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Real estate investors have long used population growth to identify future spikes in housing demand. But in an increasingly mobile economy, airport traffic may reveal whether a market is plugged in for bigger, more sustained growth. A new analysis from Zonda chief economist Ali Wolf compares metro population with airport passenger boardings to identify placesRead …

Smart Investors Are Tracking Flight Paths To Find the Next Housing Boom Read More »

Billionaire Palantir CEO Alex Karp—who recently made headlines for a controversial manifesto posted on X about how the US should adapt to AI—is building a massive waterfront compound in Miami Beach, Gimme Shelter can reveal. Karp has now shelled out almost $75 million on property alone with 265 feet on the water—joining a group ofRead …

Palantir’s Alex Karp Is Assembling a $75M Compound in Miami Beach-After Shelling Out $28.5M for a Waterfront Teardown Read More »

“Drop Dead” singer Olivia Rodrigo has announced she will embark on an international 65-show tour in 2027 in honor of her most-recently released studio album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love.” The 23-year-old “Driver’s License” hitmaker shared the news about her upcoming Unraveled Tour on her Instagram, where she revealed sheRead …

Inside Olivia Rodrigo’s Surprisingly Humble Real Estate Portfolio Read More »

An 83-year-old Sarasota, FL, homeowner is being told to remove a backyard shed that’s been on her property for 40 years—or face legal action from the neighborhood homeowners association. Barbara Wagner’s daughter, Sue Inman, tells Realtor.com® that her mother has received two letters from the Gulf Gate Community Association about this matter since March, andRead …

Florida Senior Fights HOA To Keep Backyard Shed That’s Been There for 40 Years Read More »

Rents across Los Angeles County are beginning to ease after years of steep increases. The median asking rent for all rental properties in L.A. County fell to $2,520 in the first quarter of 2026, down $97—or 3.7%—from the same period a year earlier, according to the first Los Angeles Rental Report from Realtor.com economists. ThisRead …

Los Angeles Rents Hit 3-Year Low-but Most Residents Still Can’t Afford Them Read More »

Gymnast Simone Biles has warned that she will forgo all future red carpets event and instead remain at home “where it’s free,” because the cost of getting glammed up for the cameras has become too expensive for her to justify. Biles, 29, who has become a regular fixture at celebrity events in recent years—particularly afterRead …

Simone Biles Says the Cost of Leaving Her House as a Celebrity Is Too High Read More »

Following two consecutive years of steady growth, New York City saw its overall population shrink in 2025, fueled by an exodus of local residents across all income brackets. A new study from the Citizens Budget Commission, a nonprofit civic think tank, shows that the Big Apple’s net population, accounting for all gains (through births andRead …

NYC’s Population Is Falling, but It Isn’t Just the Rich Who Are Fleeing Read More »

Dozens of members of Congress say they don’t support a proposed ban on institutional investors, a bipartisan statement that spells trouble for the controversial idea. Seventy-six members of Congress—members of the Real Estate Caucus and the Build America Caucus—signed a letter to House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson calling for major revisions or repeal of theRead …

Congress Pushes Back on Trump’s Institutional Investor Ban in Landmark Housing Bill Read More »

Todd Nepola has snapped up a sprawling $5.25 million Miami Beach estate for “Real Housewives of Miami” cast member and his ex-wife, Alexia Nepola—one year after they finalized their divorce. The luxury home, which is located in the Ritz-Carlton Residences Miami Beach, comes complete with three bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, and was designed by Pritzker Prize-winningRead …

Real Housewives of Miami Star Alexia Nepola Gets $5.25 Million Miami Beach Mansion From Ex-Husband Todd Read More »