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Linda Fleischer of Coldwell Banker Realty says fear of unpredictable HOA increases is making Florida condos nearly unsellable to the demographic that should want them most. Florida’s condominium market is facing a crisis that goes beyond recent changes to reserve requirements and new mandates for special assessments. According to Linda Fleischer, a licensed real estate ...
The public construction industry faces a pricing disorder that surpasses the confusion of pre-Internet real estate, according to one industry insider. While residential homebuyers once struggled to value properties without reliable sales data, contractors bidding on public infrastructure projects face even greater information gaps—resulting in bids on identical projects that can differ by millions of ...
Dozens of permanent supportive housing buildings in California are constrained by outdated subsidy programs, with rental income levels well below the level needed to cover actual operating costs. As these buildings age, the financial mismatch is threatening the stability of the entire sector. The 2022 collapse of Skid Row Housing Trust exposed deep vulnerabilities in ...
According to Linda Fleischer of Coldwell Banker Realty, insurance costs—not property values—now determine whether waterfront deals close in Tampa Bay The Tampa Bay residential market is undergoing a significant reset, driven not by property values or desirability, but by the rising monthly cost of flood insurance. Linda Fleischer, a licensed real estate agent with Coldwell ...
As Austin’s short-term rental (STR) market expands to roughly 13,000 active listings, one property manager is outperforming competitors by turning away most opportunities and focusing on quality over quantity. Austin’s STR inventory has nearly tripled since 2017, growing from around 4,500 to 13,000 properties. Lucas Piper, owner and founder of Five Star Vacation Home Rentals, ...
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 ...
A former international fashion designer argues that luxury real estate marketing often misses what affluent buyers are truly seeking. Laura Pearson, a real estate advisor with Premier Sotheby’s International Realty in Sarasota and a veteran of 25 years in international fashion design, says the move toward coastal contemporary design is not just about changing tastes, ...
A longstanding practice in commercial real estate may be costing property sellers hundreds of thousands of dollars without their knowledge, according to Connecticut broker Jeff Kravet. Major national brokerages, he says, routinely refuse to cooperate with competing brokers on investment sales, limiting the pool of buyers and often resulting in lower sale prices for their ...
The proptech industry’s standard approach, offering mortgage products directly to consumers through websites and apps, may not work for assumable mortgages, according to Andy Taylor, founder and CEO of RetroRate and former head of Credit Karma’s mortgage business. Taylor, who has spent years building consumer mortgage platforms, says his experience serving 150 million consumers revealed ...
The U.S. housing market is weighed down by a vast inventory of low-rate mortgages that could help unfreeze sales, but a fundamental flaw in how Multiple Listing Service (MLS) data is handled means buyers rarely see these opportunities. Andy Taylor, founder and CEO of RetroRate, estimates that about 22% of all homes with mortgages have ...
Image Source: KeyCrew Media, generated with Google Imagen 4 Weather influences property operations in ways that aren’t always obvious until something goes wrong. Extreme heat can turn a maintenance ticket into a health-and-safety emergency. Freezing temperatures can turn a small leak into a burst pipe. Storms create a cascade of issues, from clogged gutters to ...
Buying a home is one of the most important financial decisions most people ever make. What often gets overlooked is that it isn’t one decision at all, but a sequence of approvals, deadlines, and handoffs — and at several points along the way, small mistakes can quietly turn into expensive ones. Alex Mayer, a real ...
Rochester, Minnesota’s four-time “Best Real Estate Agent” winner, says education-first content attracts more qualified buyers who close faster and follow guidance better than clients acquired through traditional marketing. While most real estate agents use social media to promote new listings, showcase sales, or highlight awards, Alex Mayer, a real estate agent of Rochester Area Homes ...
Miami property management executive Joseph Hunike, COO of Threshold, says the South Florida property management industry is failing to meet even basic professional standards. As investment flows into Miami from across the U.S. and abroad, many property managers are not providing the communication and financial transparency that investors expect in other major markets. Hunike describes ...
Real estate teams nationwide are encountering a consistent ceiling in growth, typically stalling at about 15 to 20 agents. Nate Armstrong, Chief Sales Director at K2 Omni Group, which operates in five states, says the cause isn’t market conditions or insufficient leads. Instead, it’s a structural flaw: most teams are led by individuals who cannot ...
