A fragmented underwriting system creates persistent delays as regional processing centers struggle with national deal volume. The Small Business Administration (SBA) loan process is contribu...
The American housing affordability crisis has changed dramatically over the past thirty years, now affecting a far wider range of households than ever before. Once considered a problem limit...
Minneapolis eliminated single-family zoning citywide, allowing duplexes and triplexes in neighborhoods previously limited to detached homes. This change led to more construction and kept ren...
Long Island landlords face a significant financial risk: eviction timelines in New York can extend from 12 to 18 months. During that period, property owners may receive no rental income whil...
Rising regulatory and compliance costs have pushed the per-unit price of subsidized affordable housing above that of market-rate projects, according to Marc Norman, Associate Dean at NYU Sch...
Investor visa qualifications are now a major factor in property purchases in Panama. This trend has created a buyer segment that operates outside traditional real estate norms, says Jeffrey ...
California’s insurance crisis is has emerged largely from the growing scale and cost of wildfires. As insurers pay out billions in claims and reassess their exposure across the state, they...
Cape Cod’s real estate market has changed dramatically over the past 30 years. What was once a region of $50,000 homes and straightforward sales is now a complex environment where building...
The Mid-Atlantic commercial real estate market sits at the intersection of federal influence and hyper-local dynamics, creating complexities that big data platforms often overlook. Chris LeB...
The Village of Indiantown, a small municipality in western Martin County, Florida, is facing a challenge that’s become common in fast-growing parts of the state: how to support new develop...
Within a 100-mile stretch of Florida’s Gulf Coast, rules for short-term rentals vary so widely that identical properties can operate legally in one county and be banned in the next, leavin...
A mountain pass separating Wyoming from Idaho marks more than a geographic boundary. It reflects a 6.5% tax difference, influencing where affluent real estate buyers invest. Traditionally, r...
Hartford’s effort to convert vacant office buildings into housing reveals the limits of adaptive reuse as a large-scale solution. The city’s experience shows the idea is appealing, but e...
A local broker says rising home values and property taxes that often exceed $30,000 a year are creating an affordability problem in Bergen County and could threaten long-term market stabilit...
Public construction projects are supposed to be carefully priced to protect taxpayer money. But for decades, contractors have relied on guesswork when estimating costs for materials, labor, ...