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The downward trend shaping California home sales volume
5.2% fewer California homes closed escrow in August 2025 compared to the same month a year earlier, according to Redfin. This continues the deflated sales trend which began mid-2022.Buyer behavior has been adversely affected by trends in real e...
Will a Government Shutdown Delay My Mortgage Closing?
You’ve done everything right: found the home, locked your rate, and circled your closing date on the calendar. Then the government shutdown. It’s natural to wonder, will this derail your mortgage closing? The short answer is most hom...
Eddie Huang’s Business-Partner Polycule Gets Messy
Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photos: Alamy, Getty In this series, “Looking to Settle,” Eddie H...
Did StreetEasy Remove Days On Market?
Blink and you might have missed a string of recent changes to listings on StreetEasy. In September, the platform introduced a new tool for agents to input all of the costs associated with renting an apartment. On the front end, the additions a...
Phase Inspections Are Game Changing for New Homebuyers
Buying a home comes with its fair share of stress, but building one adds a whole new layer of moving parts. Whether you’re building your dream home in Boise, ID, or watching a new construction rise in Atlanta, GA, one thing stays the s...
6 Common Plumbing Problems That Could Plague You This Fall
When the temperature tumbles and leaves start to fall, there's a good chance your plumbing might start to give you some trouble. Especially for new homeowners, it’s a good idea to start taking some preventive measures to get ahead of any p...
Ethan Penner makes his case
Commercial real estate professionals shuffled through a film set and gathered at stages five and six at the Lot at Formosa Wednesday morning — and after chatting over coffee and some very-L.A. breakfast burritos, they heard from Ethan Penner,...
Homeboy Industries gang program to expand near Men’s Central Jail
Homeboy Industries has kicked off a fundraising campaign to raise $100 million for a major expansion of its facilities downtown. The gang-member rehabilitation center has big plans to upgrade its campus near Men’s Central Jail downtown to ac...
