Conservative lending practices are creating a financing gap in Brooklyn and Queens industrial real estate, pushing more transactions toward seller financing and all-cash deals as buyers struggle to secure traditional loans. Eitan Hakami, a licensed associate broker at Greiner-Maltz Real Estate specializing in Brooklyn-Queens industrial properties, reports that a consistent pattern of low bank appraisals ...
Foreign cash buyers and Manhattan relocators are driving robust price growth in downtown Jersey City’s luxury condo market, setting it apart from the broader region, according to Sandy Cuevas, a realtor with Weichert Realtors who works across multiple Jersey City neighborhoods. While much of the local market is slowing and inventory is building, downtown’s $900,000–$1 ...
Many Atlanta homebuyers are making a costly mistake by holding out for mortgage rates to return to pandemic-era lows, according to Adrian Provost, CEO and Principal Broker at Realty ONE Group Terminus. Provost says the hope that 3% mortgages will return is unrealistic and could leave buyers facing higher prices in the future. “A lot ...
After years of soaring construction expenses, Kansas City developers are finally seeing some relief. Labor costs are easing as contractors, faced with fewer projects over the past year, are more willing to negotiate. However, material prices remain unpredictable, and tariffs could quickly erase any savings, making the current window for affordable building both narrow and ...
Entitlement timelines have become as critical as labor costs and logistics access in determining which markets capture industrial investment, according to David Ebrahimzadeh, President and Founder of Corniche Capital. Developers now face a clear divide between regions where approvals stretch into years and those where projects can move from site plan to permits in a ...
In today’s tight housing markets, where limited inventory drives competition among buyers, the ability to structure a deal effectively often matters more than simply offering the highest price. Yet many buyers and their agents still focus narrowly on price, usually missing opportunities to craft offers that directly address sellers’ real needs. Chopper Russo, team leader ...
A member of a local real estate professional standards committee says she is seeing widespread violations of buyer agency agreement requirements, with some agents showing properties to buyers without the legally required documentation, leaving them open to fines that can exceed $22,000. Susan Greenbaum, a Realtor Associate with Keller Williams Village Square Realty and a ...
A persistent issue in real estate development rarely receives direct attention: many cities lack clear knowledge of their infrastructure capacity, making it difficult or impossible for developers to obtain straightforward answers about water and sewer availability. According to Waleed Albakry, Planning Director for the City of Danbury, Connecticut, this knowledge gap drives investors and developers ...
Social media has become the primary way travelers discover hotels, reshaping which properties can command premium pricing and what guests actually value. As major chains continue to standardize offerings across markets, a growing segment of travelers is actively seeking experiences tied to place and community rather than interchangeable comfort. This shift is changing how properties ...
The investment landscape in Northern New Jersey real estate has shifted significantly over the last 18 months, according to Artur Tyszka, co-lead of the Tyszka Team at Keller Williams in Wayne. While inventory remains tight and prices continue to rise, the traditional formula of buying, renovating, and selling properties no longer guarantees strong returns. Investor ...
The widely repeated narrative that wealthy New York and California residents are flooding into South Florida is not supported by most resale transactions, according to Fiona Barone, a realtor with eXp Realty who closed 98 units in South Florida in 2025. “I think it’s exaggerated,” Barone says of the migration storyline. “When I’m looking at ...
Florida’s residential real estate market has relied heavily on the influx of remote workers over the past several years. However, this foundation may be less stable than it appears, according to John Richardson, Global Real Estate Advisor at ONE Sotheby’s International Realty. The state’s appeal, driven by its no-state-income-tax policy, warm climate, and lower living ...
Farmington Hills, a suburb of Detroit, is undergoing a wave of new development, marked by three major projects: the demolition and rebuild of a shopping center, a 76-unit condo development on a long-vacant orphanage site, and a series of office-to-residential conversions along one of metro Detroit’s most affluent corridors. Construction cranes are now a common ...
A wave of adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) originated during the pandemic is about to reset, setting up a surge of forced transactions in Manhattan’s real estate market. According to Jared Antin, executive director at Brown Harris Stevens, this shift will drive sales activity in New York regardless of buyers’ views on prices or Federal Reserve policy. ...
Senior housing projects built over the past three to four years are becoming a significant source of risk in the sector, as many are failing to lease up as projected and now face refinancing challenges with the maturity of their initial bridge loans, according to Nachum Soroka, Vice President of the Healthcare Group at Eastern ...
