Nashville’s distressed property market is showing early signs of a significant increase, even as overall market activity remains subdued for the holidays. According to Moren Adenubi, owner and managing broker at Crown Realty Experts, the underlying numbers point to a growing wave of bank-owned properties that most market observers have yet to notice. In December ...
Wichita-based real estate investor Joseph Hamer of ReeceNichols South Central Kansas, says medium-term rentals are gaining traction as a practical alternative to both traditional long-term leases and the increasingly regulated short-term rental market. By focusing on tenants who stay one to six months – mainly travel nurses, aerospace workers, and corporate relocations – Hamer reports ...
Industry veteran says the biggest misconception in Pinellas County real estate isn’t about hurricanes or insurance – it’s sellers refusing to accept that post-pandemic pricing was an aberration, not the new normal. In Pinellas County’s residential real estate market, the main obstacle to sales isn’t hurricane damage, insurance costs, or even high interest rates. According ...
New milestone inspection and reserve study requirements have triggered a wave of forced repairs and special assessments, strangling condo values across coastal Florida, according to a veteran Tampa Bay real estate professional. The regulatory response to the 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside may have inflicted more harm on Florida’s condo market than the ...
A surprising hiring trend is emerging among successful real estate teams in secondary markets: many top agents started their careers in education. Joseph Hamer’s team at ReeceNichols South Central Kansas is entirely made up of current or former educators, a structure he says is intentional and reflects a clear insight into what makes agents effective ...
First-time homebuyers in Omaha are making a costly financial error by waiting to accumulate larger down payments before entering the market, according to one of the region’s top-producing agents. The numbers behind these decisions, she contends, show that many buyers misunderstand how wealth is actually built through real estate. Nicki Headen, a realtor with eXp ...
The Prescott, Arizona, real estate market shows what happens when pandemic-era price surges meet current buyer realities. With 43 percent of listings now seeing price reductions and median prices dropping from $690,000 to $585,000, the market is undergoing a significant adjustment—but according to one local agent, it is not a crisis. “We’re recovering from a ...
Prescott Realtor Erin Carmona argues that the true housing affordability crisis stems from the gap between what monthly payments can purchase today versus what buyers expect based on pandemic-era pricing, not just higher interest rates. The prevailing narrative around housing affordability often blames elevated mortgage rates for sidelining buyers. But Erin Carmona, a Realtor with ...
Industry veteran Lucas Piper, owner of Five Star Vacation Home Rentals in Austin, identifies ongoing property maintenance, rather than acquisition strategy or financing, as the main reason many short-term rental (STR) operators fall behind in guest ratings and revenue. Piper, who manages 70 vacation rentals in Central Texas, argues that inadequate maintenance protocols are the ...
National media outlets have recently labeled Indianapolis the “second hardest housing market for 2025,” but the region’s largest brokerage, F.C. Tucker Company, reports a sharply different reality. According to the firm’s transaction data, Indianapolis is outperforming national headlines, with sales volume significantly higher than last year. Donna Kreps, President of Residential Real Estate Services at ...
Jonathan Miller, President and CEO of Miller Samuel Inc., argues that the Federal Reserve’s pandemic-era policy of prolonged low interest rates created a housing inventory crisis that persists even after mortgage rates have more than doubled. He contends that lower rates will not restore affordability, challenging the prevailing industry belief that rate cuts are the ...
The key tool real estate agents have used for decades to determine accurate home prices no longer works in Omaha, according to one of Nebraska’s highest-producing agents. The result is a market where even seasoned professionals admit they are operating with significant uncertainty. Nicki Headen, a realtor with eXp Realty and one of the state’s ...
RAL Companies president Spencer Levine says that avoiding trend-driven design is now a critical survival strategy for developers, as project timelines grow longer and market cycles become less predictable. Real estate development faces a timing challenge that most in the industry avoid discussing, according to Levine. Projects that take three to five years from conception ...
Silicon Valley’s luxury real estate market has split into sharply defined tiers, according to Chris Iverson, a realtor at Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty. Ultra-luxury homes above $15 million are selling rapidly, and entry-level listings under $3 million attract intense competition. But between $5 and $10 million, buyers are pausing, hesitating, or simply leaving the ...
Silicon Valley’s ability to attract top talent is being undermined by the region’s extreme housing costs, which often derail recruitment efforts for senior executives before negotiations can even begin. Chris Iverson, a luxury realtor with Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty who specializes in executive relocations, says the issue is not compensation or career opportunities, but ...
