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Heather Hook
06 Feb 2026

Mor Milo of Relli believes the solution to America’s affordability crisis isn’t building bigger. It’s building smarter, smaller, and farther from metropolitan centers. America has a housing crisis. The average single-family home costs $500,000, requiring $100,000 down for a property that might generate $1,500 monthly rent. Nobody wins. Buyers can’t afford entry. Renters face rising ...

Heather Hook
06 Feb 2026

Billionaire developer’s Southbridge acquisition demonstrates how post-Surfside regulations are reshaping South Florida’s condo market Billionaire developer Stephen Ross just acquired 71% of Southbridge, a 1981 condominium building at the base of the bridge to Palm Beach, paying $37.3 million for 45 of 63 units. The transaction – which delivered premiums to sellers whose units were ...

Heather Hook
06 Feb 2026

Parking is no longer just a line item in development projects. It’s a strategic design decision. In a new episode of the Commercial Real Estate Pro Network Podcast, Christopher Tiessen, President/CEO, shares how automated and mechanical parking solutions are helping developers, architects, and owners unlock more value from every project—especially in today’s high-cost, space-constrained urban ...

Heather Hook
06 Feb 2026

As 130 industry leaders descended on Tallahassee this month, ABC Florida’s legislative agenda revealed how construction policy directly impacts project timelines and costs across the state When Kelvin Enfinger Jr. walked the halls of Florida’s Capitol in January 2026 alongside 130 construction professionals, he wasn’t just advocating for his industry – he was fighting for ...

Heather Hook
06 Feb 2026

The arms race is over. Social media platforms are now actively labeling, filtering, and suppressing AI-generated content, and they’re cross-referencing your claims against actual data. “For real estate agents who’ve been using AI to fake expertise, the clock just ran out,” says Jeff Biebuyck, founder of the Frontgate Real Estate Team at Compass. Instagram, Meta, ...

Rudi Davis
06 Feb 2026

The deal analysis activity tracked on residential investment platforms reveals clear patterns in where investors direct their attention — and where they do not, according to Abhi Bharatham, co-founder of the comping platform Bricked AI. Most analyses focus on single-family homes and land, with a heavy emphasis on distressed properties priced under $300,000. But Bharatham ...

Rudi Davis
06 Feb 2026

Affluent families are changing how they buy luxury real estate in the Florida Keys, focusing on properties that serve as shared family assets rather than individual investments to be passed down later. This new approach is reshaping what qualifies as a trophy property, how deals are structured, and which homes command the highest prices, according ...

Rudi Davis
06 Feb 2026

Florida’s luxury real estate market is facing a new obstacle that is disrupting deals even after contracts are signed: skyrocketing insurance costs. According to Brian Fairweather, Global Real Estate Advisor at ONE Sotheby’s International Realty, insurance premiums are now derailing sales that would have closed smoothly in previous years, especially for waterfront properties in South ...

Rudi Davis
06 Feb 2026

Monroe County’s zoning restrictions are forcing vacation-rental investors in the Florida Keys to revise income projections as consumer spending patterns shift and regulatory hurdles grow more challenging to ignore. The surge of vacation rental investment that swept the Keys during the pandemic was built on assumptions that no longer hold, according to Michaela Walters, Broker ...

Steve Marcinuk
05 Feb 2026

Charleston’s coastal real estate market is exposing buyers to thousands of dollars in unnecessary insurance costs due to a gap in local risk knowledge, according to a longtime specialist who says national insurance providers routinely overcharge by relying on broad risk assumptions rather than property-level details. Lisa Patterson, a Realtor and historic home specialist with ...

Steve Marcinuk
05 Feb 2026

While much of the United States has moved into buyer-friendly territory, Bergen County stands out as an exception. Despite rising inventory and lower transaction volumes, this part of Northern New Jersey continues to favor sellers, a dynamic that runs counter to national headlines. Across most U.S. markets, well-established patterns hold: higher interest rates usually lead ...

Rudi Davis
05 Feb 2026

Despite advances in water recycling technology and growing concerns about water scarcity, the residential construction industry has been slow to adopt graywater recycling. According to Melissa Lubitz, Director of Business Development at Hydraloop, the biggest obstacle is not safety or performance, but reluctance among plumbers and other trades to install unfamiliar systems. “We deal very ...

Rudi Davis
05 Feb 2026

Florida has introduced a financial incentive structure for water-conservation technology that is reshaping the economics of residential development and may give the state an edge over other high-growth markets. The combination of density credits and tax incentives is making gray water recycling systems financially attractive to developers, overcoming the construction industry’s usual reluctance to adopt ...