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May
14

They Found a Gem of an Apartment Among Hamptons Mansions

May 14th, 2026 by Julie Lasky and Lindsay Morris

“When you have a glass wall, everything looks enormous,” said Jess Grane about her family’s 550-square-foot beach home.
Image Caption: â��When you have a glass wall, everything looks enormous,â�� said Jess Grane about her familyâ��s 550-square-foot beach home.

A 550-square-foot unit at Round Dune, a seasonal complex in East Quogue, is a summer escape for a Manhattan family of four.

Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Summer (Season), Interior Design and Furnishings, Home Repairs and Improvements, Tiny Homes and Micro-Housing, Sustainable Living, internal-open-access-from-nl

May
14

That Hamptons House: Just How Far Out of Reach Is It?

May 14th, 2026 by Heather Senison

Long Island’s most exclusive area is now ‘a billionaire market with a luxury market attached to it,’ said one broker.

Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Hamptons (NY), East Hampton (NY), Southampton (NY), Water Mill (NY)

May
14

A Private Club Plans a Grand Debut on the ‘People’s Beach’

May 14th, 2026 by Alyson Krueger and Winnie Au For The New York Times

The Rockaway Ocean Club will open in the historic Jacob Riis Park Bathhouse this summer.

Category: Jacob Riis Park (Queens, NY), Rockaway Ocean Club (Queens, NY), People's Beach at Jacob Riis Park (NY), Beyer Blinder Belle, SK Development, Brooklyn Bazaar (Brooklyn, NY, Music Venue), Restoration and Renovation, Historic Buildings and Sites, Beaches, Organizations, Societies and Clubs

May
14

Weekend Getaways for Sale on the Jersey Shore, the East End and in the Hudson Valley

May 14th, 2026 by Jill P. Capuzzo, Claudia Gryvatz Copquin and Heather Senison

This week’s properties are in Manasquan, N.J., and Southold, Southhampton, Accord, and Woodstock, N.Y.

Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Manasquan (NJ), Accord (NY), Southold (NY), Woodstock (NY), Southampton (NY)

May
14

A Bedroom Where Leopard-Print Carpeting and Green Walls Do the Talking

May 14th, 2026 by Sydney Gore and Lauren Lancaster

Image Caption: Loney Abrams and Johnny Stanish wanted their bedroom to feel warm and cozy while looking luxurious and tailored.

The husband-and-wife duo behind Wretched Flowers keep their bedroom cozy with bespoke treasures.

Category: Home Repairs and Improvements, Textiles, Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Carpets and Rugs, Interior Design and Furnishings, Do It Yourself, New Fairfield (Conn)

May
13

The follow-up mistake most agents make (and what AI won’t tell you)

May 13th, 2026 by Darryl Davis

Lead with consistency and authenticity to make your follow-up more effective and to ensure you're top-of-mind when it's time for a lead to transact, coach Darryl Davis writes.

Category: Agent, AI, Columns, Marketing, Select, Service, artificial intelligence, Attraction Marketing, Buyer Intent, Cold Contacts, contact management, darryl davis, Darryl Davis Seminars, Farm Contacts, Follow-Up Campaign, lead segmentation, Louis Vuitton, real estate agent follow-up, real estate agent follow-up mistake, real estate marketing

May
13

What does a new Fed chair mean for real estate agents?

May 13th, 2026 by Jessi Healey

With Kevin Warsh confirmed as Federal Reserve chair, industry leaders share what his approach to monetary policy could mean for rates and affordability.

Category: Markets & Economy, Mortgage, Select, Bob Broeksmit, Commercial Real Estate Finance, Cotality, Federal Open Market Committee, federal reserve, housing affordability, interest rates, Jerome Powell, Kevin Warsh, mba, monetary policy, mortgage, mortgage bankers association, mortgage demand, mortgage lending, selma hepp

May
13

The real estate brokerage model isn’t broken. It’s evolving

May 13th, 2026 by Rainy Hake Austin

The brokerage model isn’t broken, The Agency's Rainy Hake Austin writes, but it is being tested, forcing all of us to focus on what actually matters and where we’re adding value.

Category: Agent, Brokerage, Columns, Select, Service, artificial intelligence, automation, brokerage culture, brokerage model, client communication, commission splits, Global network, Listing Launches, los angeles, marketing, Rainy Hake Austin, real estate agent, real estate broker, real estate brokerage leadership, Real estate brokerage models, the agency, The Agency RE, training, transaction management

May
13

BrightMLS is latest to partner with Compass, expand nationwide

May 13th, 2026 by Taylor Anderson

CEO Brian Donnellan confirms that Compass has committed to providing its nationwide listings data to the mega-MLS.

Category: Agent, Brokerage, MLS & Associations, Portals, Select, Brian Donnellan, bright multiple listing service, BrightMLS, brokerage \, caitlin mccrory, california, chicagoland, compass, Compass International Holdings, florida, georgia, HiveMLS, IDX Rules, listing access standards, listing feeds, Megabrokerage, MLS, mls grid, mred, Multiple Listing Service, nashville, new jersey, new york, off-mls listings, pennsylvania, pre-marketed listings, Private Listing Network, realtor.com, realtracs, robert reffkin, Southeast U.S., Virginia, Zillow

May
13

Jersey Shore Residents Embrace NJ Transit for Short Trips

May 13th, 2026 by Jill P. Capuzzo and Hannah Beier

Johnny Mac’s House of Spirits in Asbury Park, is the first stop for many after getting off NJ Transit.
Image Caption: Johnny Macâ��s House of Spirits in Asbury Park, is the first stop for many after getting off NJ Transit.

For town-to-town travel, locals are leaving their cars at home in favor of NJ Transit.

Category: Railroads, New Jersey Transit, New Jersey, Asbury Park (NJ), Manasquan (NJ), Bradley Beach (NJ), Belmar (NJ), Sea Girt (NJ), Red Bank (NJ)

May
13

New York City can’t afford to misread its own market

May 13th, 2026 by Michael Rossi

New Contributor Michael Rossi says affordable housing will not get a “foot in the door” with the proposed pied-à-terre tax revenue plan, while condo owners may try to swiftly “outfox” larger tax bills.

Category: Luxury, Luxury Lens, Markets & Economy, Select, Service, affordable housing, brown harris stevens, Citadel, dubai, Elegran Real Estate, empty homes tax, foreign buyer tax, housing crisis, howard hanna, Ken Griffin, london, Luxury Portfolio International, Mansion tax, Mauricio Umansky, Metro Vancouver, miami, Michael Rossi, MLS, new york city, nyc real estate, Palm Beach, Pied-à-terre tax, real estate market, Zohran Mamdani, zoning reform

May
13

Build, baby, build: C21 CEO Mike Miedler’s take on the Housing Act

May 13th, 2026 by Marian McPherson

Century 21 CEO Mike Miedler said that regulating institutional investors won't do much for the market, but the Act's other provisions could change the game for homebuyers.

Category: Brokerage, Interviews, Markets & Economy, Regulations, Select, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, Affordable Housing Policy, Bernie Moreno, build-to-rent communities, california, century 21, David M. Dworkin, Environmental Review Process, federal housing administration, Federal Housing Administration Loan Limits, FHA loans, florida, homeownership, housing affordability crisis, housing policy, housing supply, institutional investors, Manufactured homes, Mike Miedler, modular homes, National Housing Conference, new jersey, NHC, Northeast Corridor, oklahoma, Permitting and Environmental Review, Permitting and Environmental Review Process, Permitting Process, south, Tim Scott, West Coast

May
13

The Sheer Joy of Cut Flowers

May 13th, 2026 by Margaret Roach

Sarah Raven, the celebrated British gardener, indulges her obsession with homegrown cutting gardens and shares tips on creating spectacular arrangements.

Category: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Flowers and Plants, Gardens and Gardening

May
13

Forget buyer’s market vs. seller’s market. 2026 is just plain weird

May 13th, 2026 by Nick Pipitone

More deals are falling through, scams are rising and half of sellers won't budge. What top agents are really seeing in spring 2026.

Category: Agent, Data, homebuying, homeselling, Markets & Economy, Research & Analytics, Select, Amanda Stanford, Anthony Guetzoian, austin, Buyer Leverage, buyer's agent commission, buyer's market, Carly Sablotny, cleveland, closing costs, Colorado Springs, contingencies, Daniel Padilla, days on market, deal fallthrough, deed fraud, first-time buyers, Gen Z buyers, home inspection, Home Inspection Contingency, home prices, home-sale contingency, homelight, housing market, Interest Rate Lock-In Effect, inventory, Jennifer Hupke, Keller Williams Living, Kent Rodahaver, lock-in effect, los angeles, market report, Matthew Gibbs, midwest, millennial homebuyers, milwaukee, monthly payment, mortgage rates, Mountain, Mountain Region, multigenerational living, NAR, national agent survey, national association of realtors, new york, nexthome, northeast, Pacific, Pacific Region, price reductions, real estate fraud, real estate scams, REMAX Forward, san antonio, seller concessions, seller's market, Spring 2026 Housing Market, Tampa-St. Petersburg, top agents, Turnkey Features, wire fraud, wisconsin

May
13

The Agency, rennie form exclusive new development partnership

May 13th, 2026 by Jessi Healey

The Agency has formed an exclusive partnership with rennie, a Vancouver-based real estate services firm, to offer developers a combined platform spanning pre-development strategy through final sellout.

Category: AI, Brokerage, Marketing, Select, Data and AI Platform, Greg Zayadi, honolulu, market intelligence, Mauricio Umansky, New Development Expertise, Olson Kundig, pacific coast, palm springs, Pre-development Strategy, ProsPac Holdings, Real Estate Services, Rennie, risk management, Sales Execution, seattle, the agency, vancouver, Whistler

May
13

Mortgage applications up after buyers ‘shrugged off’ uncertainty

May 13th, 2026 by Jim Dalrymple II

An uncertain economic landscape will likely have "consumers moving cautiously on big financial decisions," according to one economist.

Category: Markets & Economy, Mortgage, Select, bright mls, bureau of labor statistics, consumer price index, inflation, iran, Joel Kan, lisa sturtevant, loan applications, mba, mortgage bankers association, mortgage rates, refinancing, spring housing market

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