Tucked between Philadelphia, New York, and Delaware, South Jersey has long played second fiddle to its more prominent neighbors. That dynamic is changing. As affordability pressures squeeze buyers out of major metro areas, a growing number of households are looking south within the Garden State – and finding a market that is moving fast with ...
The Nashville housing market has been through a lot in the past several years: a pandemic-era boom, a sharp slowdown, and now what appears to be an early-stage recovery. For professionals who have worked through multiple cycles in this market, the current moment feels familiar in some ways and genuinely different in others. Alex Helton, ...
After years of seller dominance, Orlando’s housing market has tilted back toward buyers. Inventory has grown, bidding wars have eased, and buyers who once waived inspections just to compete are now insisting on them and using the results to negotiate. For home inspection professionals, the change is reshaping daily business in ways that go well ...
Connecticut’s residential real estate market is deep into a stretch that would test even the most experienced practitioners. Inventory sits roughly 63% below pre-pandemic levels, buyer demand remains strong, and properties in desirable areas are drawing double-digit competing offers within days of listing. For boutique brokerages operating in this environment, the pressure is constant, and ...
Cape May County holds the distinction of being the number one second-home destination in the United States, and within it, the barrier islands of Avalon and Stone Harbor sit at the top of the pricing ladder. Average sale prices hover around $3.6 million, bayfront homes trade between $12 and $14 million, and new construction two ...
About eight years into running his own brokerage, Daniel Berger has guided clients through multiple market cycles in Westchester County, New York and Fairfield County, Connecticut — low-rate frenzies, pandemic-era migrations, and the slower, more deliberate market that followed. As broker-owner of RE/MAX Prestige Properties, he personally closed 55 transactions totaling over $40 million in ...
Mortgage servicers have spent the past few years operating in a forgiving environment. Rising home values, low default rates, and a steady economic backdrop have kept serious delinquencies in check. However, several converging pressures are raising a practical question inside servicing operations: are current systems prepared for higher volume? These pressures include elevated interest rates, ...
After several years of pandemic-driven extremes, Portland’s residential real estate market is working toward balance. Prices have stabilized, inventory is gradually building, and buyers are approaching purchases with a level of deliberation absent during the frenzy of 2020 and 2021. Headlines can paint a discouraging picture. On the ground, the reality is more layered. Carey ...
As national housing markets grapple with elevated interest rates and economic uncertainty, Loudoun County in Northern Virginia is holding its own – though not without notable changes on the ground. Sales volume is up modestly, prices continue to inch higher, and demand from well-capitalized buyers remains steady. But for sellers who haven’t adjusted their expectations ...
The self storage industry has spent decades operating on a straightforward model: build it, fill it, collect rent. But a new generation of operators is bringing a technology-first mindset to what has traditionally been a low-tech business, and the results are showing in how facilities are run, how customers are served, and where the next ...
After several lean years marked by rate hikes and a sharp pullback in origination activity, the mortgage industry is showing signs of recovery. Enrollment data from online licensing education providers offers one of the clearest early indicators of where the industry is headed, and right now, the trend lines are pointing upward. Jesse Kennedy, Vice ...
As foreign capital continues to flow into U.S. real estate development, the EB-5 immigrant investor program remains one of the more nuanced financing tools available to developers and investors alike. Yet despite its 30-plus-year history, the program is still widely misunderstood, by developers who assume it offers cheap capital, and by investors who may not ...
In cities across the United States, the conversation around revitalizing underserved urban neighborhoods often centers on zoning changes, tax incentives, and infrastructure spending. What gets less attention is the role that public art and placemaking play in making those investments work. In Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, one practitioner is putting that theory into practice at a ...
Central New Jersey has long been one of the more distinctive housing markets in the Northeast – dense, diverse, and driven by a buyer pool unlike almost anywhere else in the country. As the spring 2026 selling season reaches its peak, the market is showing both resilience and real strain, depending on which segment you ...
As construction costs remain stubbornly high and capital stays cautious heading into the second half of 2026, a growing number of boutique developers are rethinking not just where they build, but how. For Tyson Dirksen, Founder and Principal of Evolve Development Group, that rethinking has led to a focused bet on two converging forces: mass ...
