Covered cities, deadlines, and what brokers need to know. North Carolina has enacted a new accessory dwelling unit law that will require qualifying cities to allow at least one ADU with a single-family detached home in eligible residential areas. Senate Bill 445 became Session Law 2026-59 on August 11, 2026. Its principal ADU provisions apply to permit applications submitted on or after January 15, 2027. For brokers, the opportunity is practical: a property may offer more opt

What if the next house your client buys could be framed in about the time it takes to complete a normal workday? It sounds like something out of a science fiction movie. But a robotics company says its artificial intelligence-powered technology can produce the structural framing for a typical 1,800-square-foot home in approximately eight hours. And now, America's largest homebuilder is getting involved. On October 13, 2026, D.R. Horton announced a multiyear agreement with Pro

North Carolina buyer agents may have more responsibility for spotting seller impersonation fraud than many brokers realize. New guidance from the North Carolina Real Estate Commission warns that buyer agents should not assume a seller is legitimate simply because a property is listed in the MLS—or even because the listing agent says the seller has been verified. For the past several years, much of the real estate industry's discussion about fake-seller fraud has focused on th