NYCxDESIGN will take place May 14–20, bringing New York City’s official design week across the five boroughs. The 2026 festival is expected to include more than 250 events over seven days, highlighting the city’s broad design community through exhibitions, talks, tours, installations, and creative programming tied to architecture, interiors, product design, technology, art, and more.
This spring is a cost-test market, in which buyers are still showing up, but they are looking more closely at factors like list price, condition, taxes, insurance, maintenance, renovation needs, and the monthly cost of owning the home.
Lake Texoma is drawing more attention as buyers look beyond the state’s major metros for waterfront properties with space and easy access to outdoor recreation. Straddling the Texas-Oklahoma border, the 89,000-acre reservoir has become a notable option for buyers seeking a primary home, a second residence, or a property with income potential. Part of the appeal is that compared with many of Texas’s better-known markets, Texoma still offers a broader range of price points and a more accessible entry into owning a waterfront home.
After several years of sharper swings, the Texas Hill Country luxury market looks more balanced this spring, with inventory rising, buyers gaining more room to negotiate, and sellers facing a market that is less forgiving of aspirational pricing.
The Bay Area presents a variety of architectural styles, with their popularity and prominence in the luxury market depending on region. On the Peninsula, the top end leans toward large contemporary estates and reworked mid-century homes. In San Francisco, older Victorians and Edwardians remain central to many of the city’s most established residential neighborhoods, while Marin and parts of the East Bay continue to reward homes whose value is tied as much to architecture as to size. We provide a closer look at these home styles and their role in the local real estate market.
New construction is limited in Miami’s Ponce Davis neighborhood. One newly completed tropical modern estate, 5545 Southwest 81st Terrace, is now on the market for $22 million. Developed by SL5 Developments, it is one of only two new-construction homes on a full acre in Ponce Davis, and the only one currently move-in ready.
Spoleto Festival USA returns to Charleston from May 22 through June 7 for its 46th edition, bringing more than 110 performances to the city’s theaters, churches, and outdoor spaces. Long one of the country’s most established arts festivals, this year’s event is framed in part around America’s 250th anniversary.
The Truist Championship returns to Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte from May 6–10, bringing one of the PGA Tour’s eight Signature Events back to one of its most established venues. Signature Events this year are limited-field tournaments with $20 million purses, which gives the week a different weight than a standard tour stop and helps explain why it tends to draw a stronger field and a bigger national profile.
Virginia’s boating culture takes shape across a wide range of waterfront settings, from the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic-facing coast to inland lakes and quieter river towns on the Eastern Shore. In these areas, marinas, yacht clubs, and established waterfront neighborhoods make time on the water central to daily life. We’ve compiled five markets in the state where boating culture particularly stands out.
This spring, the luxury real estate market across Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha’s Vineyard feels more balanced than it did during the most competitive stretch of recent years. Nationally,, and. The data suggests buyers have a little more room to compare, even as sellers still need to come to market well positioned.
