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Steve Marcinuk
19 Feb 2026

Florida’s luxury real estate market continues to attract high-net-worth buyers from around the world — but few firms have scaled with the clarity and discipline of ONE Sotheby’s International Realty. With a footprint now stretching from Miami to the Georgia border, the brokerage is focused on thoughtful expansion, elevated agent service, and specialized divisions designed ...

Steve Marcinuk
19 Feb 2026

The Mid-Atlantic commercial real estate market sits at the intersection of federal influence and hyper-local dynamics, creating complexities that big data platforms often overlook. Chris LeBarton, Director of Research at KLNB, has spent the past two years bridging the gap between national analytics and on-the-ground market intelligence. From Mortgage Crisis to Market Intelligence LeBarton’s career ...

Steve Marcinuk
19 Feb 2026

The hotel transaction market has endured one of the most dramatic interest rate increases in recent memory. Still, industry veterans now see signs of stabilization as buyers and sellers adjust their expectations. After the Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate from 3.25% to 8.5% in just 14 months, starting in March 2022, pricing and ...

Steve Marcinuk
19 Feb 2026

America’s housing affordability crisis is forcing both tenants and investors to seek alternatives to traditional rental models. As margins shrink and costs rise for conventional rentals, co-living has emerged as a practical solution, one that offers higher returns for property owners and relief for renters struggling to keep up with housing costs. Clara Arroyave, founder ...

Steve Marcinuk
19 Feb 2026

The Village of Indiantown, a small municipality in western Martin County, Florida, is facing a challenge that’s become common in fast-growing parts of the state: how to support new development when basic infrastructure can’t keep up. For Indiantown, which was incorporated in 2017, the answer lies in careful planning, pursuing state funding, and setting clear ...

Steve Marcinuk
19 Feb 2026

West Palm Beach’s ultra-luxury waterfront real estate market is experiencing its strongest momentum in more than a decade, with veteran agents reporting record-setting sales and heightened demand. This surge is part of a broader shift: high-net-worth buyers increasingly choose South Florida as a primary residence rather than a seasonal escape. Hilary Musser, CEO of Hilary ...

Rudi Davis
19 Feb 2026

A realtor with a corporate pricing background says many agents rely on intuition rather than formal pricing methods. She argues this can lead to overpricing and lower seller proceeds, especially as markets normalize. Carly Ringer, a realtor with Keller Williams Realty Spring Lake who spent 13 years analyzing pricing and advertising for major corporations before ...

Rudi Davis
19 Feb 2026

Within a 100-mile stretch of Florida’s Gulf Coast, rules for short-term rentals vary so widely that identical properties can operate legally in one county and be banned in the next, leaving investment outcomes dependent on local regulations rather than property quality. The Regulatory Patchwork Florida’s short-term rental market is divided by local regulations that can ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
19 Feb 2026

Anyone considering buying or selling property in Texas is entering a market that looks very different from how it did just a few years ago. Downtown office towers in Houston are sitting vacant and being considered for apartment conversions, large-scale data center projects are driving up demand for land near power infrastructure in Houston and ...

Rudi Davis
19 Feb 2026

After a difficult 2023, the commercial real estate lending market has rebounded. Lenders are actively competing for deals again, and transaction volume has surged. However, according to Brandon Chicotsky, Managing Principal at God Bless Retirement, this recovery has come with a lasting change in how assets are evaluated and financed. Chicotsky describes the shift simply: ...

Rudi Davis
19 Feb 2026

The Wilmington rental market shows a clear split in performance by bedroom count, a factor now determining which properties succeed and which struggle. Catherine Huffman, co-owner of Keyrenter Wilmington, reports that rents for three-bedroom and larger homes have increased year over year, while two-bedroom units have declined over the same period. “Three bedrooms and up ...

Heather Hook
19 Feb 2026

The True Life Companies’ Eastlake project in the Denver metro area sold to Mill Creek Residential in late 2025. Renderings and site plans are not final and are subject to change. Denver-based firm advances large-scale, mixed-use development in Thornton, Colorado DENVER, CO – The True Life Companies, LLC (“TTLC”), the Denver-based real estate investment and ...

Rudi Davis
18 Feb 2026

A mountain pass separating Wyoming from Idaho marks more than a geographic boundary. It reflects a 6.5% tax difference, influencing where affluent real estate buyers invest. Traditionally, real estate agents in vacation markets have advised clients based on lifestyle factors such as recreation, scenery, and amenities. Samuel Haack, associate broker at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Brokers ...

Rudi Davis
18 Feb 2026

After years of momentum-driven buying, investor behavior in Connecticut’s residential real estate market has changed dramatically. Buyers who once purchased properties sight unseen are now walking away from deals that fail to meet financial criteria, according to Lynn LaForme, a realtor at Showcase Realty who specializes in multifamily properties in the Waterbury area. During the ...

Rudi Davis
18 Feb 2026

A local broker says rising home values and property taxes that often exceed $30,000 a year are creating an affordability problem in Bergen County and could threaten long-term market stability. Christian Di Stasio, broker associate and managing principal at the Christian Di Stasio Group, says the challenge is not a temporary market fluctuation but a ...