In high-demand suburbs including Naperville and Aurora, Illinois, more buyers are walking away from deals after winning bidding wars. The cause is not inspection or financing issues, but immediate regret, according to Lisa Byrne, team lead at The Byrne Group at Baird & Warner. Byrne describes this pattern as buyer fickleness, suggesting the market’s apparent ...
The movement to bring manufacturing back to the United States is reshaping commercial real estate, especially in the small industrial sector. While headlines spotlight massive factories and billion-dollar projects, a significant opportunity is emerging for developers and investors focused on smaller properties. Daniel Levison, CEO of CRE Holdings USA, has spent over 40 years in ...
The Greater Boston real estate market is returning to familiar patterns following years of pandemic-related volatility. Local agents report that Boston’s core strengths, including a diverse economy and limited land supply, continue to support property values and steady activity amid fluctuating interest rates. Chuck Silverston, team leader at The Chuck Silverston Team, Gibson Sotheby’s International ...
The flexible workspace industry has long prioritized speed — speed to market, speed to scale, speed to the next city. But two months of operational data from a premium Holborn location suggest the industry may have its priorities backward. When professionals choose where to work in 2026, they are making decisions based on criteria that ...
A $548 billion global market is dominated by million-dollar projects. A Central Florida builder delivering the same principles under $350,000 just caught the attention of the NAHB. The wellness real estate market doubled in five years to reach $548 billion globally in 2024, according to the Global Wellness Institute, making it the fastest-growing sector in ...
The North Orange County housing market isn’t crashing, but it isn’t the same market it was two years ago, either. Prices have softened, buyers have grown selective, and changes to California tax law have quietly reshaped what it means to inherit a family home. For most people, these shifts only become visible at the worst ...
You find the right house in Marin County, negotiate a price within your budget, and then the insurance quote arrives: $4,800 a year — nearly double what you expected. Suddenly, your monthly payment jumps by $400, and the deal feels less certain. This scenario is now common for buyers and homeowners across Northern California, where ...
A few years ago, Atlanta luxury buyers measured value by square footage. The bigger, the better. Today, the questions have changed. Instead of asking about total space, buyers are focused on outdoor living, dedicated home gyms, and how close they are to the Beltline. Sarah Chatel, team leader of the Chatel Group and a veteran ...
South Carolina’s real estate market has never been more active — or more difficult to break into. Prices are rising, demand is strong, and yet for many buyers, the path to ownership keeps getting narrower. Understanding why requires looking at who is actually winning deals, how families are rethinking what a home needs to do, ...
For many buyers, the math on urban homeownership stopped working years ago. Prices climbed, inventory stayed tight, and the new construction that did appear skewed toward luxury — leaving anyone without a high income to choose between aging housing stock, long commutes, or renting indefinitely. The assumption that followed was reasonable: if you want to ...
Brian Durham, managing broker and team owner at WeGo Real Estate., has spent his career on the other side of that gap — first processing over 177 transactions in 15 months for a hedge fund during the post-recession investment surge, then building and managing independent brokerages across four states. What that background gave him isn’t ...
Rising home prices along the South Jersey Shore are pushing buyers into new areas, creating fresh opportunities for both homeowners and investors. Eric Millstein, a real estate associate with Soleil Sotheby’s International Realty, has seen firsthand how these shifts in pricing and buyer behavior are opening new markets across Atlantic County’s coastal communities. “Opportunities for ...
The real estate industry has long struggled with a high failure rate, with nearly 90% of agents leaving the business. For Ricky Carruth, now Chief Housing Analyst at RLTYco and Chief Ambassador of the American Real Estate Association, statistic reflects a deeper issue in how agents are trained to succeed. After losing everything during the ...
The Chicago residential market shows stability in early 2026. Affordability concerns and slower sales affect housing markets nationwide. However, local agents report steady buyer interest, especially among cash buyers. Low inventory continues to shape buyer and seller behavior. Local Market Knowledge Kevin Burke, realtor and team lead at The Kevin Burke Team at RE/MAX 10, ...
California’s housing market highlights the challenges first-time homebuyers face. In the 1990s, Josh Lewis, owner of BuyWise Mortgage and host of The Educated Home Buyer podcast, closed his first purchase loan for a $40,000 condominium in Anaheim. Today, similar properties sell for $700,000 to $900,000. This price increase has forced mortgage professionals like Lewis to ...
