In parts of Northern New Jersey, high-end listings are moving faster and attracting more competitive offers than entry-level homes. For buyers who assumed affordable properties were the hot ticket, the numbers say otherwise. Mark Slade, founder and team lead of The Mark Slade Homes Team at Keller Williams in Northern New Jersey, tracks weekly sales ...
In most housing markets, expensive homes are the first to slow when conditions tighten. In South Jersey right now, the opposite is happening, and it’s creating distinct opportunities depending on price point and property condition. High-end, fully finished homes are moving quickly, sometimes with multiple offers. Meanwhile, more modestly priced homes that need work are ...
Low inventory in Greater Rochester has created a common assumption among homeowners: list the house, sit back, and let offers roll in. But agents working the market daily say that thinking is costing sellers real money. Matthew Sharman, team leader of The Sharman Team at Real Broker LLC and one of the top-producing agents in ...
After years of runaway appreciation followed by a correction, Dallas home prices have returned to a trajectory closer to their long-term. Many buyers expected that cooling prices would mean less competition and more breathing room. In some segments, that’s true. But in the $250,000 to $500,000 range, where most first-time and move-up buyers are active, ...
Ask a home seller in Myrtle Beach how the market feels right now, and many will say they’re giving too much away. Buyers are negotiating harder. Offers are coming in below asking. Concessions that would have been unthinkable a few years ago are now part of almost every deal. But there’s a number hiding in ...
A clear divide is playing out in New York City real estate. Renovated apartments and townhomes are selling quickly, sometimes before the listing goes live. Older units with dated kitchens and tired bathrooms are sitting for weeks, collecting price reductions while sellers struggle to understand what went wrong. The difference isn’t location or even price. ...
Brooklyn has had quite a run. Neighborhoods that were considered overlooked a decade ago, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, Bushwick, have seen townhouse prices jump from $1 million to $2 million to $3 million to $5 million. Sunset Park quietly became one of the borough’s better values. And during COVID, buyers flooded in looking for space, backyards, ...
Walk into a Central Jersey open house this spring, and you’ll notice something quickly: the freshly renovated home down the street had four groups through on Saturday. The one two blocks over, same size, same neighborhood, but with original 1980s bathrooms, is still sitting. That gap between what’s selling fast and what’s collecting dust is ...
It starts with a phone call. Mom can’t manage the house anymore. Dad passed last year. The kids are scattered across four different states, nobody can take extended time off work, and somehow a four-bedroom house full of 40 years of memories needs to be emptied, repaired, listed, and sold, preferably without anyone having a ...
You scroll through a listing, swipe through the photos, and decide in about 30 seconds whether a home is worth a second look. But those same photos are increasingly doing work behind the scenes, helping determine what the home is actually worth. Real estate companies are now using computer vision, AI that can analyze photos ...
If you’ve been watching the housing market and waiting for things to calm down, the answer depends entirely on where you’re looking. In some parts of the greater Philadelphia area, homes are drawing multiple offers within days, with buyers waiving inspections to stay competitive. In others, listings sit for weeks without serious interest. Sean Ryan, ...
A quiet shift is playing out in Palm Beach County: buyers who can comfortably afford Boca Raton are choosing Delray Beach instead. The reasons say less about Boca’s decline than about what affluent buyers now prioritize, and where the remaining value sits in South Florida’s luxury market. Ruth Valles, a realtor with Beachfront Properties Real ...
You’ve saved up your down payment. You’ve been pre-approved. You think you know what buying a home will cost. Then closing day arrives, and the number on the page is bigger than you expected. This is one of the most common surprises for first-time buyers in Central Florida. The down payment is just the beginning. ...
Every fall, thousands of people from New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Boston chase the same goal: escape the cold and spend winters somewhere warm. For decades, Hollywood and Hallandale Beach, Florida, delivered exactly that. But heading into 2025 and 2026, rising maintenance fees, new condo reserve laws, and shifting inventory are forcing buyers to ...
