The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.96% for the week ending Aug. 10 — up from 6.90% last week.

We've got our latest roundup of the area's most expensive homes in the attached gallery. This time, we're looking at the middle of July.

It's no secret the luxury market in Paradise Valley and Scottsdale is on fire, but one luxury agent was so busy she sold five homes within three weeks — and just listed another new build for $27.5 million. Check out photos of that mansion under construction, along with images of the other group of high-end homes sold by the Valley agent in the past three weeks.

When Jonita Davis finally secured a rental apartment in mid-July, her two children asked to hold the keys. The kids, 7 and 10, twirled the keys around in their fingers — tactile evidence that their six-month stay crammed into a Centennial hotel room was coming to an end.

Everybody has their own room in the family’s new three-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment in south metro Denver. Davis’ son has a race car bed. Her daughter plays with toys on the balcony while Davis reads. Now that she and her children are somewhere safe, Davis is only beginning to process what it means to have escaped a toxic relationship.

The whole family is taking a collective, grounding breath, she said.

Even so, fear lingers.

“It’s a mix of relief and fear,” Davis said. “Is this real? Is this permanent? Is this going to be taken away? The kids saw me stressing every week about paying for the hotel room, and it took me a minute to get them to understand that we don’t have to do that here. We’ve had so many false ..

Houston Association of Realtors President and CEO Bob Hale has seen how the industry has changed for both Realtors and their clients thanks to technological advances.

The family behind the Russ Darrow Group of car dealerships is trying to sell a sixth-floor condo in Milwaukee’s Third Ward that has been under their ownership for 26 years, and before that was shown in one of the city’s greatest sports movies. Get a look inside the luxury condo, which includes a roof top view of the city's fireworks displays.

The region's top home sales in July include a property on Lake George with its own private beach and a view of the Sagamore. Have a look.