Not long ago, a real estate agent’s most valuable asset was access. Buyers who wanted to know what was on the market, what homes had sold for, or what a neighborhood was really worth had one option: ask an agent. The MLS was a professional tool, not a public resource, and that information asymmetry gave ...
Home prices in South Jersey, N.J. continue to rise, driven by tight inventory and steady buyer demand. While other U.S. markets report slowdowns, the region’s affordability, location advantages, and persistent supply shortage are keeping values up and sellers in control. Timothy Belko, team leader of The Results Group at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, ...
New Jersey’s real estate market is attracting urban professionals seeking more space and a sense of community while staying close to major cities. This migration is driven by shifting buyer priorities, new market realities, and evolving approaches to marketing and selling properties. After years of pandemic-driven volatility, buyers and sellers are adjusting to a more ...
Every real estate market comes with a built-in excuse. Rates are too high. Inventory is too low. The rules just changed. It’s easy to look outward when business is hard — but the agents who build lasting careers never do. Across five decades of shifting markets, the ones who last share one trait: they stopped ...
Mortgage rates are double what they were two years ago. Sellers are negotiating. First-time buyer assistance programs are available in most markets. By most measures, the conditions that buyers spent 2022 and 2023 waiting for have arrived. Buyers are still waiting. Ninetta Wandler has watched this happen before. A realtor at RE/MAX Integrity Realty in ...
While high interest rates and tight inventory have stalled home sales across much of California, Sacramento’s steady stream of new construction is keeping its real estate market active even as others slow or freeze. This supply of new homes, paired with targeted incentives, is giving buyers options and helping the region weather challenges that have ...
The industrial real estate sector has long focused on massive distribution centers and big-box warehouses. A growing number of businesses, however, now need smaller, more flexible spaces. RISE Commercial District has built its business around this underserved segment, specializing in small bay warehousing, defined as spaces of 5,000 square feet and under, to meet the ...
The Los Angeles real estate market saw rare volatility in 2025, as wildfire displacement — not just economic conditions — became the main driver of sales, pricing, and inventory in key coastal neighborhoods. While much of the country grappled with higher interest rates and a shortage of homes for sale, Los Angeles faced a sudden ...
Delaware’s residential real estate market is cooling after several years of intense competition. Inventory is rising, and bidding wars are becoming less common. As the pace slows, a new concern is emerging: an increase in inexperienced real estate agents entering the industry without a strong grasp of contract law, transaction procedures, or client representation. George ...
San Jose’s housing shortage is not a temporary market fluctuation but the result of physical constraints that prevent meaningful new development. Theresa Wellman, founder of Homeowner Experience Real Estate Inc., points to the region’s geography as the main factor: Silicon Valley is surrounded by the ocean on three sides and hemmed in by mountains, leaving ...
The real estate industry has long relied on historical data to guide business development. One technology company is shifting focus toward real-time activity. AgentBrief, founded by industry veteran Mike Simon, provides tools intended to help settlement service providers, including title professionals, lenders, and insurance agents, connect with real estate agents during active transaction periods. Most ...
Jersey City’s real estate market has undergone a dramatic shift over the past decade, moving from overlooked pockets of development to a citywide condo market that now draws buyers to every neighborhood. Once seen primarily as a cheaper alternative to Manhattan, Jersey City is now a destination in its own right, with buyers prioritizing the ...
Median-priced condos purchased at the peak of Austin, Texas’s 2022 housing boom have lost value. Average rents have dropped from $2,400 to $1,900 per month, according to Kasey Jorgenson, broker and founder of Jorgenson Real Estate. The downturn has created a glut of rental inventory. Owners unable to sell at acceptable prices have turned to ...
A surge in post-wildfire insurance costs and new short-term rental bans have created a glut of Maui, Hawaii, condominiums with few qualified buyers, according to Mino McLean, broker with Island Sotheby’s International Realty. The shift, driven by the August 2023 Lahaina wildfires and the passage of Bill 9, has left thousands of units effectively out ...
When borrowing costs rise and deal math gets tighter, real estate investors tend to split into two camps. Some chase appreciation and trophy properties in major cities, betting that values will bail them out later. Others focus almost entirely on what a building actually produces in cash today. Over the past two years, that second ...
