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Within a 100-mile stretch of Florida’s Gulf Coast, rules for short-term rentals vary so widely that identical properties can operate legally in one county and be banned in the next, leaving investment outcomes dependent on local regulations rather than property quality. The Regulatory Patchwork Florida’s short-term rental market is divided by local regulations that can ...
Anyone considering buying or selling property in Texas is entering a market that looks very different from how it did just a few years ago. Downtown office towers in Houston are sitting vacant and being considered for apartment conversions, large-scale data center projects are driving up demand for land near power infrastructure in Houston and ...
After a difficult 2023, the commercial real estate lending market has rebounded. Lenders are actively competing for deals again, and transaction volume has surged. However, according to Brandon Chicotsky, Managing Principal at God Bless Retirement, this recovery has come with a lasting change in how assets are evaluated and financed. Chicotsky describes the shift simply: ...
After years of momentum-driven buying, investor behavior in Connecticut’s residential real estate market has changed dramatically. Buyers who once purchased properties sight unseen are now walking away from deals that fail to meet financial criteria, according to Lynn LaForme, a realtor at Showcase Realty who specializes in multifamily properties in the Waterbury area. During the ...
As hundreds of new single-family homes are built each month in the Wilmington area, many landlords are purchasing properties based on personal preference rather than actual rental market data, according to Catherine Huffman, co-owner of Keyrenter Wilmington. This disconnect is leading to a growing number of underperforming rentals, with more vacancies and lower rents than ...
As most of the residential real estate market cools from pandemic-era highs, one segment is moving at a surprising pace: small investment properties. According to Jillian Kemmerer, owner and associate broker at Luxe Homes Real Estate LLC in Scranton, Pennsylvania, duplexes and triplexes are attracting buyers far faster than traditional single-family homes. “If anything is ...
Rising utility costs are eroding rental property returns in ways many investors overlook, according to Jillian Kemmerer, who manages more than 400 rental properties at Luxe Homes Real Estate LLC. “Utility costs are skyrocketing,” Kemmerer says. “And if the landlords have to absorb those costs, there’s really no way to mitigate that.” This pressure is ...
The Dallas-Fort Worth rental market, long seen as attractive to investors, is showing signs of a cash-flow crisis. Despite steady buyer interest and continued investment in rental acquisitions, many investors report that their properties are not generating the income they expected. Justin Nimergood, a real estate advisor with Nimergood Real Estate in partnership with Epique ...
Private lenders with in-house construction management teams are taking market share from regional banks by processing construction draws up to 10 times faster, according to David Hada, CFO of Ascent Developer Solutions. As regional banks pull back lending and face operational bottlenecks, private lenders like Ascent are using real-time project oversight and embedded expertise to ...
High-net-worth buyers are increasingly purchasing Florida luxury real estate through financial intermediaries, often without plans to live in the homes. The shift is reshaping pricing strategies, marketing, and negotiation dynamics across the state’s top luxury markets. The Intermediary Takeover A new model is emerging in Florida’s luxury real estate scene, according to Chris Anthony, senior ...
Manufactured housing is gaining traction as an institutional asset class, according to Gene Kim, who leads manufactured housing origination at Ascent Developer Solutions. Kim and other industry professionals cite improved product quality and the need for affordable housing as key reasons factory-built homes are attracting institutional investors and dedicated lenders. Kim describes the affordability gap ...
Developers are actively acquiring single-story warehouses south of the Queensborough Bridge and plan to replace them with five- to seven-story residential buildings. This strategy is creating a new arbitrage opportunity in Queens as rezoning unlocks higher-value residential development on former industrial sites. A growing group of investors is targeting industrial properties in Queens for residential ...
Sophisticated buyers who once treated contamination as a manageable cost are now walking away from industrial properties with environmental issues, sharply narrowing what qualifies as investable in Northern Brooklyn. Environmental due diligence has shifted from a routine step to a decisive filter for Brooklyn’s industrial investors. Eitan Hakami, a licensed associate broker at Greiner-Maltz Real ...
Jersey City investors are confronting a costly reality: extended holding periods are eroding profits at a pace few anticipated when they structured their deals. As properties linger unsold for months, the ongoing expenses of interest, taxes, insurance, and utilities are cutting deeply into returns—often more than any price correction. Sandy Cuevas, a realtor with Weichert ...
After years of soaring construction expenses, Kansas City developers are finally seeing some relief. Labor costs are easing as contractors, faced with fewer projects over the past year, are more willing to negotiate. However, material prices remain unpredictable, and tariffs could quickly erase any savings, making the current window for affordable building both narrow and ...
