Flint, Michigan Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Linden Lakefront Home Leads at $800,000
Lake living, a country Cape Cod on more than 10 acres and a Craftsman among open fields made up a week of sales concentrated in Linden.
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Des Moines, Iowa Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Architect-Designed Van Meter Ranch Leads at $1.0 Million
Acreage outside Van Meter and Carlisle, a backyard pool in Polk City and two newly built homes in Clive and Norwalk made up the week’s top sales.
Dayton, Ohio Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: A 1927 Colonial in Dayton Leads at $860,000
The week’s top sales ran from a stucco colonial in Dayton to a home on wooded acreage in Bellbrook, with a golf course home and a newly built home in between.
Clarksville, Tennessee Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: A Builder’s Own Home in Copperstone Leads at $855,000
A new brick ranch, a modern farmhouse and a country property with a pool and koi pond were among the week’s top sales, which ran from $553,000 to $855,000.
Cleveland, Ohio Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Rocky River Home Leads at $1.7 Million
Two 1935 homes on the same Rocky River boulevard, a brand-new Westlake colonial, a wooded Wadsworth property and a 1972 Pepper Pike contemporary made up the week’s top sales.
D.R. Horton Signs Promise Robotics to Support Production of 1,250-Plus Homes
The largest U.S. homebuilder by volume has signed a multi-year agreement giving it access to Promise Robotics’ Factory-as-a-Service platform for more than 1,250 homes, the companies said Oct. 13.
Akron, Ohio Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: A French Country Home on the Barrington Fairway in Aurora Leads the Week
Two homes on golf courses, a 1920s Colonial and a mid-century modern home beside a pond were among the week’s top sales, and one Howard Hanna agent appears twice.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: An Oconomowoc Waterfront Home Leads at $3.95 Million
Three of the week’s five top sales were in Waukesha County, and the others came from Milwaukee’s east side and Mequon.
Indianapolis, Indiana Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Crooked Stick Home Leads at $4.6 Million
Carmel accounted for three of the week’s top sales and Zionsville for two, in a group that runs from established golf-course communities to homes built this year.
Metro Detroit, Michigan Top 5 Home Sales: An $8.8 Million Birmingham Estate Leads the Week
A new estate and a downtown penthouse in Birmingham, a new build in Plymouth, a country estate in Fenton and a renovated colonial in Cranbrook Hills made up the week’s top sales.
Columbus, Ohio Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Expanded New Albany Home Leads at $2.3 Million
A newly expanded New Albany home led a week that also included two older homes in Columbus neighborhoods and a wooded property in Newark.
Cincinnati, Ohio Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Tudor Hill Estates Home Leads at $3.5 Million
A wooded estate with a pond, a 22-acre property in Warren County and a custom ranch in Villa Hills, Kentucky were among the week’s top sales.
Chicago, Illinois Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: A $4.6 Million Penthouse Leads a Week of Lincoln Park, Streeterville and Evanston Homes
A new penthouse, a residence in a Robert A.M. Stern-designed tower, a restored 19th-century home, a stone home with a circular pool and a brand-new single-family home make up the week’s five priciest sales.
Jerry Rice’s Former Atherton, Calif., Estate Lists for $35 Million, Four Times Its 2013 Price
The 12,520-square-foot Atherton, Calif., house Jerry Rice built in 2001 is asking $35 million, after selling for $9 million in 2013 and failing to sell at $22 million in 2007.
Anderson Towers Lands a $550 Million Refinancing With Century City Campus 98% Leased
Anderson Real Estate said Oct. 12 it closed a $550 million refinancing of its two-building Century City office campus, with Wells Fargo as primary lender and the property 98.1% leased.
Nashville, Tennessee Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: New Hillsboro Park Home Leads at $6.5 Million
Three newly built homes and two country properties with land made up the week’s top sales, spread across five communities and three counties.
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Wayzata Lakefront Home Leads at $6.5 Million
A lakefront home in Wayzata, a wooded estate in Prior Lake, new construction in Edina and Wayzata, and a pond-side home in Stillwater made up the week’s top sales.
HUD Plan Would Drop the Chassis and Extend Its Code to Buildings of Five Units or More
HUD published its Next Generation Manufactured Housing Action Plan on Oct. 7, 2026, a seven-part roadmap following the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act’s removal of the permanent chassis requirement. The most consequential item: a federal performance-based construction code for factory-built residential buildings of five or more units.
Apollo Commercial’s First Liquidating Payout Is $4.10 a Share, Above Its Own Estimate
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance declared its initial cash liquidating distribution on Oct. 9, 2026: $4.10 a share, payable Oct. 29 to holders of record Oct. 20. The proxy had guided to $3.70 to $4.00, and puts total distributions at $7.75 to $8.50 a share through a liquidation expected by the first half of 2028.
Median Home Equity Reached a Record $230,000 in 2025 as Its Growth Slowed Sharply
The Federal Reserve’s 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, released Oct. 9, shows median net housing value at a record $230,000 — but the three-year gain was the slowest of any survey since 2013, while the share of families with debt payments above 40% of income hit its highest level since 2013.
Vesta Raises a $30 Million Series B Backed by the Lenders It Sells To
Vesta said on Oct. 8 it raised $30 million led by Conversion Capital, with strategic money from Pennymac, New American Funding, Citi Ventures, nbkc bank, First American and FirstKey Mortgage. The company says AI agents and automated workflows now handle about 40% of tasks on its loan origination platform.
California Realtors Forecast a 3.7% Sales Gain in 2027 on a 6.6% Mortgage Rate
C.A.R.’s 2027 forecast, released Oct. 7, projects 277,900 existing single-family sales and a $894,400 median price. It assumes a 6.6% 30-year mortgage rate, about two-thirds of a point below the current market.
Mortgage Rate Hits 7.49% as Refinancing Drops to Less Than Half Last Year’s Pace
The 30-year fixed rate reached 7.49% in the week ending Oct. 2, its highest level in almost three years, and mortgage applications fell 4.2% as refinancing collapsed and FHA purchase demand dropped 6%.
CTO Realty Growth Buys a 545,000-Square-Foot Power Center in Lee’s Summit, Mo., for $103 Million
CTO Realty Growth paid $103.0 million, or $189 per square foot, for Summit Woods Crossing in Lee’s Summit, Mo., a nearly full 545,000-square-foot power center, taking its 2026 investment volume to $439 million.
Youngstown-Warren, Ohio Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Poland Leads at $875,000 as Canfield Takes Three
Four of the week’s five top sales were in Mahoning County, with prices running from $425,000 to $875,000.
Toledo, Ohio Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Perrysburg Home in The Sanctuary in the Woods Leads at $2.3 Million
Three Perrysburg homes led the week, joined by a pond-side home in Holland and a remodeled 1938 home on the Maumee River in Maumee.
Peoria, Illinois Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Washington Leads a Week of Sales From Metamora to Dunlap
A lake property in Metamora, a redesigned ranch in Peoria and a cul-de-sac home in Dunlap were among the week’s five top sales, spread across five towns.
Omaha, Nebraska Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: $1.9 Million Log Home in Lincoln Estates Leads the Week
An oak log home on wooded acreage, a pair of ranches built in 2023 and a renovated brick ranch on open acreage led the Omaha area’s highest-priced sales.
Madison, Wisconsin Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Lake Mendota Home in Middleton Leads at $1.8 Million
A lakefront contemporary, a mid-century ranch in University Hill Farms and a hilltop home on more than four acres were among the week’s priciest sales around Madison.
Louisville, Kentucky Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: $2.4 Million Norton Commons Home Leads as Prospect Takes Three
A golf-course home, an estate in a gated community and a French-inspired homestead on acreage were among the week’s top sales.