Buyers are reportedly looking for homes that reflect how they actually live, not how they could be living.

Calling all skateboarding enthusiasts! This Austin-area home — known as the River Road Skate Compound — has a huge skate bowl in the backyard.

Active buyers are looking for more expensive homes, while price-constrained buyers are looking at fewer homes altogether.

The move was an improvement over July, but sentiment still remained in negative territory. 

Though licensed in Washington, Common Ground Referrals will serve clients across the United States.

Looking ahead, Cotality expects the median price of a home to increase 1.5% through June 2027. 

Three years after the opening of a large center, ZIP codes retained 66% of their pre-opening active listings, compared to 43% in similar areas without a data center.

Just last month, the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform and Antitrust began looking into the relationship between Compass and MRED.

New builds are about the same price as existing homes on the market, but that is not due to rising regulatory costs builders have to pay.

Nationally, home-price growth topped 1% for the first time in 2026.

This converted train car in Ocean City, Washington, isn’t leaving the station any time soon, but it’s ready to welcome passengers for a one-time fare of $649,000.

The seasonally adjusted annual rate of 628,000 homes topped Wall Street’s estimates. 

MRED CEO Rebecca Jensen and Compass CEO Robert Reffkin were summoned by the subcommittee to provide briefings by Aug. 5.  

“John, Sean, Andy, Lesley and Gabby are builders and operators with a track record of turning opportunity into results,” said CEO and President Chris Czarnecki. “Now, we’re putting that experience to work at greater scale.”

Curb appeal is important to today’s homeowners — that is, they want the exteriors of their homes to appeal to their own preferences and sensibilities rather than those of potential buyers.

The findings come as Redfin partnered with The Weather Company on all for-sale listings to provide ZIP Code-level metrics to buyers.