Larry Ellison, the chairman of the software company Oracle, has sold his mansion on San Francisco’s Gold Coast for $45 million. The Wall Street Journal reports the sale of the Pacific Heights property occurred last month in an unpublicized off-market transaction. The...
Coastal Florida and the Los Angeles metro area dominated the category of the most expensive home sales of 2025. According to data from Redfin, these two markets accounted for eight of the 10 most expensive sales last year. An oceanfront estate in Hawaii and a Bay Area...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced plans to hold a series of public “rental rip-off” hearings that will enable tenants to voice their frustration over their dilapidated rental housing buildings. The New York Times reports the hearings will be used to gather...
The HUD Secretary on a roll, pending home sales on the rise, and Warren Buffett calls it a day. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Dec. 29-Jan. 2. Hit: An Honest Man. A big thumbs up for Housing and Urban...
Maryland property owners can expect to see an average increase of 12.7% in their property tax assessments for 2026. According to a report from TheBaynet.com sourced from the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation, all 23 counties and Baltimore City will see...
Zohran Mamdani used his first day as Mayor of New York City to begin implementing parts of his campaign agenda on rental housing. The New York Times reports Mamdani made his first visit as the newly inaugurated mayor to a rent-stabilized building in the Flatbush...