Amazon debuts trio of tiny homes in face of home affordability crunch

The “Prefab Hiking House” series of homes designed by OneSpaceHub includes a split-level 40-foot property featuring a sun deck for $48,000 and a single-story home with a terrace priced at $19,000. Continue reading

Home prices grow in 90% of metros as Silicon Valley breaks $2M ceiling

San Jose, California, a major tech hub, tallied single-family existing-home prices exceeding $2 million in 2Q for the first time since the National Association of Realtors began tracking home prices in 1979. Continue reading

World’s most expensive, futuristic motorhome priced at $2.5M

According to Van Conover, the Prevost motorhomes typically belong to “A-list artists, top of the top in the music industry, F1 racers and high-level entrepreneurs” who can customize the motorhome however they see fit from the floors, the color of the l… Continue reading

Realty One Group scoops up Florida indie MVP Realty

MVP Realty CEO Derek Carlson said moving to Realty One Group will bring agents a variety of upgrades while leaving his company’s core values intact. Continue reading

Miami investors lose another hotel to foreclosure auction

In the same week that the investment firm lost the Waldorf Astoria in Washington, D.C., to a foreclosure auction, CGI Merchant also had to let go of the Gabriel Miami Downtown in a foreclosure auction to an affiliate of Madison Realty Capital. Continue reading

Lofty acquires real estate CRM company Firepoint

There is a good deal of feature overlap between the Lofty and Firepoint, with both providing the market website creation and content management, AI assistants and lead generation and oversight. However, Lofty ventures into transaction management, omnic… Continue reading

HomeServices commission settlement gets prelim approval

HomeServices previously agreed to pay $250 million to settle various commission suits. A final approval hearing is set for November. Continue reading

Now in beta, Eden’s AI home search aims to upend ‘Big Search’

Agents can use Eden’s AI tools to compete for business with affordability, a unique advantage in a market that may soon find buyers having to pay directly for representation Continue reading

Climate activists vandalize Lionel Messi’s $12M Ibiza home

Spanish climate activist group Futuro Vegetal smeared the star footballer’s mansion in red and black paint to blame the rich for the climate crisis, while also highlighting the lack of action on the part of the Spanish government, the group said. Continue reading

Ultra-luxury sales show resilience, up 3.9% from last year

Ultra-luxury sales, or residential sales valued at or above $10 million, totaled $14.6 billion across 838 transactions, an increase of 3.9 percent during the first half of the year. Continue reading