While Wall Street waits to see if and when Dream Finders Homes returns with a sweeter bid after Beazer Homes’ board rejected its third unsolicited takeover proposal, another provocative question may be lurking across the sector. What if Dream Finders’ hostile move this week did more than put Beazer in play? What if it exposed a fault line in how public homebuilders are valued? One group is a...

The real estate industry is preparing for the wrong disruption. For two years, brokerages, MLSs and trade groups have been consumed by the AI conversation. What tools to buy. Which workflows to automate. How to compete with ChatGPT-native upstarts. It’s a legitimate conversation, but it isn’t the one that’s about to redefine the business. The conversation that matters is about tokenization, and...

At last week’s Reverse Mastermind Summit in Tennessee, Bruce Simmons of American Liberty Mortgage shared some of the secrets behind his successful career as a reverse mortgage originator. His motivational message to the audience centered around helping them answer a key question: What is my why? Simmons, who’s based in Denver, outlined three key steps he’s learned over the course of more than 20...

When a Lumberton, New Jersey, couple decided it was time to overhaul their cramped, dark kitchen, they came in with a clear wish list: more light, smarter storage, upgraded appliances — and plenty of blue. What they needed was someone to pull it all together. They found that in...

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Silence has moved into the luxury column. In 2026, sound design sits beside wine cellars, wellness suites, and chef's kitchens as a category buyers actively evaluate, and acoustic control has become a defining feature of how high-net-worth purchasers and their architects judge a property. What was once a back-of-house technical concern handled late in construction is now planned at the schematic stage and...

Japan's prime retail districts posted record rents in the first quarter as fashion brands and luxury retailers competed aggressively for scarce storefront space, underscoring the resilience of the country's high-street shopping market despite global economic uncertainty. Average rents reached all-time highs in five of the 10 major retail areas tracked by CBRE -- Ginza, Omotesando/Harajuku, Shibuya,...

Toll Brothers has promoted Executive Vice President Seth J. Ring to president and chief operating officer, succeeding outgoing president and COO Robert (Rob) Parahus, according to a company announcement. Ring, a 22-year Toll Brothers veteran, will also join the company’s board of directors. Parahus, who has been with Toll for 40 years, will retire from his operating role but remain as a senior advisor...

Housing demand in 2026 has not disappeared under the weight of elevated mortgage rates. But it is becoming increasingly selective. The latest housing data suggests buyers are concentrating in markets where pricing remains more aligned with purchasing power — while higher-cost markets and pandemic-era boom regions are seeing more normalized conditions emerge. In his latest Housing Market Tracker,...