Homebuying Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All: Why Starter Homes and Forever Homes Require Different Strategies

Many homebuyers make the mistake of approaching every home purchase the same way—focusing on square footage, price per square foot, and resale value. But buying your first home and buying your last home are different endeavors that require different strategies. A starter home is primarily about buil

New York City Luxury Home Sales Nearly Double in a Week, Reaching $144 Million

The Manhattan luxury market is alive and well, bouncing back from a slow week to hit 21 sales totaling $144,474,000. Twenty-one properties with a median list price of $6 million went under contract for the third week of September, 10 more than the previous week. Most homes (15) were condos, with fiv

Smartfi Home Loans shutters retail division

San Diego-based Smartfi Home Loans, a top 15 U.S. reverse mortgage lender, recently made the decision to close its retail division and place an “exclusive focus” on its wholesale channel, the company confirmed Tuesday with HousingWire’s Reverse Mortgage Daily. The move was officially announced Sept.

NAR faces new Whittman antitrust suit over membership structure

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) may have been dismissed from two lawsuits related to its three-way membership agreement, but that didn’t stop William Whittman from filing his own suit on Friday. Whittman, who is a licensed broker in Maryland, D.C. and Virginia, is suing NAR, Virginia Real