Steve Thompson is a staff reporter for RealtyWire, where he covers residential real estate, mortgage trends, home sales, housing market data, real estate finance, industry regulation, and the issues affecting Realtors, buyers, sellers, lenders, and property owners.
Before joining RealtyWire, Steve worked as a mortgage broker, giving him direct experience with the financing side of real estate transactions. His background in the mortgage business gives him valuable insight into how interest rates, lending standards, affordability, buyer demand, and regulatory changes influence the broader real estate market.
Steve brings a practical understanding of home sales, market analysis, real estate trends, financing issues, and the laws and regulations that shape residential real estate. His reporting focuses on making complex market and mortgage-related topics clear and useful for readers across the real estate industry.
He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Central Florida and currently lives in Orlando, Florida.
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Newly built homes account for three of the five highest-priced sales, led by a $13,250,000 estate on wooded acreage in Thompsons Station.
A brand-new home in Fairfax, a former parade home in Indian Hills and a one-level townhome in Centennial Lakes were among the week’s top sales, all of them in Edina.
Lakefront homes in Saint Paul, Marine On Saint Croix and Stillwater, a one-story home overlooking a park reserve and a home built this year made up the week’s most expensive sales.
A waterfront home in Fieldstone, a brand-new home in gated Oak Bluff Estates and a stone home with a pool in Hinsdale were among the week’s top sales.
Two homes on reservoirs, two in golf communities and a new ranch fill out a week of sales across Westfield, Fishers and Noblesville.
A log home on Gull Lake, a home completed in 2025 on the Crooked Lake Chain and a remodeled home in Breezy Point Club are among the week’s five.
Bloomfield Hills accounts for three of the week’s top sales, and Franklin and Birmingham add one each.
A Colonial with a horse barn, a wooded Contemporary on more than six acres and two big Inverness homes in the Mcintosh community led a week of acreage, pools and tennis courts.
Two new homes, a renovated Colonial on three acres, a country ranch and a 1920s home near Eberwhite Woods made up the week’s top sales.
Three single-family homes and two condominiums lead the latest ranking, from a brick home built more than a century ago to new construction finished this year.
Two sales in Granger and one each in Bremen, Mishawaka and South Bend made up the week’s five highest-priced home sales.
Novi had three of the week’s five priciest home sales, with Northville and Farmington Hills completing a list of roomy two-story family homes on suburban lots.
A cabin-style home with an in-ground pool in New Buffalo led the week, followed by two homes in Union Pier, one of them a short walk from a private Lake Michigan beach.
A rebuilt brick ranch and a brand-new two-story home in Palos Hills sold for the same price at the top of a list that also includes new construction in Orland Park and Lemont.
Lake frontage, river views and a country spread of more than 20 acres define a week in which two of the five top sales were in New Richmond.
A Valparaiso home in Brigata Hills led the week’s top sales, a group that also included two new-construction homes and two sales with the same agent on both sides.
Three homes on or overlooking quiet lakes closed to motorboats, a 36-acre country property and a brand-new ranch in Sauk City made up the week’s top sales.
An 1890 home on the water, a brand-new ranch by the river and a horse property on more than five acres were among the week’s priciest sales.
Homes in Northville, Plymouth and Canton, built across nearly seven decades, make up the week’s five priciest sales.
Prices for the week’s top sales ran from $699,000 to $930,000, in a group spread across lake country from Lac Du Flambeau to Eagle River.
A brick ranch on an all-sports lake, a brand-new Toll Brothers Colonial and three homes in wooded or golf-course settings made up the week’s top tier.
Three newly built homes in Saint John and two Crown Point homes from 2018 and 2019 made up the top of the market this week.
Homes finished this year took three of the five places, and the oldest home on the list dates only to 2019.
Country acreage in Haslett and Williamston, a golf course setting and a newer Okemos home made up a week whose top sales ran from $563,000 to $1,200,000.
Homes on Sandusky Bay led the week, from two in a gated community on Johnson’s Island to a canal-front home and a corner condominium in Sandusky.
ATTOM upgraded its Rental AVM with an AI-powered model it says covers nearly 100 million single-family homes, condos and townhouses, about 40% more than before, with a 5.9% median error before listing.
Water ran through most of the week’s top sales, from two lakefront homes to a chalet on the Chippewa River, while a country home with a barn on more than 20 acres rounded out the list.
A lakefront home in Foxcliff Estates North led the week, and the next two sales came in at exactly the same price.
The top sale went for $750,000 in Hortonville, and every home on the list came with more than an acre and a half of land, on lots that ran up to nearly 14 acres.
Kimco Realty bought Paddock Shops and Shelbyville Road Plaza, 741,000 square feet anchored by Trader Joe’s and The Fresh Market, with proceeds from 2026 property sales.
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