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 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.
A gated Hunts Point estate sold for $21.38 million, the highest-priced home sale reported in the Seattle metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A Greenwood home sold for $3.92 million, leading the Minneapolis metro area’s five highest-priced reported home sales for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A group of competing real estate companies and trade groups launched Let America Build on Sept. 15, a national awareness campaign aimed at local zoning, permitting and land-use rules. No budget was disclosed.
A six-bedroom Noblesville estate with a stocked pond and a private pool sold for $2.22 million, the highest-priced home sale reported in the Indianapolis metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
NAHB’s analysis of federal survey data shows 1.37 million women worked in construction in 2025, the highest share since at least 2004 – concentrated in office roles, not the crafts where builders have 326,000 openings.
Households’ real estate assets reached $49.8 trillion in the second quarter and owners’ equity $35.8 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve’s Z.1 accounts. Mortgage and home-equity debt grew 3.0% year over year against a 2.5% gain in asset values.
A custom home set between Oak Hill Country Club and St. John Fisher University sold for $1.42 million, the highest-priced sale reported in the Rochester metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A five-bedroom custom home in Clarence Center’s Spaulding Green community sold for $1.55 million, the highest-priced home sale reported in the Buffalo metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A Caledonia estate sold for $2.50 million at its full asking price, the highest-priced home sale reported in the Grand Rapids, Michigan metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A 1998 beachfront home in Honolulu’s Diamond Head neighborhood sold for $16.50 million, the highest-priced reported sale in the Urban Honolulu metro area for the week ending September 13, 2026.
A six-bedroom Delmar home sold for $1.52 million, the highest-priced sale reported in the Albany, New York metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A lakefront property spanning more than 18 acres on Dawns Pass sold for $2.80 million, the highest-priced home sale reported in the Knoxville, Tennessee metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A townhome in Chapel Hill’s Meadowmont community sold for $2 million to lead five reported home sales in the Durham metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
Realty Income and KKR said Sept. 14 they will form a euro-denominated joint venture holding net lease assets in Spain, Ireland, Poland and the Netherlands, with KKR taking 49% for €528 million and Realty Income keeping control and the management fee.
D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb announced separate settlements Sept. 14 with JBG Smith and Mid-America Apartments, which will pay $8.1 million and $1.2 million and stop using revenue management software built on competitors’ confidential data.
Ordinance 127491 lets Seattle homeowners bar brokers, agents and investors from approaching them about selling, with penalties that compound daily once a name is on the list.
A mountain estate remodeled in 2022 sold for $6.98 million in Evergreen, the highest-priced home sale reported in the Denver metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A 1930 house on 24 acres in Hanover sold for $1 million, the highest reported home sale in the York, Pennsylvania metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A custom home built in 2024 on 5.21 acres in Cunningham sold for $1.04 million, the highest reported sale in the Clarksville, Tennessee metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
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