Auction.com released its 2025 Disposition Strategy Report on Wednesday, showing that distressed property sales at auction have increasingly outperformed traditional retail real estate sales over the past two years. The report analyzed more than 390,000 distressed property dispositions from January 2018 through September 2025, using Auction.com data and public records. Estimated net proceeds for...

Dwight Schar, the founder and former executive chairman and CEO of NVR Inc., has died, according to posts on LinkedIn.  James Honeycutt, managing partner at Credo Construction, discussed Schar’s legacy in a post on Thursday afternoon.  “Mr. Schar wasn’t flashy or dismissive — just calm, kind, and very clear on what mattered most. He chuckled (everyone in sales knows what that means) and...

A recent Cato Institute survey of 2,000 adults found strong bipartisan support for creating an independent, nonpartisan commission with authority to address Social Security’s long-term funding shortfall. Seventy-one percent of respondents said they favor Congress establishing such a body, reflecting broad frustration with lawmakers and growing openness to an alternative decision-making...

A fabulous Sarasota estate has just landed on the market at $22 million — and we got the first look. Set on 2.4 gated acres with an extraordinary 240 feet of direct Sarasota Bay frontage, the newly listed property at 3315 Bay Shore is the kind of legacy-style waterfront estate that rarely becomes available. With more than 10,800 square feet of living space, total privacy, and uninterrupted bay...

On the heels of Landman Season 2 putting Fort Worth back in the spotlight, a new listing in the city’s Cultural District is quietly making history. Residence #4 at The Seven Residences at Bowie House has just hit the market for $5.488 million, offering something Fort Worth has never really had before: a standalone single-family home with direct access to the amenities and services of a five-star...

Built in the 1920s, this Colonial Revival home in Providence, Rhode Island, was rich with period character, including Craftsman-style detailing. But the kitchen didn’t share in that charm. Small and inefficient, it fell short for a family with two young daughters. Looking for a space that better...

Dealmakers across the global real estate industry are quietly redrawing the boundaries of what constitutes a property portfolio. Artificial intelligence, shifting capital flows, and a renewed push for scale are forcing investors to rethink how value is sourced, underwritten, and sustained in a world where capital is no longer abundant--and certainty is scarce. A new study from PwC finds that institutional...

If you’re thinking about getting your real estate license in Oregon, it’s important to know that everyone starts out as a broker. Before you can take the state exam, you’ll need to knock out 150 hours of coursework through an approved Oregon real estate school. Those hours cover everything from contracts and finance to agency law, property management and the day-to-day practice of being a...

By the time Lennar executives reached the question-and-answer portion of their fourth-quarter 2025 earnings call this morning, the tone had shifted. From explanation to defense. What had looked, just a quarter earlier, like early clues of stabilization instead revealed a more complicated reality: the housing market did not behave as expected, and neither Lennar nor its peers were spared from that...

The sales division of Historic & Distinctive Homes LLC, along with its owner Karen Hoff, will join Coldwell Banker Southern Realty in Nashville. “This is an alignment of two incredible brands that combine deep local market history with the power of the Coldwell Banker Global Luxury network,” said Jason Nagy, executive sales manager for Coldwell Banker Southern Realty in Nashville. “This...