Steve Marcinuk

The commercial real estate conversation around Austin often centers on tech campuses and mixed-use megaprojects, but the thousands of small and mid-sized businesses forming the backbone of the local economy are facing a far different reality. Higher interest rates, tighter lending standards, and climbing construction costs have converged to squeeze a segment of the market ...

After more than three decades working across New Hampshire’s seacoast and southern commercial real estate markets, David Choate, former Executive Vice President at Colliers International, offers a ground-level view of a region quietly shaped by tax advantages, proximity to Boston, and steady demographic shifts. New Hampshire’s appeal runs deeper than headlines suggest — a state ...

The Minneapolis-Saint Paul housing market is telling a different story from the rest of the country. While affordability concerns and economic uncertainty dominate national headlines, the Twin Cities have maintained a degree of balance that many comparable metros have lost. The region’s geographic compactness, wide range of price points, and relatively stable inventory have helped ...

After nearly a decade of sharp price growth and intense competition, the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle is settling into something that feels increasingly unfamiliar to agents who started their careers in the post-pandemic market: normalcy. Inventory is rising, buyers are taking their time, and sellers are learning that presentation matters again. The cooling follows a national ...

The off-market real estate space is often portrayed as a straightforward exchange: a distressed seller trades a discount for speed and certainty. But the reality on the ground in Maryland looks considerably more complicated. For investors working directly with homeowners, the bigger challenge isn’t finding motivated sellers – it’s managing the gap between what sellers ...

When a daycare facility in Massachusetts needed to have a leaking flat roof repaired, three contractors came out and recommended the same thing: shingles. It was the familiar answer, the expected one — and according to Adrian Ferreira, it was the wrong one. Ferreira, supervisor of Ferreira Company, a roofing and waterproofing contractor serving Bristol ...

Steamboat Springs, Colorado, has long stood apart from the glitzy resort towns of the American West, built on ranching culture, reliable snowfall, and a fiercely loyal community that valued authenticity over excess. But that identity is now under siege. A staggering $1.6 billion in luxury development is flooding the town with five-star hotel brands, $15 ...

The Jersey Shore has always attracted buyers trading city density for ocean air, but something more structural is reshaping the Monmouth County coastline. A convergence of major institutional arrivals, accelerating new construction, and persistently thin inventory is transforming what was already a competitive waterfront market into one commanding serious attention from investors and second-home buyers ...

The U.S. office market posted its strongest leasing numbers since 2018 in the first quarter of 2026, a milestone that might suggest the sector has turned a corner. But a closer look at what is driving that activity reveals a more complicated picture, one shaped by constrained supply, changing tenant behavior, and demand forces that ...

The Capital District of upstate New York is holding its ground as a seller’s market, even as housing conditions soften across much of the United States. Tight inventory, persistent bidding wars, and steady buyer demand continue to define the Albany region heading into 2026. Brian Brosen, Licensed Associate Broker and Founding Partner of The Capital ...

Florida’s residential real estate market looks stable on paper. Prices in many areas have not collapsed, transaction activity continues, and media coverage still leans toward the idea of a resilient Sunbelt market. But for those working directly with distressed homeowners, the picture on the ground is considerably more complicated. Ron Myers, President of Ron Buys ...

For most of the last decade, the promise of online capital raising was simple: reach more investors. It worked — until everyone else reached them too. The result is a market where accredited investors are flooded with pitches, platforms, and polished decks that all sound remarkably alike. Standing out is no longer a matter of ...

Key Biscayne, one of Miami’s most distinctive island communities, is quietly emerging as a compelling alternative to the city’s better-known neighborhoods — offering waterfront living, strong schools, and a self-contained lifestyle at prices that still trail those in comparable nearby markets. According to Ximena Ulloa, a REALTOR® with the Giulietta Ulloa Group at Berkshire Hathaway ...

Among California’s major metros, Sacramento stands out as one of the few still drawing residents in rather than watching them leave. While the state has experienced net population outflows for several years, Sacramento remains one of only two major regions posting net in-migration – a distinction rooted in its relative affordability, lifestyle appeal, and proximity ...

The real estate technology industry has spent the last decade chasing scale — private equity acquisitions, AI rollouts, integrated service ecosystems promising to own every transaction from listing to lender. Meanwhile, Brandon Wise has been answering his phone. Wise is the founder and CEO of Wise Agent, a CRM he built in 2002 to solve ...