The Kansas City metro area has a median home price around $450,000 and enough inventory variety to serve both first-time buyers and out-of-state relocators. But the factor determining whether a listing sells in a week or sits for more than 30 days isn’t price, neighborhood, or even school district; it’s the condition of the home ...
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When an infrastructure company’s site selection team finally sends over its formal requirements for a Midwest location, the list of data points requested often catches local landlords off guard. Logan Freeman, a real estate professional at Midwest CRE Advisors, says most building owners have never calculated the numbers a serious buyer actually needs. “Most owners ...

Skyrocketing insurance premiums in Florida are wiping out cash flow on rental properties that would otherwise be sound investments. John Bastidas, President and Founder of DSCR Investor Loanz, says the insurance crisis has changed the investment landscape in one of the country’s busiest real estate markets. For many investors, the numbers no longer work. They ...

The hotel transaction market has endured one of the most dramatic interest rate increases in recent memory. Still, industry veterans now see signs of stabilization as buyers and sellers adjust their expectations. After the Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate from 3.25% to 8.5% in just 14 months, starting in March 2022, pricing and ...

The residential construction industry faces a widespread quality issue that most homebuyers do not anticipate. Many buyers assume that a new home guarantees high quality, but in reality, standard construction often falls short, and a growing group of builders is working to change that. Cary DeCamp, Managing Director of Kala Performance Homes in Kansas City, ...

You’ve found the ideal lot in Kansas City. Zoning is in order, the numbers work, and your architect has drawn up the plans. But before construction begins, there’s a hidden obstacle that could halt your project – and it’s not related to permits or financing. In several Kansas City neighborhoods, neighborhood associations wield significant influence. ...

Institutional investors entering secondary markets often overlook how neighborhood opposition and complex entitlements can derail otherwise viable projects, according to a Kansas City developer who advises fund managers. When institutional investors move into secondary markets, they typically bring strategies honed in significant cities, detailed market analysis, and the belief that their resources can overcome local ...
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Spokane’s residential market has settled into a pattern that rewards discipline and punishes nostalgia. Sellers who list based on what they remember from a few years ago – when homes drew multiple offers within days – are finding that the market has moved on without them, according to Kim Hagel-Barkley of The Barkley Group in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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