The U.S. commercial real estate lending market is undergoing a significant realignment as institutional investors shift toward safer credit positions, creating both challenges and opportunities for borrowers in a more complex financing environment. John Randall, Head of National Production for Debt and Structured Finance at Colliers, oversees the firm’s national debt and equity operations. Randall ...
The real estate markets of Marin and Sonoma counties, just north of San Francisco, offer a clear example of how high-end housing responds to economic volatility. While national headlines highlight dramatic swings in prices and demand, the reality in Marin and Sonoma counties is one of stability shaped by scarcity, shifting buyer behavior, and the ...
The common belief that rising interest rates are keeping homeowners from moving may overlook a key reality, according to David Newcombe, Co-Founder and Associate Broker at Compass Arizona. Newcombe says many homeowners who locked in low mortgage rates have since taken on additional debt through home equity lines and other borrowing, raising their effective debt ...
The Scottsdale real estate market is diverging by price points, with entry-level condos and homes under $400,000 losing value. At the same time, luxury properties in Paradise Valley and other high-end communities continue to appreciate. Jennifer Wilson, a Realtor at describes this widening gap as a direct response to rising interest rates and affordability pressures ...
Mortgage rate psychology in Delaware’s residential market varies sharply by generation, with younger buyers and rate-locked sellers operating from fundamentally different baselines. This generational divide is shaping both inventory levels and buyer behavior across the state. Many homeowners are holding off on selling to avoid giving up low mortgage rates, but that explanation only partly ...
Secondary markets rarely make national headlines until the pressure is already built up. In Middle Tennessee and the adjacent Kentucky border region, that pressure is now visible in housing shortages, accelerating land development, and a steady stream of out-of-state buyers repricing local inventory. The forces behind this shift — job creation, affordability migration, and changing ...
Sacramento’s new home construction boom is setting the region apart from the rest of California, with sales activity remaining steady even as other markets slow. According to Mark Patrick McDonough, team lead at Sacramento Real Estate Group, the region’s new-home pipeline is keeping buyers engaged despite rising interest rates, a stark contrast to markets like ...
Many first-time homebuyers in Connecticut wait longer than necessary because of outdated beliefs about what it takes to buy a house. The most persistent myths – from needing perfect credit to saving a 20% down payment – continue to keep qualified buyers on the sidelines. Kerie Choiniere, a real estate salesperson with Venture Real Estate ...
If you’ve owned your Long Island home for years, watched your equity grow, and considered downsizing or relocating, you’re not alone. Many longtime homeowners are sitting on significant gains, but with interest rates near 7% and economic uncertainty in the air, most have hesitated to make a move. Abraham Kanfer, a realtor with Daniel Gale ...
As investor competition accelerates in Essex County and neighboring areas, the gap between agreed-upon purchase prices and appraised values is causing more deals to fall through. This disconnect is now the leading reason transactions collapse in some of New Jersey’s most active real estate markets. Appraisals Collapse Essex County Deals Kurtia Thomas, a realtor with ...
San Francisco Bay Area apartment occupancy is rising quickly, fueled by an AI boom reshaping demand in unexpected ways. The surge is not driven by highly paid employees at Google or Meta in luxury towers. According to Marc Lipsett, Director of Loan Production at Walker Realty Capital, demand is coming from hundreds of smaller AI ...
Rising mortgage rates have changed where residential real estate deals fall apart, according to Amanda Cruz, Team Lead at The Amanda Cruz Group of Signature Realty in Red Bank, New Jersey. Buyer demand remains strong, but the shift from sub-3% pandemic-era mortgage rates to today’s rates above 6% has moved the primary point of friction ...
Many would-be buyers in Wooster, Ohio, are holding off on homeownership because of persistent myths about down payments, credit scores, and market timing. Amy Marinello, a realtor with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Professional Realty who has worked in Wooster for three decades, says these misconceptions often prevent buyers from pursuing homes they could afford right now. ...
Think you need a 20% down payment to buy a home in Bergen County? Or that you should wait for prices to drop before making an offer? If you’re holding back because of these assumptions, you may be missing out on real opportunities in the northern New Jersey housing market. Chopper Russo, team leader at ...
The artificial intelligence boom is creating a new class of ultra-wealthy buyers who are redefining real estate markets across the Bay Area. Nowhere is this shift more visible than in Marin County, where proximity to San Francisco, top-rated schools, and natural beauty have long attracted affluent buyers — but the current wave of AI-driven demand ...
