While Sarasota’s lifestyle amenities and steady in-migration from other states continue to attract attention, one local real estate professional points to a less-discussed factor contributing to the area’s declining sales volume: the disappearance of Canadian buyers. Reeny Kaney, a top 3% producing realtor with RE/MAX Alliance Group in Sarasota, attributes the market’s slowdown to three ...
Competitive bidding at commercial real estate foreclosure auctions is providing a concrete signal that the market may be entering the initial phase of recovery, according to Mandi Wedin, Founder and CEO of Feroce Real Estate Advisors, who closely monitors auction results as an indicator of capital flow. “An interesting item I look for regularly is ...
“New York hasn’t become particularly affordable now that we’ve essentially outlawed short-term rentals,” according to Bram Gallagher, Director of Economics & Forecasting at AirDNA, highlighting the disconnect between regulatory intent and actual outcomes. He contends that the focus on short-term rentals offers a quick fix for politicians but sidesteps the more difficult work of addressing ...
Traditional sub-$300,000 resale homes in established neighborhoods have become scarce, forcing first-time buyers to reconsider what homeownership looks like in 2025. According to Donna Kreps, President of Residential Real Estate Services at F.C. Tucker Company, the main challenge is not high prices or elevated mortgage rates, but the disappearance of entry-level inventory in the locations ...
Northern Nevada has nearly all the elements needed to become a significant data center hub, according to Ted Stoever, Executive Vice President at Colliers. The region’s central location in the western United States offers distribution advantages and has drawn intense interest from data center operators. However, despite these favorable conditions, Stoever says a single issue ...
State legislation meant to address Florida’s housing affordability crisis is fueling conflict between local governments and developers, as new projects move forward with minimal municipal oversight—even in communities lacking the infrastructure to support them. Florida’s Live Local Act has shifted key development decisions from city and county governments to the state, according to Chad Cummings, ...
Industry data indicates that cities considering short-term rental (STR) restrictions should look closely at New York City’s experience, where the main beneficiaries of the ban have been hotels and hotel unions rather than residents seeking affordable housing. New York City’s near-total ban on STRs was launched with a clear goal: address the affordable housing shortage ...
Flood zone designation now acts as a deal-breaker rather than a negotiation point, creating clear geographic divides in Florida’s coastal markets. Recent hurricane damage in Florida has changed the way buyers approach property purchases, according to Reeny Kaney, a top 3% producing realtor with RE/MAX Alliance Group in Sarasota. Kaney says location risk now weighs ...
Gerard Hagan, co-owner and agent at The Best Edmonton Real Estate Team, argues that the most costly mistakes real estate buyers make are emotional, not analytical. According to Hagan, buyers often become attached to properties and justify financial decisions after the fact, fixate on minor inspection issues that have little impact on long-term value, and ...
Gerard Hagan, co-owner and agent at The Best Edmonton Real Estate Team, argues that Edmonton’s housing market is shaped by forces that set it apart from most North American cities. Unlike markets driven primarily by population growth or employment diversity, Edmonton’s real estate sector is closely tied to oil prices and the performance of the ...
tZERO CEO Alan Konevsky says real estate tokenization is operational, with projects trading and assets moving, but the market remains limited to niche alternative trading systems and specialized use cases. The technology has proven viable, but widespread adoption remains elusive. According to Konevsky, the industry now faces a different challenge: moving from boutique infrastructure to ...
San Antonio’s real estate market has moved through three distinct phases over the past 20 years, according to veteran agent Jerry Newman. His perspective offers valuable context for today’s market, where inventory levels have begun to normalize, and both buyers and sellers are reassessing their strategies. The Buyer’s Market Era When Jerry Newman of Brown ...
Out-of-state buyers leaving high-cost markets are rapidly altering San Antonio’s real estate landscape, creating a split market that could threaten the city’s longstanding affordability advantage. The Coastal Exodus Arrives in San Antonio San Antonio has become a leading destination for homebuyers moving away from expensive coastal regions, according to Jerry Newman, a realtor with Brown ...
A significant demographic change is underway along Florida’s coast, as migration patterns shift established norms of where affluent buyers settle. According to Stephen Dutcher, a broker associate with Illustrated Properties who has worked in Martin County real estate since 1983, buyers from Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties are moving north to Martin and St. ...
Florida’s coastal real estate markets are experiencing a supply problem that isn’t driven by construction capacity or a lack of land. Instead, according to veteran broker Stephen Dutcher, homeowners with low pandemic-era mortgage rates are economically trapped in their homes, creating an artificial inventory shortage that distorts the market in ways previous cycles have not. ...
