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Rudi Davis
14 Feb 2026

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 ...

Rudi Davis
14 Feb 2026

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 ...

Chris Caggiano
13 Feb 2026

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 ...

Rudi Davis
13 Feb 2026

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. ...

Rudi Davis
13 Feb 2026

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 ...

Rudi Davis
13 Feb 2026

The typical first-time homebuyer in America is now 40 years old, according to data from the National Association of Realtors cited by Sam Ratner, a Connecticut-based broker and team leader at CTproperties with Keller Williams Realty. Ratner notes that most of these buyers are women, a shift he attributes to a widespread lack of education ...

Rudi Davis
13 Feb 2026

Manhattan’s residential inventory has fallen to its lowest point since early 2016, setting the city apart from national trends and potentially positioning it for price appreciation while much of the country faces a correction, according to Jared Antin, Executive Director at Brown Harris Stevens. “If you look at the supply dynamic, you have to go ...

Rudi Davis
13 Feb 2026

Hartford lost roughly 700 hotel rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rebuilding that inventory now presents challenges beyond standard real estate calculations. According to David Steuber, Executive Director of the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA), the main issue is the growing gap between the high demand from major conventions and the lower baseline demand from routine ...

Rudi Davis
13 Feb 2026

The return of buyer protections in real estate transactions is revealing a growing disconnect between seller expectations and current market realities, according to Christina Wilger, a licensed real estate salesperson with RE/MAX Benchmark Realty Group in New Windsor, New York. Wilger says the primary reason deals fall apart today is inspection disputes. “Sellers are still ...

Rudi Davis
13 Feb 2026

Manhattan’s cooperative apartments, which make up about 65 percent of the city’s housing stock, are seeing a sharp drop in demand and prices compared to condominiums. According to Steven Cohen, a team leader and associate real estate broker of The Steven Cohen Team, with 26 years of experience in New York City residential real estate, ...

Rudi Davis
13 Feb 2026

Building code compliance is creating sharply different investment outcomes for coastal properties, even when those homes sit just feet apart. Edward Freeman Jr., Managing Partner at The Freeman Group, says the key factor is whether a property is built above or below the base flood elevation. This technical detail can mean the difference between paying ...

Rudi Davis
12 Feb 2026

Miami’s luxury pre-construction market requires buyers to commit substantial capital years before a property is built. This exposes them to significant financial risk that is not reflected in conventional market data. Buyers risk losing their entire investment if they cannot complete the purchase, but these failed transactions rarely appear in public records or sales statistics. ...

Rudi Davis
12 Feb 2026

In today’s luxury coastal markets, the usual reasons for failed real estate deals — financing issues, inspection surprises, or low appraisals — have largely faded into the background. Instead, buyer psychology has become the main factor causing high-end transactions to fall apart, according to Edward Freeman Jr., Managing Partner at The Freeman Group on Long ...

Rudi Davis
12 Feb 2026

Standard market metrics that compare today’s conditions with last year’s peak often fail to capture what is actually happening in markets that are moving from artificial highs back to normalcy, according to Matt Territo, a Northeast Florida real estate agent and team leader of Team Territo. Recent data for Northeast Florida shows prices down three ...