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Steve Marcinuk
15 Dec 2025

The Naples real estate market is facing a sharp adjustment as post-pandemic trends subside and traditional seasonal cycles reassert themselves. A widening gap between buyer and seller expectations, rising inventory, and longer days on market are creating new complications for this luxury Florida destination, even as it continues to attract buyers from high-tax states. The ...

Steve Marcinuk
15 Dec 2025

The home inspection industry is experiencing a shift driven by professionals who bring diverse backgrounds and innovative approaches to traditional property assessment. This change reflects broader trends in professional training and career transitions, as workers from various fields discover opportunities in real estate-adjacent services. Ditanyan Sye, Certified Master Inspector at DS Home Inspection Services, LLC, ...

Steve Marcinuk
14 Dec 2025

A new challenge is emerging in Central Florida’s real estate market: homeowners who bought at the height of the pandemic boom are finding themselves unable to sell without taking a loss, creating a potential surge of distressed sales in neighborhoods that had previously remained stable. Patricia de Graaff, a licensed realtor and broker associate with ...

Steve Marcinuk
14 Dec 2025

Two consecutive hurricane seasons have divided Sarasota’s waterfront real estate market, with newer, hurricane-resistant homes commanding significant price advantages while older properties linger on the market and face rising costs. Sarasota’s luxury waterfront market is undergoing a measurable shift driven by recent storm performance. According to Laura Pearson, real estate advisor at Premier Sotheby’s International ...

Steve Marcinuk
14 Dec 2025

The U.S. housing market is weighed down by a vast inventory of low-rate mortgages that could help unfreeze sales, but a fundamental flaw in how Multiple Listing Service (MLS) data is handled means buyers rarely see these opportunities. Andy Taylor, founder and CEO of RetroRate, estimates that about 22% of all homes with mortgages have ...

Steve Marcinuk
14 Dec 2025

While national housing markets show signs of slowing, Rochester, Minnesota, faces a severe inventory shortage. The city currently has about one-third the homes for sale it would need for a balanced market, according to a local real estate agent. Alex Mayer, a real estate agent with Rochester Area Homes by Alex, says the supply gap ...

Steve Marcinuk
13 Dec 2025

The Naples real estate market is returning to its traditional seasonal cycle, according to a longtime local agent, as the predictable January–April sales surge reemerges after three years of pandemic-driven, year-round demand. This shift is causing confusion among agents and market watchers who became accustomed to constant activity during the COVID period, but who may ...

Steve Marcinuk
13 Dec 2025

Outdated price expectations from the 2022–2023 peak are causing a standoff in the Naples luxury market. Sellers remain anchored to record prices from two years ago, while buyers, facing an 11-month supply of inventory, expect significant discounts. This disconnect has led to a slowdown in transactions and rising inventory. “If a home sold at $800,000 ...

Steve Marcinuk
13 Dec 2025

The Florida coastal real estate market is undergoing a sharp correction, but according to one veteran broker, the roots of the problem go beyond typical market cycles. Randall Rintala, Associate Broker at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Beach Properties of Florida, says many agents misled buyers during the COVID boom by presenting inflated rental income projections based ...

Steve Marcinuk
13 Dec 2025

Naples’ condo market is facing what one experienced agent calls a structural affordability crisis: post-hurricane assessment hikes of 20 to 30 percent are changing buyer behavior and widening the performance gap between condos and single-family homes, a trend that may persist for years. “I’ve seen now almost $1,000 a month in assessment fees. So that’s ...

Steve Marcinuk
13 Dec 2025

While analysts warn about potential oversupply in Miami’s luxury housing market, new construction is commanding record premiums and strong demand. According to Joelle Oiknine, Senior Global Real Estate Advisor at One Sotheby’s International Realty, buyers are paying far more for pre-construction and newly delivered properties than for older inventory, upending traditional assumptions about how supply ...

Rudi Davis
12 Dec 2025

Ultra-luxury oceanfront buyers in Palm Beach pursue two distinct strategies according to Loodmy Jacques of The Jacques Team: acquiring turnkey estates requiring minimal personalization, or securing substantial oceanfront holdings that provide foundations for creating fully customized legacy compounds. The 911 North Ocean Boulevard property at $185 million represents what Jacques characterizes as a canvas opportunity, ...

Chris Caggiano
12 Dec 2025

Image Source: KeyCrew Media, generated with Google Imagen 4 As Zohran Mamdani prepares to take office, uncertainty around his housing agenda is prompting many New Yorkers to reassess their plans – creating ripple effects from New Jersey to the Sun Belt. Zohran Mamdani’s election as the next mayor of New York City has created a ...

Chris Caggiano
12 Dec 2025

Image Source: KeyCrew Media, generated with Google Imagen 4 Weather influences property operations in ways that aren’t always obvious until something goes wrong. Extreme heat can turn a maintenance ticket into a health-and-safety emergency. Freezing temperatures can turn a small leak into a burst pipe. Storms create a cascade of issues, from clogged gutters to ...