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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A Society Hill condominium at The Dilworth House sold for $4.25 million, the highest of five reported home sales in the Philadelphia metro area for the week ending September 20, 2026.
A Spanish Revival estate in Scottsdale’s Desert Highlands sold for $8.30 million, the highest of five reported Phoenix-area home sales for the week ending September 20, 2026.
Northmarq acquired Richmond, Virginia-based Thirdline Capital Management and its registered closed-end fund, TREIX, giving the commercial real estate firm a vehicle it can sell to individual investors through wealth-management platforms. Terms were not disclosed.
Texas new-home sales dropped to 5,658 in August and pending sales fell 10.7% from a year earlier, HomesUSA.com reported Sept. 21, while days on market improved for a fourth straight month and average prices held near $424,000.
A $6.80 million sale on Bracketts Point Road in Wayzata led the five home sales reported in the Minneapolis metro area for the week ending September 20, 2026.
A Castle Pines Village house overlooking the 12th hole of Castle Pines Golf Club sold for $7.40 million, the highest of five reported home sales in the Denver metro area for the week ending September 20, 2026.
An estate on Monahan Road in Zionsville’s Clifden Pond neighborhood sold for $2.60 million, the highest of five reported home sales in the Indianapolis metro area for the week ending September 20, 2026.
A shingle-style house off Newport’s Ocean Drive sold for $7.10 million, the highest of five reported home sales in the Providence, Rhode Island metro area for the week ending September 20, 2026.
Four of the Albany metro area’s five highest reported home sales for the week ending September 20 closed in Saratoga Springs, led by a $2.33 million house on Jefferson Street.
A 1927 estate on Lititz Pike sold for $1.59 million, the highest of five reported home sales in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania metro area for the week ending September 20, 2026.
A seven-acre property in Ada’s Stonegate community sold for $1.70 million, the highest reported home sale in the Grand Rapids, Michigan metro area for the week ending September 20, 2026.
A custom-built house in Orchard Park sold for $999,999, the highest of five home sales reported across the Buffalo metro area for the week ending September 20, 2026.
A Sierra Ridge custom home in East Lansing sold for $899,900, the highest of five reported home sales in the Lansing, Michigan metro area for the week ending September 20, 2026.
A 1920 Tudor estate on 1.9 waterfront acres in Sequoyah Hills sold for $6.20 million, first among Knoxville metro area home sales for the week ending September 20, 2026.
Seven months after hiring him as president, mortgage servicing software firm Sagent has made Sridhar Sharma chief executive and named former Fannie Mae executive Andrew Bon Salle chairman of its board.
KB Home reports Tuesday, August new home sales land Thursday and Freddie Mac’s survey delivers the first full rate read after the Fed’s hike. What to watch the week of Sept. 21.
Gov. Joe Lombardo’s Executive Order 2026-005 bars data center abatement applications from reaching Nevada’s economic development board unless developers pay the Local School Support Tax in full and sign a binding water, ratepayer and grid commitment.
Six months after its IPO, Janus Living amended its Bank of America-led credit agreement, raising the revolver from $500 million to $1.25 billion and retiring a $100 million term loan.
Shoulderbone Farm, a 203-acre equestrian property in Jarrettsville, sold for $4.17 million, the highest reported home sale in the Baltimore metro area for the week ending September 13, 2026.
A restored 1930 farmhouse near Leipers Fork sold for $6.72 million, the highest-priced home sale reported in the Nashville metro area for the week ending September 13, 2026.
Closed single-family sales in Florida fell about 1.5% in August and a 12-month run of pending-sales gains ended. Listings kept shrinking anyway, down 13% for single-family homes, and the statewide median price rose for a sixth straight month.
A Los Altos Hills estate on Burke Lane sold for $11.45 million, leading the San Jose metro area’s Top 5 home sales for the week ending September 13, 2026.
A waterfront brick home in Chesapeake’s Western Branch North sold for $830,000, the highest-priced reported home sale in the Virginia Beach metro area for the week ending September 13, 2026.
A 2024 home in Brookfield’s Northern Oaks sold for $2.01 million, the highest-priced reported home sale in the Milwaukee metro area for the week ending September 13, 2026.
A home on about two acres in The Territories in Edmond sold for $1.62 million, the highest-priced reported sale in the Oklahoma City metro area for the week ending September 13, 2026.
A Norton Commons home sold for $1.50 million, the highest reported sale in the Louisville metro area for the week ending September 13.
A bayfront house on Newport Harbor sold for $26.80 million, the highest-priced home sale reported in the Los Angeles metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A College Hill carriage house sold for $4 million, the highest-priced home sale reported in the Providence, Rhode Island metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A 1918 stone residence in Haverford sold for $3.50 million, leading the Philadelphia metro area’s five highest-priced reported home sales for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A fully remodeled 2018 Scottsdale home with Camelback Mountain views sold for $7.50 million, the highest-priced home sale reported in the Phoenix metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
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