Why private homebuilders are getting M&A premiums right now

Here’s everything that Instinct — an invitation-only AI assistant going viral among Silicon Valley tech types — has done for me over the past few days: • Booked a cabin for my birthday and made a dinner reservation. • Ordered whey protein from Costco. • Faxed (faxed!) an obscure document to my bank so I…

The Hollywood home where Martin Short’s daughter, Katherine, died has officially closed, selling for $1.67 million—just two months after being listed. The three-bedroom property first hit the selling block in July, being listed for $1.795 million. In August, it was reported that the property had entered the contingency phase, meaning the seller accepted an offer,…

You’ve saved up some money and are ready to buy your first rental property. Now comes the question: How much do you put down? Do you buy multiple cheaper properties or splurge and put the entire down payment into one bigger, arguably more stable rental? Should you start to scale from the jump or test…

The euro hit its weakest level against the U.S. dollar in 17 months on Monday, as concerns over the political trajectories of two of the euro zone’s biggest economies spill over into wider markets. The eurozone currency was last 0.6% lower against the greenback, hitting its lowest level since May 19, 2025, according to LSEG…

“Mean Girls” star Amanda Seyfried has listed her longtime Los Angeles home for $3.2 million, 15 years after she purchased the property for nearly half the price it is now on the market for. The 40-year-old actress, who now resides primarily on a beautiful farm property in upstate New York, which she bought in 2013,…

An outbreak of a parasite-caused illness has sickened more than 1,000 people in Michigan.