Belize is seeing a sharp increase in American real estate investment, driven by favorable tax policies, English-language transactions, and proximity to the United States. With tourism to Belize up 21% in 2024, real estate professionals are reporting a strong link between rising visitor numbers and property purchases. David Kafka, owner of one of Belize’s largest ...
As regulators finally distinguish industrial hemp from cannabinoids, the fiber-and-grain market is accelerating – and with it, demand for farmland, power-heavy industrial buildings, and logistics infrastructure. For years, most of the public conversation about hemp has centered on cannabinoids and the regulatory tug-of-war that surrounds them. But that spotlight has obscured a far larger, more ...
Image Source: KeyCrew Media, generated with Google Imagen 4 How rent controls, supply gaps, and real-world economics shape what happens next in NYC and beyond. New York City’s new mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, campaigned on a vision centered on tenant protections, affordability mandates, and large-scale public investment. The proposals vary in scope, but they share a ...
Image Source: KeyCrew Media, generated with Google Imagen 4 For all its innovation, real estate remains an industry divided by its own technology. Within businesses, the software that runs marketing, client management, and property operations often can’t share data or workflows. Across the industry, the problem repeats on a larger scale: brokerages, MLSs, vendors, and ...
Image Source: KeyCrew Media, generated with Google Imagen 4 In commercial real estate, value is no longer defined only by location, size, or rent. Increasingly, it’s defined by intelligence: the data a property generates about how it operates, how efficiently it uses energy, and how people move through it. From sensors that track utility use ...
By tracking on- and off-market performance in real time, listing services can now give agents concrete evidence to guide clients weighing private sales against full public visibility. Off-market listings have always existed, but the rise of private brokerage networks and pocket listings has pushed the trend into new territory. Some large businesses now encourage sellers ...
While much of the country is seeing slower sales and price cuts, Rochester, Minnesota, stands out as an exception. Despite national headlines about a cooling market, this mid-sized city is maintaining its momentum, with inventory remaining tight and prices continuing to climb. Local buyers and sellers have noticed that homes in Rochester are still moving ...
Your home has been on the market for three weeks. You’ve cleaned the house, staged the rooms, and even dropped the asking price by five thousand dollars. Still, no offers. Meanwhile, the house down the street — which appears less appealing — just went under contract in five days. In Jacksonville’s current market, selling a ...
Just three months ago, Jacksonville homebuyers were scrambling to compete – making rushed offers, paying well above asking price, and agreeing to buy homes “as is” without the usual safety nets. Today, that pressure has eased. Buyers have regained leverage, and the shift is changing how both sides approach the market. After years of sellers ...
Investment sales brokers are experiencing heightened year-end transaction activity as buyers pursue bonus depreciation benefits before 2025 closes, with recent federal legislation restoring 100% bonus depreciation for specific commercial real estate categories, including automotive-related properties. Brittany Megrath, CCIM and principal of M Square Commercial, reports that tax strategy rather than market timing is driving the ...
Baby boomers aged 60 and older represent the largest demographic of home sellers in Northeast markets, creating distinct inventory patterns and transaction characteristics, according to Ryan Bruen, founder of The Bruen Team operating in Morris County, New Jersey. “Most home sellers in our area are baby boomers making lifestyle moves,” Bruen explains. “Understanding what drives ...
Central Florida’s retirement communities are facing an unprecedented supply of homes, signaling a sharp change in how Americans approach retirement housing. Market data from Polk County shows that the long-standing snowbird model – where retirees maintain a primary residence up north and a winter home in Florida – is collapsing due to rising costs, resulting ...
Florida’s real estate market is in the midst of a reset that is exposing a divide between experienced professionals and agents who relied on the pandemic boom to generate easy commissions. As the market normalizes, Randall Rintala, Associate Broker at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Beach Properties of Florida, sees a clear separation between agents who can ...
Rochester, Minnesota’s four-time “Best Real Estate Agent” winner, says education-first content attracts more qualified buyers who close faster and follow guidance better than clients acquired through traditional marketing. While most real estate agents use social media to promote new listings, showcase sales, or highlight awards, Alex Mayer, a real estate agent of Rochester Area Homes ...
Central Florida’s residential market is seeing a clear divide: homes without homeowners associations (HOAs) are selling faster and attracting far more interest than similar properties governed by HOAs. This trend, highlighted by recent sales activity, challenges long-standing development patterns and signals a marked change in buyer priorities. Patricia de Graaff, broker associate at RE/MAX Heritage ...
