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Heather Hook
28 Jul 2026

A single number has dominated commercial real estate analysis for decades: the capitalization rate. Calculated by dividing a property’s net operating income by its purchase price, cap rate promises to make dissimilar assets comparable at a glance. But in southeast Michigan, where value-add apartment complexes and under-rented properties make up a large share of available ...

Farmington Hills, a suburb of Detroit, is undergoing a wave of new development, marked by three major projects: the demolition and rebuild of a shopping center, a 76-unit condo development on a long-vacant orphanage site, and a series of office-to-residential conversions along one of metro Detroit’s most affluent corridors. Construction cranes are now a common ...

Farmington Hills has overhauled its zoning code, updated its master plan, and begun actively courting new development over the past several years. The changes respond to post-pandemic shifts in how residents live, work, and spend, and are quickly reshaping the local real estate market. Some property types are now in high demand, while others are ...

Dearborn’s housing market is facing unprecedented demand driven by unique cultural factors, with capacity to immediately absorb thousands of new units, according to Angela Fortino, Deputy Director of Economic Development at the City of Dearborn. “We can absorb 1,500 units in the next 10 years easily, like we could use them now today. On top ...

A remarkable trend is emerging in Dearborn, Michigan, where local coffee shops are rapidly expanding into national franchise operations, according to Angela Fortino, Deputy Director of Economic Development at the City of Dearborn. “We are self-proclaimed the coffee capital. We have over 35 unique coffee roasting and cafe businesses,” Fortino says, highlighting how one local ...

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Alejandra Rodriguez
18 Aug 2026

Metro Detroit remains one of the few major metropolitan areas where an investor can acquire a property for under $100,000, put in rehab work, and still generate positive cash flow. That affordability continues to attract capital from across the country, but financing these deals and structuring them to survive a missed assumption requires more nuance ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
14 Jul 2026

If you are shopping for a home in Michigan right now, you are probably watching mortgage rates. But veteran observers in the Lansing and Grand Rapids markets argue that a different number on your monthly statement deserves more attention: your property tax bill. It has been climbing fast enough to cancel out some of the ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
14 Jul 2026

Michigan has long marketed itself on affordability, and for good reason. Home prices across the Lansing and Grand Rapids markets remain well below national averages, drawing first-time buyers, investors, and move-up purchasers alike. But with a November ballot measure that could eliminate property taxes now on the horizon, the state’s cost advantage is facing its ...

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Alejandra Rodriguez
14 Sep 2026

The gap between Houston’s residential market and its coastal neighbor shows what happens when short-term rental speculation meets a correction. Harris County, Texas, currently has roughly six months of housing inventory – enough to classify it as a balanced-to-soft market where sellers need to price carefully and present homes in strong condition. But the sharper ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
14 Sep 2026

The U.S. rental market built aggressively during the pandemic era, particularly in Sunbelt cities like Nashville, Austin, and Dallas. Now much of that new inventory, especially high-end apartments, is sitting partially empty, competing for renters whose budgets have tightened considerably since construction began. The disconnect is straightforward: developers built expensive Class A apartments in markets ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
09 Sep 2026

In most American markets, holding a property for ten or twelve years builds a cushion of equity. In Manhattan, that assumption no longer holds across large segments of the market, according to Nikolay Afanasyev, Founder & CEO of CITY SPHERE Property Group, a boutique brokerage covering Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn. Rising building carrying costs, ...

Steve Marcinuk
09 Sep 2026

For buyers waiting on the largest purchase of their lives, the appraisal process is one of the last black boxes in a home purchase. Turnaround time isn’t a single number; it’s the sum of scheduling, inspection, report production, quality review, and any revision cycles that follow, and thin appraiser panels and uncontrolled revision cycles are ...

Steve Marcinuk
28 Jul 2026

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