor Q&A document that detailed the company’s growth strategy, as the Brad Jacobs-backed firm plans to grow annual...

For generations, homeownership has been one of the primary ways Americans built wealth and passed it on to loved ones. Now, financial advisers and housing experts warn that many older homeowners may be counting too heavily on their homes as retirement safety nets as they discover their properties sell for less than expected, according to a recent report published by The New York Times. Americans ages...