State housing laws written to ease California’s homelessness crisis were never designed for a town that lost two-thirds of its buildings in a single fire. But that is exactly where they are being applied now, and the results will reshape what Altadena looks like for decades, in ways most displaced residents never agreed to and ...
Permit dashboards and rebuild tallies have become a way for outside observers to measure how well California’s fire-hit communities are recovering. But the people living within those numbers say the comparisons are being misread, and that the most important story is not in the totals at all. As of early June 2026, Altadena had issued ...
There is a specific kind of buyer that Queens’ new development has not been serving well. They already live in the borough. They have been renting in Long Island City or Astoria for three or four years, they know the neighborhood, and now they want to buy something larger – a three-bedroom, enough space for ...
A 29-acre waterfront development has not yet broken ground in Flushing, Queens. Rezoning is still being sorted out. The timeline between phases has not been finalized. And yet, investors who follow this market closely are already pricing the project into their decisions, which means buyers who have not heard of it may be entering the ...
In most housing markets, buyers pay for square footage, finishes, and floor plans. In Silicon Valley’s highest-demand towns, the land itself, the lot, the location, the neighborhood, is what actually holds and builds value. The house on top is almost secondary. Dana Carmel, founder of Dana Carmel Group at Represent Realty, a boutique brokerage serving ...
Most people shopping for a home in Brooklyn watch one number above all others: the price per square foot. It shows up on every listing, it’s easy to compare, and it feels like a reliable way to judge value. But after 25 years of selling real estate across Brooklyn’s neighborhoods, Rudolph Saint Walker says that ...
A quieter quarter can be deceiving. Experts working in Bergen County, New Jersey, are pushing back against a narrative circulating among buyers: that the pendulum has finally swung in their favor and that patient, aggressive negotiation will get them a deal. The reality, according to veteran observers, is that buyers who act on that assumption ...
Most buyers who lose a bidding war assume they were outbid on price. In the Hudson Valley right now, that is often not the full story. Agents working the market say the buyers who keep striking out are frequently making the same structural mistakes in how they put together an offer, and fixing those mistakes ...
For decades, waterfront properties on Lake Champlain barely changed hands. Families held onto their cottages for generations, and the idea of selling was almost unthinkable. But rising property values have pushed assessed values and tax bills so high that some long-time owners can no longer justify holding on. The very strength of the market is ...
The New Braunfels housing market isn’t moving the same way in every neighborhood or price range. Some homes are still drawing multiple offers. Others have been sitting for four months with barely a showing. If you’re buying, selling, or investing in this stretch of the I-35 corridor, knowing the difference could save you time and ...
A chain reaction is moving through South Florida, one county at a time. The local real estate market is running a slow migration north, and affordability is doing the pushing. People who bought in Miami are cashing out and heading to Broward. People who bought in Broward are eyeing Palm Beach. And buyers from up ...
After nearly two years of falling prices driven by Hurricane Ian, rising insurance costs, and higher interest rates, Cape Coral’s housing market has found its floor. Prices corrected roughly 18.5% from their pandemic peak before stabilizing in mid-2025, according to Jeffrey Kershner, President and CEO of SunLife Homes, a regional builder completing around 210 homes ...
If you’ve been watching Miami real estate from the sidelines, waiting for prices to dip before making a move, consider this: many buyers who held back a year ago are now facing higher prices with no correction in sight. The market conditions driving Miami’s price growth have strengthened, not weakened, over the past 12 months. ...
If you’ve been eyeing Manhattan real estate and wondering whether now is a good time to buy, the answer depends almost entirely on where you’re looking. Some neighborhoods are moving fast, others are sitting quietly, and the gap between them is wider than it’s been in years. Susan Holman, a licensed associate real estate broker ...
