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 gated lakefront estate, a wooded five-acre retreat, two brand-new homes and a one-story pool home in Gallatin make up the week’s top sales.
A brick-and-stone ranch in Bradbury South, a pair of Grosse Pointe homes, a canal-front home with its own boat hoist and a country property on 15 acres made up the week’s top sales.
A home a block from downtown Geneva led a week of large two-story homes on generous lots, from a Westwoods cul-de-sac to a Batavia backyard that opens onto a park.
Two Sunbury homes on acreage lead the list, followed by three homes on smaller lots in Columbus and Dublin.
A wooded acreage, a backyard pool, a brand-new build, a 1920s Tudor and a stone ranch make up the week’s top five.
Two homes on large rural acreage, a 1925 landmark of craftsmanship, a brand-new build and a ranch overlooking a pond make up the week’s top sales.
Rural acreage in Clarksville and Cunningham and a run of nearly new homes in Wofford Estates, Morgan Ridge and River Chase make up the week’s most expensive sales.
Two brand-new homes, a sprawling ranch in a golf community and a horse property with roots in the 1860s made up the week’s top sales.
Two Mt. Lookout homes on more than an acre apiece led the list, followed by a pair of Mt. Adams homes and one in Hyde Park.
Three of the five homes are single-story, and the two at the top of the list sit on more than two acres with wooded views.
Four lakefront homes and a wooded country property near Kendallville made up the week’s top sales, led by a home with 4.37 acres on Clear Lake.
Hudson, Aurora and Akron produced the week’s top five home sales, a mix that ran from a Walden condominium to a home still on the drawing board.
Lambda says it will be the end user of the $33.1 billion Project Red Clay campus in Lowndes County, Ala., the same day residents’ lawyers announced a suit to void more than $2.7 billion in tax breaks.
Zillow’s revenue rose 7% to $724 million, led by rentals and mortgages, but its agent-focused residential business shrank and a $165 million net settlement charge pushed it to a loss.
Wooded acreage in Geauga County, a renovated 1920s home in Shaker Heights and a new-construction home in Moreland Hills were among the week’s top sales.
A renovated Cape Cod in Bexley led a week that also brought a downtown penthouse and a ranch on five acres in Mechanicsburg.
Lake Michigan shoreline, a golf course view and a brick Colonial with the beach at the end of its street defined a week of high-end sales across Lake and Cook counties.
Every one of the week’s five top sales was above $1 million, and two of them were in Western Springs.
A custom rambler in the Waconia woods, a Prior Lake waterfront remodel and a pool-and-gym home in Chaska’s Fairway Hills were among the week’s priciest closings.
A renovated contemporary on Old Mission Peninsula, a brick Craftsman-style home on Torch Lake and a 1920s cottage on Crystal Lake lead a week of sales on the bays and inland lakes.
Lakefront settings and new construction marked the week’s five top sales, which ranged from $925,000 to $1.8 million.
A lakefront home, a secluded custom build beside a conservancy and a home overlooking a golf course are among the week’s five priciest sales.
A one-level home with a pool in West Meade Village led a week in which every top sale was in Nashville, from a century-old Craftsman to new construction.
Four Mount Juliet homes on the lake and a one-level home on open acreage in Lascassas made up the week’s top sales.
A restored brick home from 1906, a midcentury design by Carl Graffunder and a creekside home from 1929 were among the city’s priciest sales of the week.
A two-story home from 2020, a ranch on a golf course, a 1920s Prairie-style home, a horse property in the country and a midcentury modern home with deeded lake access make up the week’s top five.
Two Norton Commons homes built this year, a contemporary near the Ohio River and a brick ranch with a barn on 10 acres were among the week’s top sales.
An Italian-inspired villa on more than six acres, a reworked 1950s lake home and a brand-new build with its own sport court were among the week’s top sales.
Lake living in Antioch, a new-construction home in Deerfield and a renovated ranch in Libertyville were among the homes that changed hands.
Two homes on the water, a Cape Cod on more than an acre, a renovated downtown Italianate and a Mid-Century Modern by a named architect make up the week’s top sales.
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