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Rents in the St. Louis metro are easing as 2025 comes to a close, offering renters some relief after several years of uneven price growth going into the new year. The Realtor.com® November 2025 Rental Report shows that asking rents in St. Louis are now lower than they were a year ago, placing the metro within the broader national rental cooldown. While the trend is encouraging, affordability remains a concern for many households across the region.

Cincinnati posted a 3.1% year-over-year decline in median asking rent for 0- to 2-bedroom units in November, with the average asking rent coming in at $1,319. Lower rents are translating into some improvement for lower-wage households. Two minimum-wage earners in the Cincinnati area would each need to work about 49 hours per week to afford the median rental while keeping housing costs at 30% of income. That figure is down from prior years, highlighting how falling rents can quickly improve affordability at the margins.

Overall mortgage application volume fell last week, despite the slight decline in mortgage rates, said Mike Fratantoni, MBA's SVP and chief economist. MBA expects the trends of a softening job market, sticky inflation, elevated home inventories and steady mortgage rates will persist into the new year. Added Fratantoni, Purchase application volume last week was 16% higher than a year earlier. We are forecasting continued, modest growth in terms of home sales in 2026.

New York-headquartered Blackstone which owns the casino-hotel chain Crown Resorts released a statement on Tuesday night announcing it had entered into an agreement to acquire the Hamilton Island resort from the Oatley family, subject to customary regulatory approvals. The Oatley family released a statement saying they welcomed the new owners of an island that has a such a special place in the hearts of many Australians that it has become Australia's Tropical Island.

If you're noticing that the children are behaving dangerously or if you're finding that the neighbors' cars are taking up more than their share of spaces, you should alert the parents, through a calm, civil conversation. If I'm reading this correctly, you have a few cars on the street and the neighbors have a few cars on the street, but you don't want them to park on the street.

An office building in North San Jose gains new purpose as Nvidia transforms it into a data center. The company began leasing the nearly 100,000-square-foot property at 300 Holger Way late last year. Owned by a Menlo Equities affiliate, the site undergoes exterior renovations now, with full data center work set to start in December 2026 and finish by July 2027.

The computer networking giant sold the buildings for $63 million to South Bay Development, a veteran real estate firm, according to documents filed on Dec. 19 with the Santa Clara County Recorder's Office. Cisco Systems sold four north San Jose office buildings with addresses of 260, 300, and 350 East Tasman Drive, and 3750 Zanker Road, as well as two parking garages in the vicinity, the county documents show.

It wasn't that long ago that the 10-year Treasury was close to 5%; we stayed at 4.50% for a while and now we are in the 4.15% range, said Joseph Panebianco, CEO of AnnieMac Home Mortgage. Much of that reflected the market reducing its expectations for inflation, but there's also something called the term premium the additional compensation investors demand for long-term risk and that has come down as well.

In a December 8 TikTok video shared by @Grace.lvgp, the creator gives her followers an inside look at "the sick twisted reality of cleaning the windows in a Frank Lloyd Wright home." While Wright was known for his prairie-style buildings' elaborate window designs, many of which featured gorgeous stained glass and intricate geometric shapes, these so-called "light screens" might be more decorative than practical for homeowners.

A credit report shows a score and a list of tradelines. It does not show what to do next. When qualification hinges on small swings in a score, borrowers need coaching that translates data into actions. That is where modern loan officers add the most value: not by interpreting a score in isolation, but by guiding borrowers through the steps that can change it.

Caliber Home Loans, which was sold to the parent of Newrez for $1.675 billion in 2021. Caliber made us fall in love with mortgage banking. It feels like when you create a great culture of people that are aligned, have a clear direction and guidance from the leadership team, you can do special things, Pendleton said in an interview with HousingWire. When we lost that alignment at the top, that's when things started to shift.

Data continues to be a clear differentiator in real estate, especially for those who want to grow in 2026. As Dan Duffy, founder and CEO of United Real Estate Group, explains, leaders who have doubled down on the importance of data hold a significant advantage. Duffy will kick off the Housing Economic Summit on Feb. 10, offering a roadmap for how leaders should interpret and use the data presented throughout the day.

At 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), the lottery offers seven studios with rents of $1,927 per month for households earning $73,166 to $103,680; eight one-bedroom units at $2,030 per month for incomes of $78,995 to $116,640; and 11 two-bedroom units at $2,363 per month for incomes of $95,520 to $140,000. At 130 percent of AMI, five two-bedroom units are available at $2,750 per month for households earning $108,789 to $227,500.

But there is another more unconventional activity that can be hugely popular: searching for a new home. Known as the Boxing Day bounce', property websites often record bumper rises in online clicks. At Zoopla for example, Christmas Day is the lowest volume of visitors looking at homes for sale and this increases by nearly 70 per cent the following day. The growth in traffic then continues, reaching a peak three to four weeks later.

The search giant paid $32.8 million for an office building about a block from the company's Google Gradient Canopy building and a few blocks from the Googleplex headquarters campus, documents filed on Dec. 18 with the Santa Clara County Recorder's Office show. Google has frequently bought properties, large and small, primarily in Mountain View, Sunnyvale, North San Jose, and downtown San Jose over a period of several years.

According to our analysis of the Zillow Home Value Index, U.S. home prices are up +0.2% year-over-year between November 2024 and November 2025. While that pace has decelerated over the past year-back in November 2024, the national year-over-year home price growth rate was +2.3% -it has ticked up slightly from the recent low of -0.01% in August 2025. In the first half of 2025, the number of major metro area housing markets seeing year-over-year declines climbed. That count has since stopped ticking up.

For generations it has been taken as a near article of faith across the country that ownership is both the financially and socially superior way to inhabit a home and that public policy makers should always promote it. California legislators and housing advocates spent this past year enacting sweeping policies aimed at making it easier to build housing of all kinds. This coming year, many of them indicate that they plan to focus specifically on providing more plentiful paths to homeownership.

Lavish mansions from various eras often fall into disrepair. These eight sprawling mansions hint at the wealth they once embodied Years later, they sit abandoned in varying states of deterioration.

These ETFs can complement your portfolio very well if you pair them up with popular lower-yield ETFs. Higher yields will become more important in the coming months as the Federal Reserve has shown more willingness to cut. The current Fed Chair Jerome Powell's term will end in May 2026. He's expected to be replaced with a Trump appointee. As such, the next Fed Chair is very likely to be even more dovish on interest rates.

Located in the interior of Sao Paulo, this summer house was designed to accommodate a large family, providing individuality as needed, but generously opening up to integrated living areas, offering, above all, a large outdoor area. The house's 'U'' shape promotes a continuous dialogue between the building and the central pool, which acts as a square, the heart of the house.

The key trade-off is whether those savings are enough to offset the extra work, potential legal risks, and the possibility of selling your home for less than an agent could have achieved. In this Redfin real estate article, we will explain if FSBO is worth it (and when it is not) to help you make the best decision as you prepare to sell your home in Kansas City or Salt Lake City .

If you dream of sunrise hikes and coastal drives, Maine could be your ideal home. Nicknamed "Vacationland," the state draws in visitors with its lighthouse-lined shores, working harbors, and 3,400 miles of tidal shoreline. It stands out with its small-town charm, protected wilderness, and revitalized historic mill communities. With holiday celebrations that feel like they belong in a Hallmark movie, it's clear why so many people choose to move here.

"Life is a bit like sitting on a sofa," says Rory Guinness, chair of the Iveagh Trust. He's joking - riffing off the Friends-style photo we've arranged, that has him and his daughter, Aoife, seated alongside Iveagh Trust tenant Leonie Crowley, and employees including John Barrett and Martin O'Keeffe.

It was exactly a year before one of the biggest events in American soccer history, when the U.S. will kick off its World Cup in a match against Paraguay at SoFi Stadium, and Orenstein had set up the system to only accept booking requests up to a year in advance. Orenstein's rental sits just across the street from the venue. Suddenly, her Airbnb became one of the hottest homes in the Southland.

Ariadna Polo A refuge in the city of Queretaro. Located in the vibrant heart of Queretaro, this distinguished residence perfectly fuses urban sophistication with natural serenity. With 310 m of meticulously designed living space on a generous 400 m lot, this architectural gem reimagines modern living with a nod to the rich heritage of our land.

The number of listings on the market shrank 2.4% from last month, which is a smaller decrease than normal for this time of the year in Milwaukee, and homes are also selling slower than at the same time last year. Home prices in Milwaukee Typically, home price per square foot in Milwaukee tend to fall in November. And the most recent data shows that the price per square foot decreased by 1.6% compared with the month before.

The number of listings on the market shrank 5.4% from last month, which is a bigger decrease than normal for this time of the year in Omaha, and homes are also selling faster than at the same time last year. Home prices in Omaha Typically, home price per square foot in Omaha tend to rise in November. And the most recent data shows that the price per square foot increased by 0.7% compared with the month before.

In November, home prices fell substantially from the month before, with a median listing price of $1,125,000. The number of listings on the market shrank 16.7% from last month, which is a bigger decrease than normal for this time of the year in San Jose, and homes are also selling slower than at the same time last year. Home prices in San Jose Typically, home price per square foot in San Jose tend to fall in November.

Typically, home price per square foot in San Diego tend to rise in November. But the most recent data shows that the price per square foot decreased by 0.2% compared with the month before. So, how does this compare with the rest of the U.S? Nationally, home price per square foot decreased 1.2%, which means price changes in America's Finest City are smaller the national market.

In November, home prices fell slightly from the month before, with a median listing price of $107,900. The number of listings on the market remained practically unchanged from last month, which is typical for this time of the year in Detroit, and homes are also selling close to the same pace as the same time last year. Home prices in Detroit Typically, home price per square foot in Detroit tend to rise in November. But the most recent data shows that the price per square foot decreased by 0.4% compared with the month before.