The Canadian real estate market has been correcting since the peak of the pandemic-era boom, but not all segments are moving in the same direction. While affordability pressures and excess condo supply continue to weigh on mid-market and entry-level buyers, the country’s luxury residential sector is following a different path – one shaped more by ...
Applying for a mortgage once meant filling out lengthy forms, waiting days for updates, and hoping you submitted the right paperwork. Now, artificial intelligence is reshaping that experience, speeding up some steps and lowering costs, but also raising new questions about what happens when software replaces your loan officer. Maybe you’ve already seen mortgage pre-approvals ...
Vacancy rates above 12%, negative rent growth in several submarkets, and a widening gap between buyer and seller expectations are forcing a recalibration across the Phoenix multifamily market. After years of aggressive building and rising rents, the correction now underway is testing assumptions that guided investment decisions as recently as 2023. But for operators working ...
For decades, real estate agents controlled access to property data, market insights, and listing details. Buyers had to rely on agents to know a home’s true value or understand neighborhood trends. Today, that dynamic has changed. A surge of new property technology platforms now puts extensive data directly in the hands of buyers and investors, ...
Look at a home listing in Des Moines today, and AI has likely influenced everything from the price to the photos and description. If you’re applying for a mortgage or screening a rental, algorithms are involved there as well. Scott Wendl, broker/owner of RE/MAX Precision in Des Moines, has worked in the market for 30 ...
Anyone planning to buy or sell a home this year is stepping into a market that’s moving faster and operating differently than just a year or two ago. The past few months have seen a wave of new technology hit the real estate industry, changing how quickly deals close, who qualifies for a mortgage, and ...
Kansas City, Missouri’s commercial real estate market is shifting from its traditional identity as a Midwest logistics center to a national industrial hotspot. Once viewed as a stable secondary market, Kansas City now ranks among the country’s most dynamic industrial regions, driven by data center demand, nearshoring, and major infrastructure investments. Logan Freeman, Managing Broker ...
Searching for a home in Austin no longer means scrolling through endless listings that barely match your needs. Artificial intelligence is now woven into much of the process, speeding up some steps and making it easier to connect with agents. But these changes come with new risks and limitations that buyers and sellers need to ...
New Jersey real estate rarely delivers the cash flow investors find in lower-cost markets. That is not a drawback — it is the trade-off for a market where equity builds faster than almost anywhere else in the country. Tight inventory and steady demand have kept prices moving even as other regions cool. For investors who ...
Self-storage facilities typically convert 60 to 70 percent of revenue into net operating income, yet many operators are leaving money on the table. Antoni Watts, founder of Fuji Lane and creator of the analytics platform Storage Laser, says phone calls generate the majority of new business for most facilities — but operators are not tracking ...
Real estate marketing is undergoing a structural change as brokerage operations move away from agent-led content creation toward centralized, technology-enabled production systems. In a discussion with Shon Wedde of Land id®, Head of Partnerships at Land id®, the evolution of how property data is turned into marketing material illustrates a broader industry transition: marketing teams ...
The process of buying a beach house has changed dramatically in recent years. Instead of spending days touring properties in person, many buyers now start their search from home, using video calls with agents to narrow the field before making the trip. This shift, driven by new technology and changing buyer behavior, is making coastal ...
AI is making its mark on the real estate industry, but most of its impact happens behind the scenes. Whether these changes help or hinder you as a buyer or seller depends on how your agent uses these tools — and how much you know about what’s happening in the background. To clarify what’s actually ...
Cape Cod, Massachusetts is often viewed as a classic vacation home market where towns slow down in winter and many properties remain vacant for extended periods. However, Jack Bohman, Lead Agent and Co-Founder of The Bohman Hartung Group at Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty, challenges this perception. He argues that Cape Cod maintains steady year-round residential ...
Multifamily owners are having the same conversation everywhere right now. Rents have been flat for two years. Operating expenses keep climbing. The obvious levers — occupancy, unit upgrades, ancillary fees — have mostly been pulled. And yet one significant source of revenue sits largely untouched in nearly every building, hiding inside a contract most owners ...
