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Jeremiah Roberson turns property management into steady stewardship for Puget Sound owners. The first visit could have stayed polite and predictable. Jeremiah Roberson, president of ICON Real Estate Services, Inc., could have walked the Tacoma property, taken notes, and promised a follow-up. Instead, he got dirty. A property owner had an issue that needed attention,...

Builders FirstSource announced Tuesday that it is investing $25.3 million in Digs, an artificial-intelligence platform designed for residential homebuilders and homeowners....

A 106-acre estate in Schoharie County, New York, known as Twelve Ponds Estate, sold for $2.1 million in August to New York City buyers who plan to expand its existing event-venue operations....

New American Funding announced Friday that it is deploying voice artificial intelligence across its mortgage business to handle customer phone interactions, providing another example of how AI is entering the technology infrastructure behind the U.S. housing industry....

Renting rather than buying a small home in the Los Angeles area can save a typical household more than $2,000 per month, according to an analysis published by the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday....

Asking rents across the United States continued to decline on an annual basis, according to a new rental-market report released Monday by Realtor.com, although rental costs remain substantially above pre-pandemic levels....

Public housing access became the focus of a new application window in Waterbury, Connecticut, as the Waterbury Housing Authority prepared to open its general public housing waiting list. The housing authority operates thousands of public housing units serving residents in the New Haven County area. Housing information tracking the authority reported that the general public...

Manhattan’s rental market tightened further as the median asking rent for a market-rate apartment reached approximately $5,000, while the number of available listings fell substantially from the previous year. The latest figures showed a rental market in which demand remained strong while prospective tenants faced fewer choices. The combination creates additional pressure for renters searching...

The U.S. housing market showed continued weakness as sales of previously owned homes declined for a second consecutive month, highlighting the pressure that elevated mortgage rates and high home prices continued to place on buyers. Existing-home sales fell 1.7% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.06 million units, according to data reported by Reuters...

The U.S. rental market entered the second half of 2026 with renters gaining more options in many communities as new apartment construction continued to add supply and landlords increasingly competed for tenants. Recent national housing research shows that the market is becoming more favorable in some areas, although affordability remains a significant concern for households...