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Alejandra Rodriguez
07 Jul 2026

As housing markets across the Sun Belt have cycled through sharp run-ups and subsequent corrections since 2020, the Chicagoland market has followed a notably different path. While cities like Phoenix, Nashville, and Tampa drew waves of remote workers and saw prices surge well beyond sustainable levels, Chicago absorbed post-pandemic demand more gradually, producing steady price ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
06 Jul 2026

Ocean County Real Estate Holds Its Appeal Even as Buyers Adjust to a Higher-Cost Market New Jersey’s Ocean County has long attracted buyers seeking a practical alternative to the high costs of the New York metropolitan area. With relatively low property taxes, convenient access to commutes to both New York City and Philadelphia, and proximity ...

Steve Marcinuk
06 Jul 2026

Most real estate organizations do not have a crisis management plan. And of those that do, many have never tested it. That is the candid assessment of Edward Segal, a crisis management consultant, author, and Forbes Leadership Strategies Senior Contributor who spent more than a decade leading two major realtor associations in California. His observation ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
06 Jul 2026

After years of frenzied seller conditions, Palm Beach County’s residential market has settled into a more measured rhythm, one that rewards preparation, penalizes neglect, and increasingly favors buyers who know how to negotiate. Rising inventory, tighter insurance requirements, and a post-pandemic recalibration of buyer expectations have combined to produce a market that looks far more ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
06 Jul 2026

The Las Vegas housing market in mid-2026 tells two different stories depending on where you look. In some price ranges, well-prepared homes are moving quickly. In others, listings are sitting as buyers grow more selective and sellers hold onto pricing that no longer reflects current demand. With inventory rising and rates still elevated, the gap ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
06 Jul 2026

New Jersey ranks seventh nationally for year-over-year home price appreciation. Within the state, Monmouth County stands out as a market where multiple converging forces have reshaped demand in ways that continue to surprise even seasoned observers. For buyers hoping prices will soften, the wait has been a costly one. Thomas Connors, a Sales Associate with ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
03 Jul 2026

While Canada’s major urban centers continue to dominate housing conversations, a quieter story is unfolding in the country’s mid-sized cities. Rents and population growth in markets outside Toronto and Vancouver have been rising at double-digit rates, even as conditions have softened in those gateway cities over the past two years. For NexLiving Communities Inc., a ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
03 Jul 2026

As uncertainty weighs on housing markets across the country, Houston is showing a familiar pattern: steady demand, selective buyers, and pockets of genuine competition in the right neighborhoods. For professionals working the market daily, the picture is more nuanced than national headlines suggest. Mary Giovinale, team leader at The Giovinale Team at Compass RE Texas, ...

Steve Marcinuk
03 Jul 2026

Commercial real estate development in the American West has entered a period of recalibration. After years of strong demand, rising construction costs, softening rents, and tighter equity markets have made new projects harder to justify. For developers who built their model around straightforward deals in favorable conditions, the current environment presents real challenges. For firms ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
03 Jul 2026

Thirty-two miles from Midtown Manhattan, a private lake community of 450 homes sits largely unknown to the broader real estate market. Green Pond, tucked into the hills of northwestern New Jersey, operates by its own rules: limited inventory, strict rental controls, and a buyer profile shaped more by lifestyle than by interest rates. As second ...

Chris Caggiano
03 Jul 2026

You earn a good living. Your bank account reflects it. But when you sit down with a mortgage lender, suddenly your income doesn’t quite add up – at least not on paper. For self-employed borrowers, this is a familiar frustration. The mortgage system was built around a simple assumption: that income arrives in regular paychecks ...