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Regional bank consolidation has been reshaping construction lending across the United States for the better part of two years. Still, its effects are playing out with particular intensity in New England. As larger institutions merge and tighten their balance sheets, developers across the region are increasingly turning to private credit providers to keep projects moving. ...

Rhode Island’s housing market remains tilted toward sellers heading into spring 2026. Still, the dynamics have shifted enough that sellers relying on 2022 or 2023 strategies are watching their homes sit on the market. Inventory is still historically low, and demand from out-of-state buyers continues to push prices up in key areas. Buyers have grown ...

The spring market across New England is arriving with less momentum than many hoped. In Rhode Island, inventory remains thin, buyer confidence has softened, and sellers are holding on to assumptions that no longer match current conditions. For agents working the ground level, navigating these crosscurrents has become the job. Jennifer Petreccia, Broker Associate and ...

Severe inventory shortages in Newport’s coastal luxury market are forcing buyers to pay significant premiums for off-market properties. Traditional listings have become scarce, and direct outreach is now the norm for securing high-end homes. Kimberly Fleming, Broker Associate at Gustave White Sotheby’s International Realty, says the lack of available luxury inventory — defined as properties ...

First-time homebuyers in Rhode Island are struggling to compete for move-in-ready properties, but there are alternatives for those willing to adjust their expectations, according to Walt Buteau, a real estate advisor at Engel & Völkers Oceanside. Limited inventory under $500,000 and widespread demand for turnkey homes have created a market where entry-level buyers routinely lose ...

Rhode Island’s house-flipping market remains active, but investors are struggling with rising acquisition costs that are reducing the profitability of renovation projects. Walt Buteau, a real estate advisor at Engel & Völkers Oceanside who specializes in investment properties and flips, says the challenge is not a lack of interest but a sharp increase in prices ...

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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