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01 Sep 2026

How AI Is Changing the Home Search — and How to Make It Work for You

by Dan Whitehead

For most of the internet era, searching for a home meant the same ritual: set your price cap, pick a number of bedrooms, check a few boxes, and scroll. Then the real work started...

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01 Aug 2026

2026 Mid-Year Market Check-In: What the First Half of the Year Tells Us About Your Next Move

by Dan Whitehead

For the past two years, a lot of people have been waiting on the housing market to do one specific thing: drop rates dramatically and “unfreeze.” That was the plan for buyers and sellers...

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01 Jul 2026

What You Can Negotiate in a Home Purchase (That Most Buyers Don’t Realize)

by Dan Whitehead

When most people picture negotiating on a home, they picture one number: the list price. You offer somewhere under the asking price, the seller counters, you settle in the middle, and whoever gives up...

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01 Jun 2026

House Hacking in 2026: What the Hype Got Wrong — and What Actually Works

by Dan Whitehead

If you’ve spent any time on real estate TikTok in the last few years, you’ve probably seen the house hacking pitch. Buy a property, rent part of it out, let your tenants cover the...

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01 May 2026

2026 Home Design Trends: What’s In, What’s Out, and What Buyers Are Responding To

by Dan Whitehead

After a decade of cool grays, crisp whites, and spaces that looked more like showrooms than homes, buyers have changed what they’re looking for. Call it quiet luxury — the idea that richness comes...

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01 Apr 2026

Is Buying a Home Together Right for Your Family? Here’s How to Think It Through

by Dan Whitehead

For a long time, multigenerational living had a reputation problem. It was the option families turned to when something had gone wrong — a job loss, a divorce, a health crisis. Moving back in...

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28 Feb 2026

What Actually Makes a Listing Stand Out in 2026

by Dan Whitehead

The playbook for selling a home has changed fast. Buyers have more options, more leverage, and they are using it. Active housing inventory rose more than 16% year-over-year in 2025 — one of the...

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01 Feb 2026

The True Cost of Homeownership: What You Pay Beyond the Mortgage

by Dan Whitehead

When most homebuyers calculate whether they can afford a new home, they focus almost exclusively on one number: the monthly mortgage payment. It’s the figure lenders qualify them for, the number discussed during showings,...

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31 Dec 2025

2026 Housing Market Forecast: Will the Market Find Its Footing?

by Dan Whitehead

Will 2026 be the year buyers stop waiting? Forecasters are split, predicting anywhere from 1.7%1 to 14%2 growth in home sales. That 12-point gap reveals the central question facing the housing market: how much...

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30 Nov 2025

Planning Your 2026 Real Estate Moves: A Guide to the Best Buying and Selling Seasons

by Dan Whitehead

Timing isn’t everything in real estate, but it can mean the difference between saving $20,000 or paying a premium, selling in 30 days or waiting three months, and negotiating from a position of strength...

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  • How AI Is Changing the Home Search — and How to Make It Work for You
  • 2026 Mid-Year Market Check-In: What the First Half of the Year Tells Us About Your Next Move
  • What You Can Negotiate in a Home Purchase (That Most Buyers Don’t Realize)
  • House Hacking in 2026: What the Hype Got Wrong — and What Actually Works
  • 2026 Home Design Trends: What’s In, What’s Out, and What Buyers Are Responding To

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