Demand for large, sprawling homes in the Hudson Valley is falling, and the decline extends beyond affordability. Instead, an apparent change in buyer preferences is driving investors and developers to rethink residential projects throughout the area. Susan Onderdonk, a real estate salesperson with Howard Hanna Rand Realty who has worked in the Greenwood Lake area ...
Florida’s single-family rental market is facing a breakdown in investment viability as insurance, property tax, and HOA fee increases have outpaced rental income growth, according to William Ward, founder of A-Ward Winning Realty. Ward says these rising costs have made it nearly impossible for investors to achieve positive cash flow, forcing many to abandon the ...
Tampa Bay’s housing market is sending mixed signals. The region currently leads the nation in foreclosures, yet new construction continues to see steady sales and builder profits. This contrast highlights a widening gap between existing home sales and the latest construction segment, with builders using pricing flexibility and creative financing to maintain momentum as the ...
Existing homes around $800,000 are now at a structural pricing disadvantage in North Florida, and price reductions alone cannot bridge the gap created by a surge in new construction, according to John Richardson, Global Real Estate Advisor at ONE Sotheby’s International Realty. The rise of builder inventory is dividing the market, leaving many sellers of ...
National real estate coverage often focuses on interest rates, speculating about Federal Reserve moves, mortgage rates dipping below 6 percent, and how payment changes affect buyers. These questions fill headlines and shape industry sentiment. But this lens misses the mark in luxury coastal markets, where most buyers do not rely on financing at all. Mary ...
Conventional wisdom in real estate says buyers should wait for lower interest rates before making a purchase. But in the Hudson Valley and similar regional markets, this approach is leaving would-be buyers further behind each year. The real challenge is not just affordability, but a persistent lack of homes for sale caused by homeowners who ...
Short-term rental (STR) investors are accumulating far more credit card debt than the average American, not because of poor money management but due to a structural mismatch between how properties generate income and how expenses are scheduled. According to Stefan St. Marie, Co-Founder and CTO of Revnest, this growing debt burden is a direct result ...
$1,099,000 for a four-bedroom Cape Cod on a generous 0.41-acre lot with exceptional renovation, expansion, or new construction potential in Madison’s elite Hill section. In Madison’s competitive Hill section market, land is the ultimate luxury. 60 West Lane offers a rare opportunity that savvy buyers and builders recognize immediately. “Properties like this simply don’t come ...
About one-third of Americans aged 18 to 25 continue to live with their parents, according to Yardi Matrix data, a share that has remained unchanged since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Doug Ressler, manager of business intelligence at Yardi Matrix, says the persistence of this trend suggests not a temporary disruption, but a structural barrier preventing ...
Real estate investment companies often frame success as a product of strategy – spotting undervalued properties, entering the right markets, and timing cycles correctly. But Andrew Farnell, National Transaction Coordinator at Elite Closing Solutions, argues that these factors might, in fact, be secondary. In his view, the real differentiator is execution: the internal systems that ...
Insurance in Florida’s coastal real estate markets has shifted from a closing formality to a critical factor that determines which homes buyers will even consider. Soaring homeowners’ insurance premiums, rising flood insurance costs, and the increasing use of self-insurance by affluent buyers are now reshaping how coastal properties are evaluated, priced, and marketed. “If you’ve ...
A small but growing number of U.S. cities are seeing the impact of leaders with design backgrounds, rather than the usual legal or administrative training. These design-trained officials are approaching infrastructure, downtown revitalization, and public spaces with methods that challenge decades of municipal precedent, and the results are showing up in property values and private ...
Lenders are changing the way they finance short-term rental (STR) properties, shifting from evaluating buyer creditworthiness to assessing property income performance. This change is altering which STR investments can access institutional capital and how quickly deals can close. Stefan St. Marie, Co-Founder and CTO of Revnest, explains that more lenders are now using debt service ...
The net lease development market is facing a sharp correction as oversupply in key tenant categories collides with higher interest rates and a more cautious buyer pool. Projects underwritten in the low-rate environment of 2022 and early 2023 are now struggling to sell at prices that provide any meaningful developer profit, leaving legacy inventory to ...
The senior housing sector is experiencing its strongest demand and occupancy rates since before the pandemic. Still, many investors remain anchored to outdated narratives of distress, according to Allison Irwin, VP of Seniors Housing M&A at Evans Senior Investments. While headlines have long focused on pandemic-era struggles, current data shows a sharp turnaround, with occupancy, ...
