Surging demand for data centers has created a new opportunity for industrial developers with access to what the market calls powered land — sites with large, immediately accessible electrical capacity that data center operators can’t easily find elsewhere. David Ebrahimzadeh, President and Founder of Corniche Capital, says the most attractive strategy isn’t to build and ...
Ryan Homes’ entry into Wayne County, Ohio, marked the first time a national builder had launched a large-scale development in the area. Over 21 months, the community sold 91 lots and quickly moved into a second phase, with 17 additional lots already sold. Despite the rapid sales, the influx of new homes has not eased ...
Doug Ressler, Manager of Business Intelligence at Yardi Matrix, reports that major real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other institutional investors are rapidly expanding their involvement in the U.S. housing market. Over the past seven years, these investors have moved well beyond traditional multifamily and single-family rentals, increasingly targeting manufactured housing and build-to-rent (BTR) communities ...
The real estate industry often assumes that buyers can walk through vacant properties and imagine their future lives there. Fiorenza Bilak, Founder and CEO of Stage The Space, LLC, argues this assumption is fundamentally flawed. “Statistically, 83% of the entire world does not have imagination,” Bilak says. “When 83% of your potential buyers are walking ...
New York State is changing its approach to housing affordability, shifting from direct price controls to removing barriers to new construction. According to Jared Antin, Executive Director at Brown Harris Stevens, this marks a significant departure from years of policy focused on regulating what landlords can charge, in favor of addressing the underlying housing shortage. ...
A new wave of migration is reshaping the New York metropolitan real estate market as buyers priced out of Queens increasingly move east to Long Island. Lower home prices and steady demand are fueling what some agents predict could become the nation’s most competitive market by 2026. Grace Folias, owner and team lead at The ...
The deal analysis activity tracked on residential investment platforms reveals clear patterns in where investors direct their attention — and where they do not, according to Abhi Bharatham, co-founder of the comping platform Bricked AI. Most analyses focus on single-family homes and land, with a heavy emphasis on distressed properties priced under $300,000. But Bharatham ...
Affluent families are changing how they buy luxury real estate in the Florida Keys, focusing on properties that serve as shared family assets rather than individual investments to be passed down later. This new approach is reshaping what qualifies as a trophy property, how deals are structured, and which homes command the highest prices, according ...
Florida’s luxury real estate market is facing a new obstacle that is disrupting deals even after contracts are signed: skyrocketing insurance costs. According to Brian Fairweather, Global Real Estate Advisor at ONE Sotheby’s International Realty, insurance premiums are now derailing sales that would have closed smoothly in previous years, especially for waterfront properties in South ...
Monroe County’s zoning restrictions are forcing vacation-rental investors in the Florida Keys to revise income projections as consumer spending patterns shift and regulatory hurdles grow more challenging to ignore. The surge of vacation rental investment that swept the Keys during the pandemic was built on assumptions that no longer hold, according to Michaela Walters, Broker ...
Real estate agents are increasingly stepping into the role of financial educator, routinely explaining basic mortgage concepts that many buyers lack before entering the market. Amy Marinello, principal broker at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Professional Realty in Northeast Ohio, says this gap in financial understanding has become a consistent feature of transactions rather than an occasional ...
Charleston’s coastal real estate market is exposing buyers to thousands of dollars in unnecessary insurance costs due to a gap in local risk knowledge, according to a longtime specialist who says national insurance providers routinely overcharge by relying on broad risk assumptions rather than property-level details. Lisa Patterson, a Realtor and historic home specialist with ...
While much of the United States has moved into buyer-friendly territory, Bergen County stands out as an exception. Despite rising inventory and lower transaction volumes, this part of Northern New Jersey continues to favor sellers, a dynamic that runs counter to national headlines. Across most U.S. markets, well-established patterns hold: higher interest rates usually lead ...
Charleston’s historic real estate market is operating under conditions that diverge from broader national trends. While luxury housing markets in other cities have seen prices fluctuate with interest rates and economic uncertainty, Charleston’s historic properties are holding their value and rarely appraise below the contract price. Lisa Patterson, a Realtor and historic home specialist with ...
Despite advances in water recycling technology and growing concerns about water scarcity, the residential construction industry has been slow to adopt graywater recycling. According to Melissa Lubitz, Director of Business Development at Hydraloop, the biggest obstacle is not safety or performance, but reluctance among plumbers and other trades to install unfamiliar systems. “We deal very ...
