Market Insights

“We probably paid 30 cents on the dollar for that building. But of course, it required considerable effort to make it worth the full dollar,” says Sean Sedaghatpour, Founder and ...

“Because we’ve run out of land east and west of us—East of us is the Atlantic Ocean, West of us is the Everglades—for density purposes, we really need to go vertical,” ...

“When the blood is in the street, that’s the time to buy,” recalls Yuval Shram, Founder and CEO of Tay Investments, describing his entry into real estate during the 2008 fi...

“We’re an Applied Research Center, and that means all our work is intended to inform practitioners making decisions about housing policy, investment, and strategies affecting nei...

“You have to survive to thrive,” says Tauheed Siddiqui, CEO of TAAS Investments, summarizing his methodical approach to real estate investing that has helped his firm weather mar...

When Scott Clark discusses housing, he’s careful about his terminology. The founder and CEO of The True Life Companies doesn’t talk about “affordable housing”—a phr...

“In the residential real estate industry, as a broker owner, when you want to sell, you can’t tell anybody. The second you do, rumors start, and your competitors hear about it. I...

Imagine walking down a tree-lined street in a neighborhood you’re considering. You hold up your phone, and suddenly the world expands with information. Floating above a charming coloni...

“If we want to have a broad level of affordability in a city as big as Los Angeles, we have to focus on not just low and very low income but middle income tenants,” says Nathan K...

“Today, it’s all done through email. Buyers are receiving these emails… it’s very inefficient, essentially spammy and chaotic,” explains Gary Kao, Managing Dire...

“In about three to five years, every agent who currently uses AI effectively will gain from it. When they’re selling 10 properties a year, they’re probably going to sell 30...

“We’re really problem solvers. We want to find an asset that needs us, and if the asset doesn’t need us, it’s probably not going to be the right one for us,” sa...

“The nature of the building has to change further,” says Tom Taylor, Vice-Chair at Colliers. “Particularly in e-commerce, but they changed in general as the logistics indus...

“I knew that business model—that hustle, push, force business model—wouldn’t inspire me, nor would it sustain me,” reflects Pam Blair, founder of YogaBug Real Estate in...

“I think it’s an evolution more than anything,” explains Josh Simon, Principal at CPG, reflecting on the changes reshaping Washington DC’s office market. “More ...