Teacher turnover is one of the more persistent challenges facing urban school districts, and while the causes are complex, housing costs have emerged as a measurable driver. In Oakland, 63% of educators leaving the Oakland Unified School District cited the high cost of housing as a primary reason for departure. One organization has spent the ...
After years of steady returns, multifamily real estate is losing its grip on private equity capital. New supply has flooded key markets, rents have flattened or declined in many metros, and interest rates remain elevated, compressing margins and extending hold periods. In response, a growing number of operators are redirecting investment toward asset classes that ...
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 ...
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 short-term rental industry has gone through a significant reset since the pandemic-era boom of 2021 and 2022. Markets that once seemed endlessly profitable have cooled, supply has grown, and investors are recalibrating expectations. Yet in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, one management company has built a portfolio of over 100 properties ...
The off-market real estate space in New Jersey has grown more deliberate over the past few years. Investors who once cast wide nets across multiple states are tightening their geographic focus and leaning harder into relationship-based deal-making. For Bill Beck, founder of Rise Home Buyers and co-creator of the AI sales platform Hey Rafi, that ...
Imagine you’re house hunting on Long Island. Instead of clicking through hundreds of listings and squinting at blurry photos, you type: “Show me the kitchens on every active listing in Baiting Hollow under a million dollars.” Instantly, they appear side by side on your screen. That capability already exists on Homes.com and represents a practical ...
A new kind of buyer has arrived on Long Island – cash in hand, no urgency, and no fear. They sat out the pandemic frenzy, watched prices inflate to levels that defied logic, and waited. Now they’re back, and they’re negotiating. That shift is quietly rebalancing a market that spent three years running entirely on ...
Nobody wants to hear the word “foreclosure.” But if you’re a homeowner, a buyer watching the market, or someone who owns a rental property, a quiet buildup of pressure in the mortgage world right now could affect home values, inventory, and your options in ways most people aren’t tracking yet. Sapan Bafna, founder and CEO ...
As headlines debate whether Las Vegas has peaked, the city’s high-end construction pipeline tells a different story. For specialty contractors working at the top of the market, project books are full, and 2027 is already shaping up to be a record year. The distinction lies in where exactly that activity is concentrated and where it ...
The Greater Toronto Area’s real estate market is showing early signs of stabilization in 2026, but the recovery narrative circulating in industry circles may be getting ahead of what’s actually happening on the ground. Sales volumes are up modestly, yet prices remain flat or have dipped further in some segments – a distinction that matters ...
The South Florida real estate market in mid-2026 looks markedly different from the frenzy of 2021 and 2022. Rising insurance costs, elevated interest rates, and mounting pressure from mandatory building certifications have collectively moved the balance of power from sellers to buyers. After years of rapid appreciation and historically tight inventory, the correction now underway ...
Mortgage servicers have spent the past few years operating in a forgiving environment. Rising home values, low default rates, and a steady economic backdrop have kept serious delinquencies in check. However, several converging pressures are raising a practical question inside servicing operations: are current systems prepared for higher volume? These pressures include elevated interest rates, ...
The self storage industry has spent decades operating on a straightforward model: build it, fill it, collect rent. But a new generation of operators is bringing a technology-first mindset to what has traditionally been a low-tech business, and the results are showing in how facilities are run, how customers are served, and where the next ...
