Arizona’s industrial real estate market is moving beyond its recent surge in speculative construction, with developers and contractors now focusing on sophisticated tenant improvement (TI) projects. This transition marks a new phase in the region’s industrial sector, in which customization and advanced technology requirements are taking precedence over the rapid ground-up development that has defined ...
Industry veteran says the biggest misconception in Pinellas County real estate isn’t about hurricanes or insurance – it’s sellers refusing to accept that post-pandemic pricing was an aberration, not the new normal. In Pinellas County’s residential real estate market, the main obstacle to sales isn’t hurricane damage, insurance costs, or even high interest rates. According ...
As residential real estate in Pinellas County faces rising insurance costs, regulatory hurdles, and unrealistic seller expectations, one commercial sector has remained resilient: industrial properties located on high-traffic corridors. According to Mark Hartman, team leader at Charles Rutenberg Realty and a veteran of both commercial and residential markets, the contrast between these property types is ...
New milestone inspection and reserve study requirements have triggered a wave of forced repairs and special assessments, strangling condo values across coastal Florida, according to a veteran Tampa Bay real estate professional. The regulatory response to the 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside may have inflicted more harm on Florida’s condo market than the ...
Investors evaluating resort markets such as Aspen, Vail, or Park City often apply the same criteria to newer destinations like Idaho’s Wood River Valley. According to Matthew Gelso, Associate Broker at Paul Kenny and Matt Bogue Commercial Real Estate, this approach overlooks critical differences created by geographic isolation and lower development density, which shape investment ...
A major state road reconstruction project that has extended a routine 12-minute drive into a 90-minute ordeal is causing a lasting shift in commercial real estate patterns in Idaho’s Wood River Valley. According to Matthew Gelso, Associate Broker at Paul Kenny and Matt Bogue Commercial Real Estate, businesses are making location decisions that are unlikely ...
Conventional wisdom about resort markets holds that more seasonal visitors automatically translate to increased commercial real estate activity. Matthew Gelso, Associate Broker at Paul Kenny and Matt Bogue Commercial Real Estate, challenges this view, arguing that the connection between visitor numbers and commercial property demand is far less direct than many investors assume. “It’s a ...
Upstate South Carolina’s commercial real estate market faces a growing challenge: large amounts of vacant office space that may never attract tenants again. But according to Maggie Steck, broker-in-charge at Freedom Commercial, these empty buildings offer a practical solution to the region’s severe housing shortage by converting them to residential use. “Office is not doing well ...
When Intel selected Licking County, Ohio, for its massive semiconductor facility, the decision triggered a wave of follow-on investments, including data centers and advanced manufacturing operations. But according to Brian Lorenz, Director of Planning and Permitting for the Ohio House of Representatives, these companies are not choosing Ohio primarily for tax incentives or lower labor ...
Office-to-residential conversions are gaining traction in Ohio’s city centers. Still, Brian Lorenz, Director of Planning and Permitting for the Ohio House of Representatives, warns that the strategy only succeeds when carefully matched to the location. Lorenz, who is the sole planner in Ohio’s General Assembly, argues that converting vacant offices to apartments can revitalize urban ...
First-time homebuyers in Omaha are making a costly financial error by waiting to accumulate larger down payments before entering the market, according to one of the region’s top-producing agents. The numbers behind these decisions, she contends, show that many buyers misunderstand how wealth is actually built through real estate. Nicki Headen, a realtor with eXp ...
The Prescott, Arizona, real estate market shows what happens when pandemic-era price surges meet current buyer realities. With 43 percent of listings now seeing price reductions and median prices dropping from $690,000 to $585,000, the market is undergoing a significant adjustment—but according to one local agent, it is not a crisis. “We’re recovering from a ...
Prescott Realtor Erin Carmona argues that the true housing affordability crisis stems from the gap between what monthly payments can purchase today versus what buyers expect based on pandemic-era pricing, not just higher interest rates. The prevailing narrative around housing affordability often blames elevated mortgage rates for sidelining buyers. But Erin Carmona, a Realtor with ...
Rising interest rates have fundamentally changed real estate investment in Indianapolis, dividing investors into two categories based on access to capital. Donna Kreps, President of Residential Real Estate Services at F.C. Tucker Company, says the old model of individual landlords slowly building rental portfolios has largely vanished, replaced by a new environment where cash is ...
National media outlets have recently labeled Indianapolis the “second hardest housing market for 2025,” but the region’s largest brokerage, F.C. Tucker Company, reports a sharply different reality. According to the firm’s transaction data, Indianapolis is outperforming national headlines, with sales volume significantly higher than last year. Donna Kreps, President of Residential Real Estate Services at ...
