A Brooklyn resident spending an hour on the subway to reach midtown Manhattan could swap that commute for a Metro-North train ride of comparable length, and arrive home to a four-bedroom house with a yard instead of a one-bedroom co-op, according to Thomas Klug, Broker & Owner of Hudson Valley Premier Properties Realty, who has ...
When a city converts office buildings into housing, the headline usually celebrates new apartments. What gets less attention is what happens to the businesses that now have fewer places to lease. In Manhattan, residential conversions have removed enough supply to shift the power balance between landlords and tenants, and the effect is accelerating, according to ...
In central New Jersey’s Monmouth County, where bidding wars and over-asking sales are routine, the hottest zip codes are not always where the best investment math lives. According to Jonathan Gruebel, a Realtor with Coldwell Banker Realty who has worked the Monmouth County market for more than 30 years, value increases as buyers move south, ...
A data point from early 2026 caught attention in the Rochester, New York, market: property values dropped roughly 2 percent between February and May. In a region where prices have climbed steadily for six years, even a modest dip raises a natural question: is the correction finally here? According to Mark Siwiec, Broker/Owner & CEO ...
When mortgage rates were near historic lows in 2021 and 2022, Portland buyers stretched into the city’s outer neighborhoods to get more house for less money. That trade-off made sense when borrowing was almost free. Now, with rates still elevated, according to Scott Edelman, a Realtor with Sold by Scott, homes on Portland’s edges are ...
Florida already attracts buyers with no state income tax. A ballot measure expected in late 2026 could add another financial incentive: a homestead exemption that jumps from $50,000 to $250,000, according to Tony Baroni, Founder & Team Leader of The Tony Baroni Team at Keller Williams Realty. For anyone considering a move to the state, ...
For the past few years, buyers shopping for cottage cluster homes in Portland, Oregon faced a strange tradeoff: newer, efficient homes in walkable neighborhoods, but often tiny, sometimes under 800 square feet. That cramped footprint wasn’t a design choice. It was a direct result of the city’s fee structure, which forced developers to build small. ...
The listed price on a new-construction home north of Dallas often understates what buyers will actually pay each month. A growing number of developments sit outside city limits – technically in Collin County – where a special taxing structure called a Municipal Utility District adds a cost layer that catches many relocating buyers off guard. ...
The skilled-trade shortage in U.S. construction has persisted for years, but the industry’s response is taking a specific new form: developers are moving production into factories, and those factories are increasingly being built on American soil. For buyers in markets where labor constraints have slowed new housing and driven up prices, domestic factory production could ...
In almost every industry where technology takes hold, prices eventually fall. Streaming made music cheaper. Digital distribution made books cheaper. Software automation made banking cheaper. But in construction, AI is breaking the pattern – and the people paying for new buildings are the ones left out. The efficiency gains from AI in construction are flowing ...
The real estate headlines in mid-2026 paint a familiar picture: interest rates remain a drag on activity, affordability is stretched, and transaction volume is softening. But in the communities stretching across Montgomery County north of Houston, conditions on the ground look considerably different. Inventory is expanding in some pockets while remaining tight in others. New ...
High-end apartment buildings in Nashville, Austin, and Dallas are struggling to fill units. At the same time, renters in those cities report spending a larger share of their income on housing than ever before. The disconnect is not a paradox. It reflects what got built during the last development cycle and who can afford it. ...
The days when scarce inventory alone justified a seller’s asking price in Naples, Florida, are fading. According to Michael Downer, founder and realtor with the Quintessential Naples Team at Downing-Frye Realty, Inc., buyers have shifted from competing on speed to competing on scrutiny. Sellers who haven’t documented their improvements are watching their listings sit. During ...
One of the biggest reasons long-term California homeowners never sell is property taxes. After decades in the same house, their assessed value – and therefore their annual tax bill – sits far below what a new purchase would trigger. Moving means resetting to current market value, which in many Inland Empire communities means jumping from ...
Two years ago, buying a home in Corona, California felt like a sprint: tour a house, make an offer that afternoon, hope not to get outbid by a half-dozen other buyers. That urgency is gone. Homes that aren’t priced aggressively now sit on the market for roughly two months, according to Shelly Larez, a real ...
