‘The Game Is Over’: Sellers Are Facing Reality on Pricing and Backing Off Unrealistic Demands

After a year of high interest rates and slow sales, home sellers are finally facing the music this summer—and getting real about home prices. According to the Realtor.com® economics team, last year was a "Cruel Summer," marked by excess inventory, flagging sales, and a general sense that buyers and

Housing Week Ahead: Home Prices, New Construction Insights, and ‘Affordability Refugees’

Get ready for another busy week in real estate data. On Monday, the Realtor.com Economics team kicks things off with the End-of-Summer Housing Update from Senior Economist Jake Krimmel. Tuesday features the quarterly Cross Market Report by Senior Economist Jiayi Xu, showing how some home shoppers ar

How ‘Hurricane Resistant’ Babcock Ranch Is Pioneering the Future of Climate-Resilient Living

A masterplanned community in Punta Gorda, Florida is already famous for being America's first solar powered town and surviving a direct hit from Hurricane Ian unscathed. Now it plans to be an innovation hub for climate change solutions. Developed as a sustainable and "hurricane resistant" town by fo

Glamping Retreat Offers Job With Free Housing in Geodesic Dome, and Applications Flood In

When Ryan Wagner began looking for a caretaker for his 76-acre glamping retreat in South Haven, MI, he decided to put up a post on LinkedIn offering not only a competitive salary, but free housing as well. Within days, Wagner was deluged with applications. "I was expecting some response, but I was n