Nashville’s distressed property market is showing early signs of a significant increase, even as overall market activity remains subdued for the holidays. According to Moren Adenubi, owner and managing broker at Crown Realty Experts, the underlying numbers point to a growing wave of bank-owned properties that most market observers have yet to notice. In December ...
Construction cost inflation has been a central concern for the industry over the past three years. Still, Jim Roland, Senior Vice President of Arizona Operations at Alcorn Construction, says a key factor is being overlooked: labor costs show no signs of returning to pre-pandemic levels. Roland explains that wage increases driven by the 2021-2022 inflation ...
Wichita-based real estate investor Joseph Hamer of ReeceNichols South Central Kansas, says medium-term rentals are gaining traction as a practical alternative to both traditional long-term leases and the increasingly regulated short-term rental market. By focusing on tenants who stay one to six months – mainly travel nurses, aerospace workers, and corporate relocations – Hamer reports ...
As residential real estate in Pinellas County faces rising insurance costs, regulatory hurdles, and unrealistic seller expectations, one commercial sector has remained resilient: industrial properties located on high-traffic corridors. According to Mark Hartman, team leader at Charles Rutenberg Realty and a veteran of both commercial and residential markets, the contrast between these property types is ...
New milestone inspection and reserve study requirements have triggered a wave of forced repairs and special assessments, strangling condo values across coastal Florida, according to a veteran Tampa Bay real estate professional. The regulatory response to the 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside may have inflicted more harm on Florida’s condo market than the ...
Investors evaluating resort markets such as Aspen, Vail, or Park City often apply the same criteria to newer destinations like Idaho’s Wood River Valley. According to Matthew Gelso, Associate Broker at Paul Kenny and Matt Bogue Commercial Real Estate, this approach overlooks critical differences created by geographic isolation and lower development density, which shape investment ...
Conventional wisdom about resort markets holds that more seasonal visitors automatically translate to increased commercial real estate activity. Matthew Gelso, Associate Broker at Paul Kenny and Matt Bogue Commercial Real Estate, challenges this view, arguing that the connection between visitor numbers and commercial property demand is far less direct than many investors assume. “It’s a ...
Upstate South Carolina’s commercial real estate market faces a growing challenge: large amounts of vacant office space that may never attract tenants again. But according to Maggie Steck, broker-in-charge at Freedom Commercial, these empty buildings offer a practical solution to the region’s severe housing shortage by converting them to residential use. “Office is not doing well ...
When Intel selected Licking County, Ohio, for its massive semiconductor facility, the decision triggered a wave of follow-on investments, including data centers and advanced manufacturing operations. But according to Brian Lorenz, Director of Planning and Permitting for the Ohio House of Representatives, these companies are not choosing Ohio primarily for tax incentives or lower labor ...
“A big chunk of my borrowers are self-employed. They just do not fit the banker box because of how they report their income or manage their finances,” says Geoff Ball, president of HD Lending, LLC in Arizona. He explains that many self-employed borrowers have substantial equity in their properties and legitimate business income. Still, the ...
Industry veteran Lucas Piper, owner of Five Star Vacation Home Rentals in Austin, identifies ongoing property maintenance, rather than acquisition strategy or financing, as the main reason many short-term rental (STR) operators fall behind in guest ratings and revenue. Piper, who manages 70 vacation rentals in Central Texas, argues that inadequate maintenance protocols are the ...
Rising interest rates have fundamentally changed real estate investment in Indianapolis, dividing investors into two categories based on access to capital. Donna Kreps, President of Residential Real Estate Services at F.C. Tucker Company, says the old model of individual landlords slowly building rental portfolios has largely vanished, replaced by a new environment where cash is ...
Vancouver’s commercial real estate market has faced severe challenges over the past two and a half years. Land values have plunged up to 50%, transaction volumes have shrunk, and investor uncertainty is widespread. Yet amid these conditions, Lennard Commercial Realty is expanding rapidly, driven by a business model that prioritizes broker services and lean management. As larger ...
A Miami broker’s close tracking of Little River’s development cycle highlights a clear pattern: institutional investors consistently hold back from transitional neighborhoods until a significant project breaks ground, providing proof of concept and unlocking broader capital flows. Jamie Maniscalco, President and Managing Broker at The Alpha Commercial, has spent her career specializing in transitional neighborhoods ...
Upstate South Carolina’s commercial real estate market is facing a critical shortage of vacant land, according to Maggie Steck, broker in charge at Freedom Commercial. Steck, who has specialized in land sales across the region since 2020, says Greenville’s most desirable areas are now fully claimed, leaving developers with few options besides moving into riskier ...
