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Rudi Davis
03 Dec 2025

The ripple effects from Miami’s engineering crisis continue to reshape Florida’s real estate landscape, with condominiums now facing what one Naples broker describes as “unprecedented” cost increases that are fundamentally altering buyer behavior across the state. According to Kathryn Zangrilli, broker-owner of Broker Brothers LLC, the regulatory measures introduced after Miami’s structural failures have reshaped ...

Steve Marcinuk
03 Dec 2025

Rhode Island’s coastal real estate market has shifted from a regional secret to a sought-after destination, fueled by its geographic advantages and relative affordability compared to neighboring states. As remote work and lifestyle priorities changed after the pandemic, the market saw an influx of out-of-state buyers, reshaping pricing and demand. Breaking Into a Competitive Market ...

Steve Marcinuk
03 Dec 2025

The self storage development sector is facing a major slowdown. Industry data indicates that up to 75% of development projects currently in the pipeline have stalled or been abandoned, leading to a sharp drop in new supply. For Brandon Grebe, CEO and co-founder of Uplift Development Group, this environment is not a roadblock but an ...

Steve Marcinuk
02 Dec 2025

M Square Commercial’s Brittany Megrath on how rising costs are reshaping retail development strategy Commercial real estate developers face a straightforward problem in 2025: land costs, construction expenses, and capital access all increased simultaneously while single-tenant economics became increasingly challenging. The solution emerging across multiple markets involves splitting costs between two tenants rather than one, ...

Rudi Davis
02 Dec 2025

The hotel financing market faces an unexpected risk in 2026 that could undermine any benefits from Federal Reserve rate cuts: the possibility that political influence over monetary policy could backfire and actually push borrowing costs higher. Stephen Haase, Director of Capital Markets at Greysteel, says the anticipated replacement of the Fed chair in May 2026 ...

Rudi Davis
02 Dec 2025

The hotel financing landscape has quietly split into two distinct markets, with regional banks retreating from larger deals and debt funds aggressively filling the void, according to a capital markets expert tracking the shift. Stephen Haase, Director of Capital Markets at Greysteel, says the division occurs around the $20-25 million transaction threshold, where regional banks’ ...

Rudi Davis
02 Dec 2025

Most real estate brokerages receive income statements that show what happened to their finances, but few get the context they need to understand why those numbers moved – a gap that’s becoming increasingly costly in volatile markets, according to industry finance expert Cheryl Wellman. Brokerages increasingly want more than a standard income statement. They’re looking ...

Rudi Davis
02 Dec 2025

Memphis challenges the conventional wisdom about secondary real estate markets by offering genuine luxury properties alongside accessible starter homes within the same neighborhoods, according to one local real estate professional who says this diversity creates unique market dynamics. Ricki Fitzpatrick, a realtor with Keller Williams Realty, argues that Memphis represents a “hidden luxury market” that ...

Rudi Davis
02 Dec 2025

Miami’s commercial real estate market is bucking national trends toward distressed asset opportunities, with intense competition from diverse capital sources preventing the deep discounts that investors are finding in other U.S. markets. Michael D. Hinton, a commercial real estate principal with Lee & Associates South Florida, says the level of scarcity stands out compared to ...

Steve Marcinuk
02 Dec 2025

Manhattan’s retail landscape continues to evolve in ways that challenge conventional wisdom about the future of brick-and-mortar shopping. While shopping malls struggle nationwide and e-commerce dominates headlines, certain micro-markets in New York City are experiencing renewed vitality, driven by unique economic dynamics and consumer behaviors that challenge traditional retail assumptions. Peter Weisman, Principal at Weisman ...

Steve Marcinuk
02 Dec 2025

The Richmond industrial real estate market is facing a persistent supply-demand imbalance, creating opportunities for smaller developers to address needs overlooked by institutional players focused on large-scale distribution centers. This shortage has lasted more than two decades and shows no sign of easing, as evidenced by recent projects such as the Pony Farm Industrial Park ...

Steve Marcinuk
02 Dec 2025

Miami’s luxury real estate market operates as a patchwork of distinct submarkets, each shaped by price, building age, and location. While industry reports cite 19 months of inventory in the luxury condo sector, this headline figure masks the realities agents encounter daily. Demand, pricing, and absorption rates vary sharply between neighborhoods, buildings, and price brackets, ...

Rudi Davis
01 Dec 2025

Memphis has a homeownership problem that goes far deeper than affordability, according to one local real estate professional who says the majority of renters in the city could actually qualify to buy but simply don’t know it. According to Ricki Fitzpatrick realtor with Keller Williams Realty, the fact that 55% of Memphis residents rent their ...