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Home affordability is improving
Home affordability is improving, with Americans needing to earn $111,252 per year to afford the typical U.S. home for sale,…
Luxury Experts Weigh In On The Most Popular Trends in 2026
As we head into 2026, we can expect that luxury design trends will lean towards warmth, personal expression and a…
Homeownership rate grows to 65.7%
According to new data released from the Census’ Housing Vacancy Survey (HVS) in the last quarter of 2025 the reported homeownership…
U.S. home sales see life
New listings of U.S. homes saw the first increase in more than two months, with home sales rising about 1%…
Luxury home prices continue climbing
The average luxury home sale price in the U.S. rose 4.6% year over year to $1.31 million in December 2025….
Mortgage-purchase applications rise with lower mortgage rates
Mortgage-purchase applications rose 5% week over week to their highest level in three years. U.S. pending home sales fell 2.9%…
Gen Z home ownership ticked up in 2025
Generation Z’s (Gen Z), individuals born between 1997 and 2012, home ownership rate rose in 2025. According to a Redfin…
D.R. Horton reports rising net sales
D.R. Horton, one of the nation’s largest production homebuilders, reported an increase of net sales orders 3% to 18,300 homes…
New home sales rose in September and October
The U.S. Census Bureau released the delayed Monthly New Residential Sales report for both September and October 2025.The September data…
Mortgage rates fall below 6%
Last week, mortgage rates reportedly fell below 6% for the first time in years. According to data provider Mortgage News…

























