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Steve Marcinuk
03 Dec 2025

Tampa Bay is making headlines as a leading foreclosure market nationally, but according to St. Petersburg realtor Joshua Neitz, the data tells a misleading story. The foreclosure surge isn’t evidence of a broad housing crisis – it’s the collapse of a specific investor class that over-leveraged on short-term rental properties during the pandemic boom. Neitz ...

Steve Marcinuk
03 Dec 2025

A veteran real estate professional in the Pacific Northwest is challenging sellers to confront an uncomfortable truth about their pricing strategies, arguing that many properties are merely “on the market” rather than genuinely “for sale.” Ellen Bohn, managing partner at The Agency Camano Island, says this distinction has become essential as conditions have moved away ...

Rudi Davis
03 Dec 2025

The ripple effects from Miami’s engineering crisis continue to reshape Florida’s real estate landscape, with condominiums now facing what one Naples broker describes as “unprecedented” cost increases that are fundamentally altering buyer behavior across the state. According to Kathryn Zangrilli, broker-owner of Broker Brothers LLC, the regulatory measures introduced after Miami’s structural failures have reshaped ...

Steve Marcinuk
03 Dec 2025

Rhode Island’s coastal real estate market has shifted from a regional secret to a sought-after destination, fueled by its geographic advantages and relative affordability compared to neighboring states. As remote work and lifestyle priorities changed after the pandemic, the market saw an influx of out-of-state buyers, reshaping pricing and demand. Breaking Into a Competitive Market ...

Rudi Davis
02 Dec 2025

Memphis challenges the conventional wisdom about secondary real estate markets by offering genuine luxury properties alongside accessible starter homes within the same neighborhoods, according to one local real estate professional who says this diversity creates unique market dynamics. Ricki Fitzpatrick, a realtor with Keller Williams Realty, argues that Memphis represents a “hidden luxury market” that ...

Steve Marcinuk
02 Dec 2025

New York State leads the nation in historic tax credit utilization, processing more projects in the last decade than another other state. At the center of this activity is Preservation Studios, a Buffalo-based firm that has managed over half of the state’s historic tax credit projects over the past ten years, representing $1.4 billion in total ...

Steve Marcinuk
02 Dec 2025

Miami’s luxury real estate market operates as a patchwork of distinct submarkets, each shaped by price, building age, and location. While industry reports cite 19 months of inventory in the luxury condo sector, this headline figure masks the realities agents encounter daily. Demand, pricing, and absorption rates vary sharply between neighborhoods, buildings, and price brackets, ...

Steve Marcinuk
02 Dec 2025

New Jersey-based TAY Investments has closed on its largest acquisition to date, securing a fully approved development site at 212-230 Culver Avenue in Jersey City’s West Side neighborhood. The deal marks a significant milestone for the vertically integrated developer and underscores growing confidence in one of the region’s most rapidly transforming corridors. The 56,897-square-foot site ...

Rudi Davis
01 Dec 2025

Memphis has a homeownership problem that goes far deeper than affordability, according to one local real estate professional who says the majority of renters in the city could actually qualify to buy but simply don’t know it. According to Ricki Fitzpatrick realtor with Keller Williams Realty, the fact that 55% of Memphis residents rent their ...

Rudi Davis
01 Dec 2025

Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood could soon become a testing ground for a new model of climate-resilient development financing, as city officials prepare to vote on a proposal that would require developers to pay per-unit fees into a “resilience trust fund” in exchange for dramatic density increases. The Miami planning and zoning appeals board has crafted a ...

Rudi Davis
01 Dec 2025

Geography is destiny in real estate, and one Miami-based operator believes he’s identified a geographic arbitrage opportunity that most investors are missing: the compressed distance between wealth and affordable housing in Palm Beach County. Alejandro Gershanik of BM2 Realty, who has been heavily investing in Palm Beach area properties throughout 2025, argues that the physical ...

Rudi Davis
01 Dec 2025

The real estate playbook says to trade up: sell smaller properties, buy bigger ones, chase institutional-grade assets with stable cash flows. Alejandro Gershanik of BM2 Realty, is tearing up that playbook entirely. The Miami-based operator, who manages around 680 units across South Florida, has spent 2025 doing exactly the opposite of what most investors pursue. ...

Rudi Davis
01 Dec 2025

The luxury real estate market has undergone a fundamental shift that most agents haven’t fully grasped, according to Rod Watson, founder of Distinct Concierge Real Estate. His recent $18.8 million deal closure demonstrates how data-driven negotiation strategies are outperforming traditional approaches in today’s buyer’s market. Watson says homes in Beverly Hills’ ultra-luxury market are now ...