Three years ago, Silicon Valley buyers raced to outbid each other, waived inspections, and often paid tens of thousands above asking price to secure a home. Today, buyers are still paying over list — but they’re moving more deliberately, weighing their options, and pushing for better terms. Linda Baker, founder of Milestone Realty in Silicon ...
Searching for a home in Austin no longer means scrolling through endless listings that barely match your needs. Artificial intelligence is now woven into much of the process, speeding up some steps and making it easier to connect with agents. But these changes come with new risks and limitations that buyers and sellers need to ...
While many mountain towns experienced dramatic swings during the pandemic — bidding wars followed by sudden slowdowns — Santa Fe, New Mexico, charted a different course. The city’s real estate market remained stable, avoiding the boom-and-bust cycles that left buyers and sellers scrambling in places like Boise or Aspen. When COVID-19 hit in 2020, remote ...
If you’re following the Washington, D.C. real estate market, conflicting headlines can be confusing. Some reports warn of a slowdown, while others highlight record-breaking sales. Both are accurate — but only for certain segments. The reality is a sharply divided market, where the type of home and price point determine whether a property sells quickly ...
Just a few years ago, buyers searching for homes along the New Jersey Shore could ask for nearly anything — closing cost help, mold removal, new appliances — and sellers often agreed. That era is over. In Monmouth and Ocean Counties, the advantage has shifted back to sellers, and buyers who push for concessions are ...
If you’re planning to buy or sell in Jersey City, you’re entering a market that looks very different from just a year or two ago. The days of rapid bidding wars and runaway prices are over. Instead, buyers have more time to make decisions, sellers are offering incentives, and both sides are focused on what ...
The market for distressed multifamily assets is seeing renewed activity as lending conditions improve and transactions pick up. For investors willing to take on properties that most others avoid, this environment offers substantial opportunity, especially in housing that is affordable for working-class renters, where demand consistently exceeds supply. Amy Rubenstein, CEO of Clear Investment Group, ...
National headlines point to a cooling U.S. housing market, but Bergen County, New Jersey, is bucking the trend. Homes across the county are still selling above asking price, with multiple offers arriving within days. Buyers continue to waive appraisals and limit inspections, making this one of the region’s most competitive markets for buyers. Nicole Romanik ...
Cape Cod’s luxury real estate market is defined by extreme scarcity, with just 494 active listings among 130,000 single-family homes — an available inventory rate of only 0.38%. This shortage is forcing buyers and sellers to adapt in a market where competition, patience, and local knowledge are essential. Jack Bohman, lead agent and co-founder of ...
New Jersey real estate rarely delivers the cash flow investors find in lower-cost markets. That is not a drawback — it is the trade-off for a market where equity builds faster than almost anywhere else in the country. Tight inventory and steady demand have kept prices moving even as other regions cool. For investors who ...
Every year, a new wave of agents decides they want to move into luxury real estate. They update their bios, adjust their price point targets, and start showing up to open houses in nicer clothes. Most of them are back working the mid-market within six months – and not because the market rejected them. It ...
Rates are not the problem. The problem is that too many borrowers are still thinking about rates the way they did in 2021, and that mindset is creating friction in deals that should be getting done. Culby Culbertson, founder of Culbertson Holdings and a capital markets broker with close to $550 million in closed loans ...
The structural pressures reshaping real estate – brokerage-platform deals, AI-driven marketing tools, and shifting listing distribution models – are forcing independent boutique brokerages to make a choice: adapt proactively or react defensively. Courtney Poulos, founder and CEO of ACME Real Estate in Los Angeles, has made her decision. After 15 years building ACME as an ...
The Interface Student Housing Conference wrapped up in Austin, Texas, bringing together approximately 1,500 industry professionals for what Teddy Abdelmalek calls “the Super Bowl of student housing.” As Senior Vice President of Business Development at HH Red Stone, Abdelmalek compiled insights from 60 meetings over three days, capturing candid conversations from the conference floor about ...
