Real Estate Blog

“We are uniting to buck housing trends that metro regions are struggling with across the nation,” Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone said during a press conference announcing the goal.

Fort Mill-based Movement Mortgage is teaming up with local real estate firm The David Hoffman Group to bring a new level of cohesion to the industry — a potentially nationwide partnership that it's piloting right here.

The partnership connects real estate professionals and mortgage experts to provide a team approach to serving homebuyers. It's a shift from the traditional market in which those services are provided separately and some client connection is lost, says Casey Crawford, chief executive…

The Village at Sherrill’s Ford is located on about 120 acres on N.C. Highway 150 near N.C. Highway 16. Planners say the site will hold about $100 million in investment once complete.

Berkshire Hathaway's Clayton Home Building Group has agreed to a deal with home-automation outfit Ecobee that calls for smart thermostats from the Canadian-owned company to be installed in newly prefabricated homes from Clayton.

The agreement provides for installation of the ecobee3 lite smart thermotat, aiming to help owners save money and reduce the environmental impact of their property.

“We are consistently exploring new, innovative features to integrate within our Clayton Built homes,” said…

A Birmingham senior housing company has broken ground on its newest community in Columbus, Georgia.

Atlas Senior Living said the new development, Legacy Reserve Old Town, will be upscale and spirited and include independent living, assisted living and memory care. It will be located in the Old Town area at 8995 Frank Houser Ave.

Construction began in September, and May 2020 is the planned opening date.

In addition to the regular programs the housing company offers at its facilities, Legacy…

A new study by LendingTree found “everything is bigger in Texas” — including houses.

Houston, Dallas and Austin were named among the top 10 in the report ranking home sizes in major cities across the country. Charlotte, North Carolina-based LendingTree (Nasdaq: TREE) used its proprietary database to calculate the median size of single-family homes across the U.S.

See the country’s top 10 cities for home size in the slideshow above.

Homes built within the past few years are significantly…

In a new study that shows where children grow up affects their income as adults, the Census Bureau classifies Columbus as a city with low job growth and poor upward mobility.

In fact, the study found no association between children's future earnings and rates of job or wage growth in a city. The strongest predictor of those future earnings was where kids live – their neighborhoods.

The study drew its data from 20 million Americans in their 30s today. It mapped where they lived at specific stages…

Memphis’ newly minted public company has assembled its board of directors.

Frontdoor’s board expanded to seven members with the addition of digital media executive Brian McAndrews. Currently chairman and CEO of Grubhub, McAndrews also serves as a board member for The New York Times Co. and Teladoc Health.

“Brian is an exceptional leader with expertise in creating innovative, technology-driven solutions that disrupt the status quo and redefine entire industries,” said Rex Tibbens, board…

An average downtown one-bedroom rents for $1,757, almost twice the cost of the average rent for a one-bedroom across all Houston submarkets.

The project is located in a fast-growing area in the heart of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.