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Rudi Davis
16 Feb 2026

Developers are actively acquiring single-story warehouses south of the Queensborough Bridge and plan to replace them with five- to seven-story residential buildings. This strategy is creating a new arbitrage opportunity in Queens as rezoning unlocks higher-value residential development on former industrial sites. A growing group of investors is targeting industrial properties in Queens for residential ...

Rudi Davis
16 Feb 2026

Sophisticated buyers who once treated contamination as a manageable cost are now walking away from industrial properties with environmental issues, sharply narrowing what qualifies as investable in Northern Brooklyn. Environmental due diligence has shifted from a routine step to a decisive filter for Brooklyn’s industrial investors. Eitan Hakami, a licensed associate broker at Greiner-Maltz Real ...

Rudi Davis
16 Feb 2026

Foreign cash buyers and Manhattan relocators are driving robust price growth in downtown Jersey City’s luxury condo market, setting it apart from the broader region, according to Sandy Cuevas, a realtor with Weichert Realtors who works across multiple Jersey City neighborhoods. While much of the local market is slowing and inventory is building, downtown’s $900,000–$1 ...

Heather Hook
16 Feb 2026

The bottleneck holding back advanced air mobility isn’t aircraft certification anymore – it’s identifying which of America’s millions of commercial properties can actually support vertiport infrastructure. Landings just solved that problem with software that can analyze entire real estate portfolios in minutes. Lisa Wright’s team launched beta testing this week for proprietary feasibility software that ...

Chris Caggiano
16 Feb 2026

After years of soaring construction expenses, Kansas City developers are finally seeing some relief. Labor costs are easing as contractors, faced with fewer projects over the past year, are more willing to negotiate. However, material prices remain unpredictable, and tariffs could quickly erase any savings, making the current window for affordable building both narrow and ...

Rudi Davis
15 Feb 2026

Higher acquisition costs in New York often deter out-of-state investors. Still, these buyers may be overlooking the long-term returns that set New York’s outer-borough markets apart, according to Patrick Dominique, a realtor at One Stop Agency who works with investors across Queens, Nassau County, and Brooklyn. Many investors compare New York’s entry prices to those ...

Steve Marcinuk
15 Feb 2026

In today’s tight housing markets, where limited inventory drives competition among buyers, the ability to structure a deal effectively often matters more than simply offering the highest price. Yet many buyers and their agents still focus narrowly on price, usually missing opportunities to craft offers that directly address sellers’ real needs. Chopper Russo, team leader ...

Rudi Davis
15 Feb 2026

A member of a local real estate professional standards committee says she is seeing widespread violations of buyer agency agreement requirements, with some agents showing properties to buyers without the legally required documentation, leaving them open to fines that can exceed $22,000. Susan Greenbaum, a Realtor Associate with Keller Williams Village Square Realty and a ...

Heather Hook
14 Feb 2026

Commercial real estate is unique among industries, and not in a way owners should celebrate. According to Bill Douglas, CEO of OpticWise and co-author of “Peak Property Performance,” it’s the only industry that routinely allows vendors to install networks in their buildings and extract data from their own assets without compensation or oversight. “I’ve worked ...

Heather Hook
14 Feb 2026

While most real estate professionals focus on interest rate predictions and inventory shortages, Jerry Larkowski sees a different dynamic on the horizon: a massive wave of commercial real estate debt about to come due, and he believes savvy investors who understand the landscape will find significant opportunities over the next 18 months. Larkowski, Executive Broker/REALTOR® ...

Heather Hook
14 Feb 2026

From Where has released a curated list of Best Boutique Hotels across major US cities, expanding the platform’s Shop the Space™ model beyond short-term rentals to include the boutique hospitality sector. The directory features properties in metropolitan markets selected through stringent selection criteria evaluating design quality, guest reviews across multiple platforms, and adherence to boutique ...

Rudi Davis
14 Feb 2026

Social media has become the primary way travelers discover hotels, reshaping which properties can command premium pricing and what guests actually value. As major chains continue to standardize offerings across markets, a growing segment of travelers is actively seeking experiences tied to place and community rather than interchangeable comfort. This shift is changing how properties ...

Rudi Davis
14 Feb 2026

The investment landscape in Northern New Jersey real estate has shifted significantly over the last 18 months, according to Artur Tyszka, co-lead of the Tyszka Team at Keller Williams in Wayne. While inventory remains tight and prices continue to rise, the traditional formula of buying, renovating, and selling properties no longer guarantees strong returns. Investor ...

Rudi Davis
14 Feb 2026

The widely repeated narrative that wealthy New York and California residents are flooding into South Florida is not supported by most resale transactions, according to Fiona Barone, a realtor with eXp Realty who closed 98 units in South Florida in 2025. “I think it’s exaggerated,” Barone says of the migration storyline. “When I’m looking at ...

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