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As mortgage rates and home prices continue to strain homebuyers, states are rapidly expanding programs aimed at making homeownership more affordable. Housing affordability pressures remain severe nationwide. As of May 1, the median price for a U.S. single-family home sat at $449,038, according to HousingWire Data. Prices vary sharply by state, with Hawaii remaining the most expensive at a median of...

California-based Thomas James Homes (TJH) announced last week that Steve Schlageter has stepped up as the company’s new CEO, after joining the firm as COO in 2024.  The builder, known as the largest single-lot, infill homebuilder in the nation, was founded in 2006 in Southern California. Since then, the company has expanded into the San Francisco Bay Area, and more recently into the Seattle and...

When design-build pros Ron and Elisa Scarpa added a new structure to their historic Winter Park, Florida, property, they wanted a kitchen built around the way they actually live. Elisa, who grew up in Italy, shaped the open layout around a social cooking life — lots of entertaining,...

CEO Ismael Clemente says Spain & Portugal are seeing the emergence of a new data center hub in...

Image Despite some softness in the first quarter, a new upcycle remains in place, with big box demand playing a key role, Malhotra...

Home Prices, Sales Slip Amid Rising Inventories Home prices and sales in the Las Vegas area declined in April 2026, from a year earlier, the latest sign that one of the nation's hottest housing markets in recent years is continuing to normalize as inventory builds and affordability pressures linger. The median price of existing single-family homes sold through the Multiple Listing Service in Southern...

After years of pushing housing affordability reforms, Colorado legislators hit a wall — crashing up against the limits of how much zoning control they could strip from local governments. This year, they sought to require most cities to allow single-family homes on lots as small as 2,000 square feet, about a third the size of typical lots in many locales. The bill passed the state’s House but stalled...

HomeServices of America has named industry veteran Jason Waugh as successor to HSF Affiliates CEO Vince Leisey, with a leadership transition expected to begin in 2027, the company announced Wednesday. HSF Affiliates is the franchisor of the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices real estate network, which has been in expansion mode in recent years as large brokerage brands compete for market share and recruit...

Three women with prominent roles in the reverse mortgage industry took the stage Tuesday at the Reverse Mastermind Summit in Knoxville, Tennessee, sharing personal stories while converging on sales advice around the power of narrative, the importance of relationships with financial planners and the need for higher professional standards. Christine Jensen of Fairway Home Mortgage opened the panel with a...

A year ago, when Lennar completed the spin-off of Millrose Properties into a standalone, publicly traded REIT, the sheer size, root motivation and the complex nature of the pivot ushered in an era of land-banking unlike any before. Global capital asset managers followed suit. Land-banking and asset-light or land-light business and balance sheet management began to fuse in many people’s minds into a...