The growing housing affordability crisis has made it increasingly difficult for millions of American families to qualify for traditional mortgage financing. According to the National Association of Home Builders, 57% of U.S. households are unable to secure a mortgage. This gap has created both a challenge and an opening for real estate professionals to develop ...
Real estate development is often defined by crowd behavior, developers rush to trending markets, seek institutional capital, and build where demand is already proven. Daniel Kaufman, founder and CEO of what will soon become Kaufman & Company, has built his career by deliberately avoiding these patterns. Instead, he focuses on overlooked markets and complete vertical ...
The 2021 collapse of Champlain Towers South put a spotlight on safety and financial transparency in South Florida’s condo market. While many predicted a sharp drop in condo sales, Miami-Dade County responded by launching the country’s first comprehensive condo transparency database, giving buyers open access to key association information before making offers. Danielle Blake, Chief ...
The Florida Keys luxury real estate market is experiencing its most enormous inventory surge in half a decade, ending the post-COVID buying rush and ushering in a more balanced environment. This increase in available homes is changing how buyers evaluate waterfront properties in one of Florida’s most geographically limited markets. “We have the highest number ...
After nearly fifty years in commercial real estate, Ted Branson noticed a clear pattern in his career: almost all of his transactions—95%—were industrial deals. This realization led him to pursue his SIOR designation and, most recently, to launch Landmark Commercial Real Estate’s dedicated industrial division in Wichita, Kansas. Branson’s deep experience in the sector, combined ...
Industrial real estate has moved from the margins to the mainstream over the past two decades, becoming one of the most competitive sectors in commercial property. David Ebrahimzadeh, President and Founder of Corniche Capital, has closely tracked this change and adjusted his strategy to profit from the sector’s rapid rise. Ebrahimzadeh grew up immersed in ...
The real estate franchise landscape is undergoing significant change as experienced leaders seek alternatives to the dominant national brands. Jay Olshonsky, a 43-year commercial real estate veteran and former CEO of NAI Global, has placed himself at the forefront of this shift by acquiring Sperry Commercial Real Estate and partnering in the Sea Glass residential ...
Sports facilities are playing a new and expanding role in real estate development, moving far beyond traditional standalone stadiums. Today’s projects are increasingly enlivened by mixed-use districts that leverage athletic venues with hospitality, retail, residential, and office components. These developments are designed to generate year-round activity and serve as economic engines for their communities, reflecting ...
After several years of rapid price gains and bidding wars, Ohio’s smaller real estate markets are settling into a steadier pace. In Wayne County, where the average home price is $254,000, longtime broker Amy Marinello of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Professional Realty is seeing the market shift to favor more balanced, deliberate transactions for both buyers ...
The Western Canadian agricultural real estate market is entering a new phase. Institutional and speculative investors have exited, mainly, and active farmers now drive most land purchases across Alberta and Saskatchewan. This change reflects lower returns on farmland investments and a greater emphasis on operational growth by working producers. Ben Van Dyk, partner at Real ...
Private lending for real estate development has rapidly expanded as traditional banks reduce their exposure to construction financing. Into this opening has moved Ascent Developer Solutions, which closed its first major equity round with Elliott Management in June 2024 and has since grown from 15 to 110 employees in less than eight months. What distinguishes ...
While most of the United States is seeing more favorable conditions for buyers, northern New Jersey stands out as an exception, maintaining a strong seller’s market despite national dynamics shifting. This regional resilience underscores the value of local market knowledge over national headlines when making real estate decisions. Thomas “Chopper” Russo, leader of one of ...
The real estate media industry is undergoing rapid technological change, and Tom Sparks, the new owner of the We Get Around Network (WGAN), is at the center of this evolution. Sparks has built a business that merges photography, technology, and education, creating a hub for property technology professionals and redefining how real estate media services ...
While national headlines warn of housing market slowdowns and rising foreclosures, Bergen County’s real estate market continues to run on a different track. Local agents report strong buyer demand, multiple-offer situations, and inventory levels still near historic lows, more than four years into the pandemic. Sergio Sciortino, broker associate at Keller Williams Village Square Realty ...
The New York City real estate market is changing rapidly, and in Queens, those shifts are apparent at the neighborhood level. In areas like Cambria Heights, homes priced under $800,000 are selling at a pace that outstrips even the pandemic-era frenzy. Properties often go under contract within days of listing, sometimes before buyers have even ...
