Seller concessions are active again across Austin, and the requests tend to look different from what many sellers first expect. Today’s buyers are focused on financing – rate buydowns, closing cost credits, and other tools that lower their monthly payment or reduce what they bring to the table at closing, according to Kathy Sokolic, Co-Founder ...
The physical design of older urban homes – specifically the placement of garages – is generating the kind of organic neighborhood interaction that communities everywhere aspire to cultivate. In East Dallas, a pattern of warm, incidental social contact grows naturally from an architectural feature that predates modern urban planning: the detached, front-entry garage. According to ...
Out-of-state buyers researching Dallas neighborhoods online have access to more information than ever – and a local agent can add the street-level zoning distinctions, competing school options, and pending construction projects that give that research its full context and help protect long-term property values. Relocating families increasingly use third-party rating sites and MLS data to ...
Across Williamson County, Texas, the market is evolving in ways that reward preparation and strong representation. The overall success rate for sellers in Williamson County is about 73%, and understanding the dynamics behind contract terminations, expirations, or withdrawals helps both buyers and sellers position themselves for better outcomes. According to Tanya Kerr of T Kerr ...
In Williamson County, Texas, roughly seven in ten listings currently move to a closed sale, and understanding how contingent offers work can help sellers improve those odds even further, according to Tanya Kerr of T Kerr Property Group. Sellers who approach contingent offers thoughtfully can protect their market time and position themselves for the strongest ...
The recognition positions Kerr, of T Kerr Property Group, as an expert voice across KeyCrew’s editorial network on the Central Texas housing market, including new construction, relocation, and luxury buyer segments. GEORGETOWN, Texas, September, 2026 — KeyCrew Media, the expert-first real estate media company, has selected Tanya Kerr of T Kerr Property Group as an ...
The Central Jersey Shore packs dozens of distinct communities into a small geographic footprint, each with its own noise rules, rental policies, parking approaches, and seasonal rhythms. Many buyers feel ready to commit after a single summer visit, according to Carly Ringer, a Real Estate Professional based in the area. A great summer weekend, though, ...
The recognition highlights Akines’ work guiding buyers and sellers through Seattle’s mid-century modern, historic, and architect-designed homes, and extends KeyCrew’s coverage of the Puget Sound region. SEATTLE, Wash., August, 2026 – KeyCrew Media, the expert-first real estate media company, has recognized Eric Akines of REAL Residential as an Expert Source on architecturally significant homes in ...
A National Initiative Bringing Housing and AI Infrastructure Under One Development Platform LOS ANGELES — September 2026 Kaufman & Company today announced BUILD 2030, a national development initiative designed to bring the company’s housing, real estate, construction, technology and AI infrastructure capabilities together under a coordinated investment and development strategy. The premise behind the initiative ...
Most brokers picture off-market sourcing as a phone marathon: pull a list of owners in a zip code and start dialing. But that approach rarely works, and it is not actually how the best brokers source deals off-market. DealGround, an AI-powered commercial real estate intelligence platform, works with brokers who have replaced that dial-for-dollars process ...
When sellers offer buyers a credit for an aging HVAC or water heater rather than replacing the system outright, they often believe they are making the financially conservative choice. According to Kathy Sokolic, Co-Founder and Realtor at Mueller Residential Group with Realty Austin | Compass, there is a smarter path, and the reason has more ...
Most acquisition models for hotels are built on assumptions that hold across a wide range of American markets: labor costs that escalate on a predictable line, commodity inputs priced against national indices, and a supply chain that delivers on a schedule a general contractor can plan around. Those assumptions are reasonable in most places. In ...
When a Phoenix, Arizona business owner does not like the numbers coming back from a bid, the instinct is often to go out and collect a few more. Mike Marden, a registered architect and licensed general contractor and founder of WDS, a Phoenix-based integrated design-build firm, says that instinct usually backfires, and the extra round ...
Maplewood, NJ, and its sister town of South Orange, NJ, are heading into the fall with prices and demand still running well ahead of last year, according to the weekly market data tracked by Mark Slade Homes. Mark Slade has built his own way of reading these markets, drawing upon one of his two degrees in ...
For all the search tools in real estate, most still expect a buyer or agent to type filters into a form. One new construction platform is testing a different front door: a conversation. Search by Talking, in English or Spanish Builders Update, a national database for new construction, has built a tool it calls Home ...
