The process of choosing a real estate agent tends to follow a pattern. A friend recommends someone. An agent reaches out after seeing an online inquiry. A name keeps appearing in neighborhood marketing mail. The decision gets made on familiarity, first impression, or convenience, and rarely on the criteria that actually predict whether the agent ...
High rental costs in Queens are now pushing renters into homeownership, outweighing concerns about elevated mortgage rates. This trend contrasts with the broader national focus on interest rate sensitivity. According to Shanie Baran, CEO and licensed real estate broker at Sovereign Realty of NY, renters paying $3,000 to $3,500 per month for three-bedroom apartments are ...
Canada’s real estate market has faced sharp swings in recent years, with buyers and sellers adjusting to changing economic conditions, inventory shortages, and evolving expectations around value and timing. In Guelph, one real estate team has maintained strong results even as conditions have become more challenging. Andra Arnold, broker and team leader at Andra Arnold ...
While much of the United States faces cooling housing markets and rising inventory, northern New Jersey, particularly Sussex County, continues to diverge from national trends. In this region, rolling hills and lakes replace the dense urban and industrial landscapes often associated with the state, and market conditions remain strongly in sellers’ favor despite broader economic ...
Over the past 18 months, the Hoboken and Jersey City real estate markets have experienced tighter inventory and shifting buyer behavior. These changes have forced buyers and sellers to adjust their strategies. Michael Klein, REALTOR-Associate at Corcoran Sawyer Smith, works in both traditional residential sales and court-appointed transactions. This dual role gives him insight into ...
Fairbanks, Alaska, has fewer than 150 homes listed for sale at any given time — for the entire market. The population is growing. New construction is not keeping pace. A significant share of demand comes from military relocations and out-of-state buyers. Most arrive without a clear picture of what buying a home here actually involves: ...
South Jersey is experiencing an outflow of residents, primarily due to New Jersey’s high property tax burden, according to Michelle Roberts, team lead at The Roberts Realty Team with Keller Williams Realty in Cherry Hill. Roberts says she currently has five clients preparing to list their homes to relocate to lower-tax states. This pattern contrasts ...
Real estate investment performance is often determined long before construction starts or a property opens. While many developers focus on acquisitions, financing, or construction execution, the real difference between success and failure is whether a deal is properly validated before capital is committed. Early-stage assumptions about demand, cost, and performance frequently go unchecked—and those gaps ...
Booking a vacation rental used to involve endless scrolling, unclear house rules, and uncertainty about whether the photos matched reality. Now, artificial intelligence is reshaping the process, making some steps faster and more efficient, but also raising new questions about what’s automated and where human judgment is still necessary. If you’ve noticed listings with flawless ...
Residential buyers in the Chicago market are paying between $800 and $1,000 per transaction for inspections, according to Kevin Burke, team lead at The Kevin Burke Team at RE/MAX 10. These costs often include home inspections, sewer scopes, termite checks, and radon testing. The added expense and complexity are creating opportunities for agents with construction ...
Three years ago, Gerard Rosenberger could predict which homes would sell quickly based on square footage and location. Today, buyers’ first questions have changed — and they rarely start with price or bedroom count. “They want to know if there’s an elevator,” says Rosenberger, co-owner of Marketplace Realty in Margate, New Jersey. “Before we talk ...
The influx of out-of-state buyers is reshaping Pocatello’s newly built homes market. While these buyers see new homes as more affordable than what they left behind, local buyers often see the same properties as too expensive to afford. In Pocatello, about 75 percent of new homes buyers come from out of state, while only about ...
Homes in South Jersey are no longer selling at the rapid pace seen during the pandemic boom. Properties that once attracted multiple offers in days are now taking weeks to move, with sellers often reducing prices or offering concessions to close deals. Despite this slowdown, prices have not collapsed — they have leveled off after ...
Ask anyone in Charlottesville where the next hot neighborhood might be, and you’ll get a dozen different answers. But several pockets across Central Virginia keep coming up in conversations – places where locals see more buyer activity, inventory remains limited, and interest is rising. These are not the obvious choices. They are areas where buyers ...
