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Rudi Davis
09 Dec 2025

The idea that regional banks have pulled back entirely from commercial real estate lending oversimplifies the reality, according to Stephen Haase, Director of Capital Markets at Greysteel. While regional banks have not exited hotel lending altogether, they have become much more selective based on deal size. Haase says this shift is creating a clear split ...

Steve Marcinuk
09 Dec 2025

Jacksonville’s real estate landscape has become significantly more challenging for resale sellers, according to Terry Sadowski, a Realtor with RE/MAX Specialists and former new home sales professional. Sadowski warns that outdated pricing tactics are no longer effective as builders roll out aggressive incentives to attract buyers, intensifying competition and forcing resellers to adapt or risk ...

Steve Marcinuk
09 Dec 2025

Jacksonville’s real estate market has shifted decisively away from the frenzied conditions of the pandemic years, with homes now selling at an average of 93.5 percent of list price—down sharply from the 100 to 105 percent seen just 18 months ago. According to Terry Sadowski, a Realtor with RE/MAX Specialists and a Jacksonville-area agent since ...

Steve Marcinuk
09 Dec 2025

Recent building safety legislation enacted after the Surfside collapse has fundamentally changed the balance of supply and demand in Miami’s luxury condo market, but not in the way most expected. Joelle Oiknine, Senior Global Real Estate Advisor at One Sotheby’s International Realty, reports that mandatory building assessments are now shaping distinct buyer and seller behaviors ...

Steve Marcinuk
09 Dec 2025

While St. Johns County continues to attract the bulk of buyer attention in Northeast Florida, some areas remain undervalued despite solid fundamentals and new development. According to Terry Sadowski, a Realtor with RE/MAX Specialists who has worked across Jacksonville, St. Johns County, and Clay County for nearly four decades, buyers willing to look beyond the ...

Steve Marcinuk
09 Dec 2025

Despite headlines suggesting a slowdown in Miami’s luxury real estate, the market is not experiencing a uniform decline. Instead, it is splitting into distinct tiers, with ultra-luxury properties above $10 million selling rapidly while homes in the $1–5 million range face mounting inventory and sluggish demand. Joelle Oiknine, Senior Global Real Estate Advisor at One ...

Rudi Davis
09 Dec 2025

Across the hospitality sector, fewer hotel deals are getting done, and the reason is largely practical rather than macroeconomic. As the cost of bringing properties up to current brand standards continues to climb, renovation budgets are increasingly breaking the math on potential transactions. In many cases, the added capital required upfront makes deals harder to ...

Rudi Davis
09 Dec 2025

South Florida’s condominium market is facing a crisis driven not by sale prices but by the soaring insurance premiums that are baked into monthly association fees. As those master-policy costs climb, the fees tied to them have doubled or even tripled, leaving many entry-level units effectively out of reach for the buyers who once relied ...

Steve Marcinuk
09 Dec 2025

Connecticut’s residential real estate market is showing signs of normalization after years of volatility, with gradual interest rate reductions and stabilized inventory levels creating what market participants characterize as a healthier transactional environment. Rob Marucci, broker-owner of Better Living Realty LLC, reports that the Connecticut market has moved away from the multiple-offer scenarios and rapid ...

Steve Marcinuk
09 Dec 2025

The race to launch urban air mobility has dominated headlines, but the real infrastructure opportunity for electric aviation may lie where 80% of Americans actually live: outside major metropolitan centers. Lisa Wright, founder and CEO of Landings, is building a network of over 2,000 vertiport and charging stations specifically designed for rural and secondary markets. ...

Steve Marcinuk
09 Dec 2025

The workforce housing sector is experiencing a capital availability crisis despite maintaining sound demographic fundamentals, creating opportunities for operators with institutional systems and repositioning expertise. OneWall Communities, which manages over 5,000 workforce housing units across the Northeast and expanding Southern markets, is positioned to capitalize on distressed situations where operators lack access to recapitalization sources ...

Steve Marcinuk
09 Dec 2025

South Florida municipalities are deploying public-private partnerships to execute development projects that local budgets cannot support independently, with land sales reaching $3.56 billion in early 2025 across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. According to Larry Mastropieri, Broker/Owner of The Mastropieri Group, the partnerships, (commonly termed P3s), allow cities to contribute land or long-term lease ...

Rudi Davis
09 Dec 2025

The real estate industry stands at a pivotal moment in its technological evolution. After years of experimenting with chatbots, predictive analytics, and automated marketing tools, a new generation of AI is emerging that promises to fundamentally change how business gets done. These aren’t just smarter tools—they’re autonomous agents capable of handling complex, multi-step processes from ...

Steve Marcinuk
08 Dec 2025

Rapid expansion in real estate often leads to diluted culture and inconsistent results, but K2 Omni Group, spanning five states with nearly 60 agents, has charted a different path. Their growth is anchored by a leadership team that steps away from personal production to focus solely on developing agents, a strategy that has delivered above-market ...

Steve Marcinuk
08 Dec 2025

The New York City luxury residential market has changed significantly since the pandemic, with buyers seeking different features and developers facing new obstacles. These shifts have opened opportunities in outer boroughs, while traditional Manhattan markets struggle with slower sales and increased caution among affluent buyers. A Personal Experience Shapes a New Approach Navigating New York’s ...