Pacaso Debuts Invitation-Only Luxury Home Exchange Program

by Phil Hall | Feb 4, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Pacaso, the San Francisco-headquartered marketplace for co-owned luxury vacation homes, has launched Infinity by Pacaso, an invitation-only home exchange program created for a select group of second-home owners. According to the company, the new endeavor is open to...

Home Values Decline for Sixth Consecutive Month

by Phil Hall | Feb 4, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The typical US home value during January was $358,968, according to data from Zillow (NASDAQ: Z, ZG). This marked a 0.4% drop from December, as well as a 0.2% uptick from January 2024. January marked the sixth consecutive month that home values were down on...

Baseball Team Evicted from Indiana Stadium

by Phil Hall | Feb 4, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

At a time when many cities are trying to attract sports teams by building them stadiums, the City of Whiting, Indiana, is going to opposite route by evicting the Northwest Indiana Oilmen from its Oil City Stadium. The Oilmen are part of the summer collegiate Northern...

Champion Homes Opens 67-Unit Affordable Community in Fresno

by Phil Hall | Feb 4, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Champion Homes Inc., the Troy, Michigan-based producer of factory-built housing, announced the opening of Blythe Village, an affordable, offsite-built community in Fresno, Calif. Built in partnership with developer Ted Moon, the 67-unit, build-to-rent multifamily...

Decline in Mortgage Applications Blamed on Snowstorms

by Phil Hall | Feb 4, 2026 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The recent snowstorms that disrupted the nation are being blamed for hampering mortgage application activity during the week ending Jan. 30. “Winter Storm Fern likely had an impact as much of the country was snowed in, hampering homebuying activity,” said Joel Kan,...