Affordability Is Improving in a Surprising Twist—Even as Home Prices Hit Record Highs

Median home sale prices surged to a new record high in June, yet housing affordability actually improved compared to a year ago, creating what at first might seem like a paradox.  To explain this contradiction, economists point beyond the raw price to a set of shifting economic factors affecting the

Antique Dealer’s ‘Treasured’ 1740 Estate With Perfectly Preserved Details Is Listed in Cape Cod’s Sandwich Village

A historical Cape Cod estate in the idyllic Massachusetts enclave of Sandwich Village has been brought to market for the first time in more than 40 years, having been meticulously restored and expanded by its late antique dealer owner. Now on the market for $2.95 million, the five-bedroom estate kno

Stanley Martin buying Holiday Builders highlights hyper-scale shift

Homebuilding scale is arriving at the midway point through a structural inflection. The latest evidence arrived Thursday, as Stanley Martin Homes announced it had entered an agreement to acquire Florida-based Holiday Builders, a transaction that will add approximately 1,050 annual home closings, mor

EXCLUSIVE: Former L.A. Dodgers Owner Frank McCourt Lists Longtime New York City Home for $47.5 Million

Former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt has listed the opulent New York City apartment he bought the same year he sold his stake in the legendary sports team—offering up the "distinguished" abode for $2.5 million less than what he purchased it for 14 years ago. The four-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom