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 new home in Holliday Farms led the week, and four more Zionsville homes followed at prices from $750,000 to $1.1 million.
Four of the week’s five priciest sales were in Will County, two of them in Mokena, while the fifth came from Morris in Grundy County.
Oconomowoc accounted for three of the week’s five highest-priced sales, with Brookfield and Menomonee Falls adding one each.
Two newly built homes on the same Valparaiso parkway topped the week, followed by a pair of homes near the beach and a brick and limestone home on nine wooded acres.
A remodeled contemporary with a freeform pool and a direct path to the Paint Creek Trail sold for the most, ahead of an Oakland colonial with more than 6,600 square feet.
A modern East Bay home, a vineyard estate in Leelanau wine country and a 1960s A-frame on the Suttons Bay shore are among the week’s top sales.
A home on Upper Prior Lake led the week, followed by a single-level townhouse at Lake Riley, two Victoria homes and a wooded Eden Prairie property.
Two Grand Beach homes, including the week’s top sale, shared the list with lake and country properties in Vandalia, Niles and South Haven.
A single-level condominium in a walkable mixed-use village outranked four single-family homes, among them a wooded West Saint Paul retreat with a saltwater pool and a Lakeville home in Spirit Of Brandtjen Farm.
Every one of the five was newly built, from townhouses and city lots close to the University of Notre Dame to a Craftsman-style home in a new Granger subdivision.
Every one of the week’s five top sales was in Sioux Falls, three in Minnehaha County and two in Lincoln County, and each sold for more than $1 million.
A newly built home led a week in which four of the top five sales were in Rochester and one was in Stewartville.
A century of building runs through this week’s list, from a home built in 1916 to new construction from 2026, with a central Oak Park townhouse among four single-family homes.
Three of the week’s top sales were in Eagle River, with the others in Minocqua and Winchester, and every one of the five homes sits on a lake.
Four of the five sales were in Northville, and a single Canton sale rounded out the list.
One home in Shorewood topped $1.2 million, and the other four top sales of the week came within $25,000 of one another.
An architect-designed contemporary, a golf-course Colonial and a newly built Glenview home joined a Highland Park sale at the top of the week.
A builder’s own home near Hoover Reservoir, a Georgian on a golf course and a Cape Cod that drew more than its asking price were among the week’s top sales.
Rural spreads in Lascassas, Christiana and Woodbury led the week, followed by newer homes on smaller lots in Nolensville and Murfreesboro.
A new downtown condominium led the week, followed by four single-family homes built between 1924 and 1954, two of them overlooking Minnehaha Creek.
A century-old Colonial, a builder’s custom home, a Victorian on a cul-de-sac and the newest home of the group, built in 2017, followed a rural Lodi estate to the top of the week’s sales.
A golf course home in Fox Creek Estates, a lakefront home in Arbor Lake and a gated ranch on more than 14 acres headed a week of sales from Edwardsville to Glen Carbon and Collinsville.
The week’s top sales range from a 1920 Colonial on rolling Woodford County land to a Beaumont home with six bedrooms and an in-ground pool.
Three of the week’s top sales were in Fairfield County, and the five ranged in price from $725,000 to $889,000.
A $9.3 million home in Wayzata led the week, with the five highest-priced sales spanning Wayzata, Woodland, Deephaven, Orono and Mound.
A century-old home on the water, a brand-new build on a wooded lot and two condominiums in golf and lake communities made up the week’s top sales.
Five two-story single-family homes in five Lake County towns sold for prices ranging from $850,000 to $1,662,500.
Every one of the week’s top five sales was in Sumner County, from country acreage in Gallatin to a cul-de-sac in Hendersonville.
A renovated condominium in Grosse Pointe led the list, ahead of two Grosse Pointe Farms homes, a gated country estate in Ray and a new home in Sterling Heights.
A home from 1941 in Grand Rapids led the week, followed by a lakefront home in Byron Center, two East Grand Rapids homes and a wooded property in Ada.
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