A running record of the property market: notable sales, planning approvals and refusals, mortgage rate changes and the developments breaking ground.
A nearly $30 million office-to-residential conversion on Smithfield Street adds 39 affordable homes to the Golden Triangle — the latest in Pennsylvania's state-backed conversion push.
David Jordan
Minneapolis, Portland, California, and dozens more have unlocked house-scale multi-family building — the biggest zoning shift in seventy years, and homeowners hold the options.
David Jordan
Active listings rose about 8 percent year over year into early 2026 — the quiet statistic that decides negotiating power this spring.
David Jordan
Existing-home sales rose 1.7 percent to a 4.09 million annual pace in February 2026 — an unexpected increase that analysts read as January overshooting the downside.
David Jordan
Existing-home sales fell 8.4 percent in January 2026 to a 3.91 million annual pace — the weakest month since late 2023 — as rates and the lock-in effect kept both sides of the market home.
Peter Almeida