KeyCrew's Consumer Real Estate Coverage
A clear divide is playing out in New York City real estate. Renovated apartments and townhomes are selling quickly, sometimes before the listing goes live. Older units with dated kitchens and tired bathrooms are sitting for weeks, collecting price reductions while sellers struggle to understand what went wrong. The difference isn’t location or even price. ...
Brooklyn has had quite a run. Neighborhoods that were considered overlooked a decade ago, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, Bushwick, have seen townhouse prices jump from $1 million to $2 million to $3 million to $5 million. Sunset Park quietly became one of the borough’s better values. And during COVID, buyers flooded in looking for space, backyards, ...
For deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans, buying or selling a home has long meant navigating a process designed without them in mind, from phone-heavy communication with lenders to fast-moving negotiations where nuance gets lost. A service called Equal Access Real Estate Services, known as E.A.R.S., is working to close that gap by connecting deaf clients with ...
Walk into a Central Jersey open house this spring, and you’ll notice something quickly: the freshly renovated home down the street had four groups through on Saturday. The one two blocks over, same size, same neighborhood, but with original 1980s bathrooms, is still sitting. That gap between what’s selling fast and what’s collecting dust is ...
For most home buyers and sellers, the appraisal feels like a black box. You wait. You hope the number comes back right. And if it doesn’t, everything can unravel fast. But the way homes get appraised is changing – and if you’re buying or selling right now, it’s worth understanding what’s different, because it affects ...
It starts with a phone call. Mom can’t manage the house anymore. Dad passed last year. The kids are scattered across four different states, nobody can take extended time off work, and somehow a four-bedroom house full of 40 years of memories needs to be emptied, repaired, listed, and sold, preferably without anyone having a ...
You scroll through a listing, swipe through the photos, and decide in about 30 seconds whether a home is worth a second look. But those same photos are increasingly doing work behind the scenes, helping determine what the home is actually worth. Real estate companies are now using computer vision, AI that can analyze photos ...
If you’ve been watching the housing market and waiting for things to calm down, the answer depends entirely on where you’re looking. In some parts of the greater Philadelphia area, homes are drawing multiple offers within days, with buyers waiving inspections to stay competitive. In others, listings sit for weeks without serious interest. Sean Ryan, ...
A quiet shift is playing out in Palm Beach County: buyers who can comfortably afford Boca Raton are choosing Delray Beach instead. The reasons say less about Boca’s decline than about what affluent buyers now prioritize, and where the remaining value sits in South Florida’s luxury market. Ruth Valles, a realtor with Beachfront Properties Real ...
You’ve saved up your down payment. You’ve been pre-approved. You think you know what buying a home will cost. Then closing day arrives, and the number on the page is bigger than you expected. This is one of the most common surprises for first-time buyers in Central Florida. The down payment is just the beginning. ...
Every fall, thousands of people from New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Boston chase the same goal: escape the cold and spend winters somewhere warm. For decades, Hollywood and Hallandale Beach, Florida, delivered exactly that. But heading into 2025 and 2026, rising maintenance fees, new condo reserve laws, and shifting inventory are forcing buyers to ...
Not long ago, a Manhattan apartment listing could charge a premium just by mentioning a rooftop deck, a concierge, and a fitness center. Today, many of those same amenities barely get a mention during showings. What renters actually want has changed, and if you’re apartment hunting in New York City, or a landlord trying to ...
Ask most Fort Myers sellers what they’re focused on, and the answer is almost always the same: list price. How much can I get? What are similar homes selling for? But according to one of the area’s most active agents, there’s a hidden variable that matters just as much, and most sellers never think about ...
If you’ve been shopping for a home in one of South Florida’s active adult communities lately, you may have noticed something strange. Some listings disappear in days. Others sit for weeks with barely a showing. The difference doesn’t always track with price or size. The split comes down to building type and the financial obligations ...
