Every home listed for sale today comes with a visual record: room-by-room photos, condition details, sometimes a floor plan. That record is built for buyers, and the moment a purchase contract is signed, it is set aside. Kenon Chen, EVP of Strategy and Growth at Clear Capital, is working on what happens to that data ...
Brooklyn has had quite a run. Neighborhoods that were considered overlooked a decade ago, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, Bushwick, have seen townhouse prices jump from $1 million to $2 million to $3 million to $5 million. Sunset Park quietly became one of the borough’s better values. And during COVID, buyers flooded in looking for space, backyards, ...
For deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans, buying or selling a home has long meant navigating a process designed without them in mind, from phone-heavy communication with lenders to fast-moving negotiations where nuance gets lost. A service called Equal Access Real Estate Services, known as E.A.R.S., is working to close that gap by connecting deaf clients with ...
For most home buyers and sellers, the appraisal feels like a black box. You wait. You hope the number comes back right. And if it doesn’t, everything can unravel fast. But the way homes get appraised is changing – and if you’re buying or selling right now, it’s worth understanding what’s different, because it affects ...
You scroll through a listing, swipe through the photos, and decide in about 30 seconds whether a home is worth a second look. But those same photos are increasingly doing work behind the scenes, helping determine what the home is actually worth. Real estate companies are now using computer vision, AI that can analyze photos ...
The frenzied pace of Miami’s pandemic-era real estate market has given way to something more measured. Inventory is growing, days on market are stretching, and buyers are taking their time. For agents who built their business during the boom years, the current environment demands a different approach. For those who have adapted, the opportunities remain ...
A quiet but consequential pattern is playing out across the Mid-Atlantic small business market. Business brokers working the region are encountering a growing segment of prospective buyers – many of them younger, motivated, and in some cases pushed toward entrepreneurship by AI-driven job uncertainty – who lack one of the most fundamental financial assets lenders ...
Roughly half a million Americans use American Sign Language as their primary language. Yet when it comes to buying or selling a home, one of the most complex financial transactions most people will ever undertake, this community has largely been left without adequate support. Equal Access Real Estate Services, known as E.A.R.S., is working to ...
Nearly six years after the pandemic reshaped where Americans choose to live, the Hudson Valley real estate market shows little sign of cooling. Inventory remains thin, prices keep climbing, and buyers from New York City continue arriving in steady numbers. Yet beneath that surface-level strength, a more complex picture is emerging – one in which ...
You’ve saved up your down payment. You’ve been pre-approved. You think you know what buying a home will cost. Then closing day arrives, and the number on the page is bigger than you expected. This is one of the most common surprises for first-time buyers in Central Florida. The down payment is just the beginning. ...
After years of frenzied bidding wars and waived inspections, the Hudson Valley housing market has slowed to a more measured pace. Mortgage rates near 7%, rising household costs, and a growing supply of listings have shifted leverage toward buyers, particularly at higher price points. For anyone looking to buy, sell, or invest in the region ...
Rising interest rates, record-high rents, and shifting work patterns have reshaped Brooklyn’s housing market. The bidding-war frenzy of 2021 is gone, but prices haven’t dropped. The market has settled into a steadier pace that rewards preparation over speed. The result is a clear divide. Buyers shopping under $1 million are finding opportunities. Those above that ...
A lot of people dream of owning a rental property – collecting checks every month and building wealth while someone else pays the mortgage. According to one Hudson Valley broker who owns investment properties himself, the dream version and the real version are pretty different. Greg Berardi, owner of Berardi Realty in Ulster County, has ...
Buying a first home in a city where listings average just seven days on market sounds daunting. But in Burlington, Vermont, a combination of state grants, shared equity programs, and practical investment strategies is helping first-time buyers break through – sometimes with significant financial assistance they didn’t know existed. The affordability challenge is real. Rising ...
Seattle’s housing market is sending mixed signals: inventory is rising, yet prices remain firm. The explanation is that the market has divided into distinct price tiers, each behaving differently. The experience a buyer or seller faces depends almost entirely on the price range. Gina Guajardo, broker and founder of Avanza Real Estate Team at eXp ...
