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 hi...
Private lenders are reporting a growing mismatch between how real estate investors finance acquisitions and how long they actually hold properties. Many borrowers structure deals expecting r...
Skyrocketing insurance premiums in Florida are wiping out cash flow on rental properties that would otherwise be sound investments. John Bastidas, President and Founder of DSCR Investor Loan...
A national private lender is deliberately avoiding major urban markets, citing regulatory and political conditions that make lending more challenging. H. Jack Miller, President and CEO of Ge...
The real estate and mortgage industries have long been fragmented, forcing consumers to juggle multiple platforms, repeatedly enter the same information, and endure slow, transactional proce...
Some technology providers are abandoning monthly licensing fees in favor of transaction-based revenue sharing, aligning incentives with brokers frustrated by paying for tools and leads that ...
Hawaii’s commercial real estate market is changing rapidly due to evolving consumer behaviors, work patterns, and generational preferences. Some trends mirror those on the mainland, but Ha...
Three years ago, Sacramento’s first-time buyers were fighting for any listing they could find, waiving inspections and bidding over asking just to secure a home. Now, many are bypassing th...
Last spring in Linwood, New Jersey, homes priced under $650,000 sold almost immediately, often with multiple offers and little time on the market. Just blocks away, properties listed between...
After months of steady activity, Long Island’s real estate market has moved decisively in favor of sellers. Listings are moving quickly, bidding is competitive, and inventory remains tight...
Three years ago, buying a Jersey City condo meant rushing to make an offer, waiving inspections, and competing with multiple bidders. Today, buyers are moving more deliberately: touring seve...
Marin County’s real estate market is moving faster and more competitively than many residents realize. In early 2026, a surge of AI-driven wealth, rapidly increasing insurance costs, and r...
Three years ago, Bay Area property owners would have dismissed the idea of celebrating a 6 percent mortgage rate. But in early 2025, many are doing exactly that, driving a wave of refinancin...
Walk into an open house in Toronto’s High Park–Swansea neighborhood on a Sunday afternoon, and the difference from recent years is clear. Two years ago, buyers lined up before the do...
While most California markets have slowed in the past year, with homes lingering on the market and sellers dropping prices, Coronado stands out as an exception. This small beach town across ...
