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Several of Lincoln, NE's most recognized nonprofits, including People's City Mission, Goodwill, and NeighborWorks, could face property tax bills after Lancaster County tabled contested exemption applications at its May 19 meeting, pending additional documentation. Read: rltor.cm/QrzKqL

Chattanooga, TN, has developed a new tool to address its housing shortage without relying on federal dollars. The city's Payment in Lieu of Taxes program offers developers a 15-year property tax abatement in exchange for including affordable units in new housing developments, with deeper discounts tied to deeper affordability. Read: rltor.cm/ZzhKAr

A custom-designed full-floor loft in Tribeca is listed for $4.3 million, featuring a private secret garden terrace, an outdoor sauna that was lifted into place by crane, and soundproofing by Ned Shatzer, an acoustic consultant for Google. Read: rltor.cm/bgu4nd

Mortgage rates climbed to 6.51%, a nine-month high, as the Iran conflict disrupted global oil supply, drove inflation to a three-year high, and reversed months of progress that had briefly pushed rates below 6% in late February. Read: rltor.cm/M9qO0T

Richard Simmons' Los Angeles hilltop estate, where the fitness icon lived for more than four decades before his death in 2024, has been relisted at $5.22 million after a $579,000 price cut, repositioned as a development opportunity with panoramic views above the Sunset Strip. Read: rltor.cm/MAMy8p

Would you buy a 3D-printed home? Wells Fargo announced it will now offer mortgages on homes built by Icon, an Austin, TX, company that uses a giant robotic printer to build homes out of layered concrete, and will give buyers a 0.5% discount on their loan when they use its mortgage products. Read: rltor.cm/TDu5Df

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed the Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act on Tuesday, designating roughly 300 acres near transit stations as enterprise zones to facilitate the development of 7,000 new housing units as the state confronts an estimated shortage of 100,000 homes. Read: rltor.cm/Ipfv2J

Baby boomers hold an estimated $19 trillion in real estate wealth, and younger generations who can't afford to buy are increasingly aware of it. Nearly 80% of Gen Z buyers received financial help with their home purchase, and parental transfers account for about 13 percentage points of young household homeownership rates, according to @realtordotcom research. Read: rltor.cm/iVHjYY

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a $22 billion, five-year housing plan Tuesday aimed at building 200,000 new affordable homes and preserving 200,000 existing ones over the next decade, as the city's rental vacancy rate sits at 1.4%, its lowest level in 50 years. Read: rltor.cm/moWlEl

Donald Trump Jr. married socialite Bettina Anderson on a private Bahamas island over Memorial Day weekend, with siblings Ivanka and Eric Trump in attendance but President Trump absent, citing the ongoing conflict with Iran as poor timing. Read: rltor.cm/kDnLpz

With above-average temperatures expected this summer due to Super El Niño, HVAC experts say now is the time to clean coils, check refrigerant levels, and schedule a $100 to $200 tune-up before a breakdown during peak heat leads to a $6,000 to $12,000 replacement bill. Read: rltor.cm/KJAyBx

About one in four U.S. adults are caught in the sandwich generation, financially supporting both aging parents and their own children while trying to save for a home, according to Pew Research Center. The math has gotten harder: A $300,000 home that cost $1,406 a month in 2015 now runs $1,936 at today's rates, a $530 monthly difference. Read: rltor.cm/srxYmI

Jennifer Lopez celebrated Memorial Day weekend at her newly renovated $18 million Hidden Hills, CA, mansion, sharing poolside photos and videos with her twins Max and Emme that offered a first look at the completed renovations to the property's pool area and cabana. Read: rltor.cm/kSCp4b

Seattle posted the steepest home price decline of any major U.S. metro in March at 2.5% year over year, displacing Denver as the nation's weakest housing market, while more than half of the 20 largest metros recorded annual price drops, according to the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Index. Read: rltor.cm/EhWtiV

Comedian Laura Clery, 39, says a 600-pound refrigerator fell on her and pinned her against her kitchen counter at her Los Angeles home while her two young children were inside, requiring three firefighters to lift it off her. Read: rltor.cm/jkcITl

Colombian buyers account for 15% of all international real estate purchases in South Florida, with Miami commanding nearly 32% of Colombian online searches, as political volatility and presidential election uncertainty at home accelerate demand for U.S. real estate as a financial safe haven. Read: rltor.cm/e2MrWB

Estate experts warn that inheritance pressure is increasingly happening while parents are still alive, with soaring home values turning the family home into a flashpoint for financial exploitation that costs seniors an estimated $28.3 billion a year. Read: rltor.cm/xsmI05

Nancy Barbato Sinatra's former iconic Beverly Hills home has hit the rental market for the first time in 35 years. Located across from Coldwater Canyon Park in one of Beverly Hills’ most sought-after enclaves, the newly renovated gated estate looks, from the outside, almost identical to when Sinatra lived there—however, the interior has undergone an elegant renovation. 🚪Step inside: rltor.cm/9WLtqg

Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis reflects on growing up in a modest wood-stove-heated home in Wareham, MA, where her habit of yelling battle commands while riding her bike so alarmed neighbors that they regularly called her mother, and her journey from suburban Massachusetts to a Spanish-style home in Los Angeles. Read: rltor.cm/6lD5Yj