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Rudi Davis
19 Oct 2025

While Northeast Florida’s luxury real estate market continues to attract buyers from across the country, the most significant source of new residents might surprise observers, it’s South Florida, according to one leading coastal real estate agent. “The biggest state that’s moving to Nassau County Florida is Florida,” says Colleen Gerke of Engel & Völkers First ...

Rudi Davis
19 Oct 2025

Los Angeles’s affordable housing initiatives are creating unexpected opportunities for multifamily investors grappling with the city’s mansion tax, according to Anna Kampling, First Vice President at CBRE. “The affordable space is really big, which is great in two parts,” Kampling says. “It’s keeping that naturally occurring rent control so teachers and policemen and hospital workers ...

Rudi Davis
19 Oct 2025

In today’s real estate market, the definition of a “sellable” home has fundamentally shifted, according to veteran real estate professional Angie Heitzer of Summer House Realty. “If you are priced well, and it is move-in ready, they don’t have to come in and rip out carpets and paint walls and replace appliances. You sell faster ...

Rudi Davis
19 Oct 2025

The democratization of home staging services, traditionally reserved for ultra-luxury properties, is reshaping how homes across price points go to market, according to Guest House CEO Alex Ryden, who sees technology as the key to expanding access. “Staging has been a service that has grown in popularity tremendously over the last couple decades,” Ryden says. ...

Rudi Davis
18 Oct 2025

The DC metro real estate market operates more like a weather system than a uniform market, according to Alexandria realtor Hope Peele of Peele Group at Corcoran McEnearney who says property values can vary dramatically within just blocks of each other. “I like to say that real estate market is kind of like the weather,” Peele ...

Rudi Davis
18 Oct 2025

Real estate development veteran explains why dead retail properties could be the solution to America’s housing shortage. The death of traditional retail may hold the key to America’s housing crisis, according to Scott Clark, Chairman & CEO of The True Life Companies. In a candid assessment of current market conditions, Clark argues that the widespread ...

Rudi Davis
18 Oct 2025

Despite rising interest rates and market uncertainty, properly presented homes continue to attract buyers in Atlanta, according to leading home stager Topher Fuller. The Linden Creek franchise leader says the current market standoff between hesitant buyers and sellers makes professional staging more crucial than ever. “There are a lot of people, a lot of sellers, ...

Rudi Davis
18 Oct 2025

Polk County real estate veteran Michael Dorman of Elevate Real Estate Brokers reports a striking shift in buyer preferences, with rural properties selling within 30 days while urban listings languish for months. The Urban Exodus Accelerates “Right now, the most popular property types that I’ve seen people are looking to get out of the cities, ...

Rudi Davis
18 Oct 2025

A significant shift is occurring in second home markets, with buyers increasingly viewing these purchases as long-term lifestyle investments rather than pure vacation properties, according to one Florida real estate expert. “I’m seeing a lot of the out-of-state buyers that are moving in buying their second homes to be their forever homes come retirement, so ...

Rudi Davis
18 Oct 2025

The traditional real estate brokerage model is facing disruption as boutique firms gain market share through community focus and personalized service, according to K. Coralee King-Denmark, a leading agent with Beachy Beach Real Estate in Panama City Beach. “It wasn’t so important anymore to be with a big national brand like Coldwell Banker, because they’re ...

Rudi Davis
17 Oct 2025

At Killian Pacific’s Jack Straw development, Director of Development Cassidy Bolger is overseeing a new pilot program that dedicates two ground-floor, two-story townhome units for in-home daycare operators. The initiative offers these providers a reduced rent, set at 60% of the area median income, to increase childcare availability for both residents and the surrounding community. ...

Rudi Davis
17 Oct 2025

A striking shift is occurring in Atlanta’s urban housing market, according to staging expert Topher Fuller of Linden Creek. The city’s younger buyers are driving demand for stark, minimalist designs that challenge traditional staging approaches. “They love the brutalist and minimalist styles,” Fuller says of Gen Z buyers. “We’re seeing a lot of that, like ...

Rudi Davis
15 Oct 2025

Military families relocating to Tampa’s MacDill Air Force Base are increasingly looking 45 minutes north to Hernando County, where housing costs can be cut nearly in half, according to local military relocation specialist Victoria Perez of Tropic Shores Realty. “You can find a beautiful home between three and $400,000 in Hernando County. You could even ...

Rudi Davis
15 Oct 2025

Churches across Southern California are discovering an unexpected solution to their challenges: their own parking lots and unused land. According to Martin Porter, Founder and CEO of Logos Faith Development, this real estate represents an opportunity to simultaneously address multiple community needs while securing their own financial future. “Churches want to be a part of ...