A data point from early 2026 caught attention in the Rochester, New York, market: property values dropped roughly 2 percent between February and May. In a region where prices have climbed steadily for six years, even a modest dip raises a natural question: is the correction finally here? According to Mark Siwiec, Broker/Owner & CEO ...
When mortgage rates were near historic lows in 2021 and 2022, Portland buyers stretched into the city’s outer neighborhoods to get more house for less money. That trade-off made sense when borrowing was almost free. Now, with rates still elevated, according to Scott Edelman, a Realtor with Sold by Scott, homes on Portland’s edges are ...
In parts of upstate New York, a brand-new home costs about the same as monthly rent, or less. That reality surprises buyers who assume new construction means $800,000-plus price tags, according to Sarah Itterman, a Realtor with Sterling Real Estate Group, an independent brokerage based north of Albany that has been voted the top independent ...
Florida already attracts buyers with no state income tax. A ballot measure expected in late 2026 could add another financial incentive: a homestead exemption that jumps from $50,000 to $250,000, according to Tony Baroni, Founder & Team Leader of The Tony Baroni Team at Keller Williams Realty. For anyone considering a move to the state, ...
For the past few years, buyers shopping for cottage cluster homes in Portland, Oregon faced a strange tradeoff: newer, efficient homes in walkable neighborhoods, but often tiny, sometimes under 800 square feet. That cramped footprint wasn’t a design choice. It was a direct result of the city’s fee structure, which forced developers to build small. ...
Some property managers on Florida’s Space Coast are giving landlords a counterintuitive recommendation: price your unit slightly below what you think it’s worth. The local rental market isn’t seeing dramatic vacancies, but units also aren’t renting instantly. The argument is that tenant quality and turnover costs matter more than squeezing a few extra percentage points ...
The listed price on a new-construction home north of Dallas often understates what buyers will actually pay each month. A growing number of developments sit outside city limits – technically in Collin County – where a special taxing structure called a Municipal Utility District adds a cost layer that catches many relocating buyers off guard. ...
The skilled-trade shortage in U.S. construction has persisted for years, but the industry’s response is taking a specific new form: developers are moving production into factories, and those factories are increasingly being built on American soil. For buyers in markets where labor constraints have slowed new housing and driven up prices, domestic factory production could ...
In almost every industry where technology takes hold, prices eventually fall. Streaming made music cheaper. Digital distribution made books cheaper. Software automation made banking cheaper. But in construction, AI is breaking the pattern – and the people paying for new buildings are the ones left out. The efficiency gains from AI in construction are flowing ...
Portland set a goal of adding 6,000 housing units per year through 2032. Last year, the city managed 1,652. That shortfall has created space for development models that don’t follow the conventional acquire-permit-build sequence. One emerging approach skips the land acquisition step entirely by partnering directly with existing landowners who have buildable space but no ...
The real estate headlines in mid-2026 paint a familiar picture: interest rates remain a drag on activity, affordability is stretched, and transaction volume is softening. But in the communities stretching across Montgomery County north of Houston, conditions on the ground look considerably different. Inventory is expanding in some pockets while remaining tight in others. New ...
The narrative around Joshua Tree’s short-term rental market has settled into a simple story: the boom ended, and what’s left is a cautionary tale. The reality on the ground is more nuanced. The correction that began in 2022 didn’t eliminate opportunity in the high desert; it redistributed it, punishing generic properties while leaving experiential, well-positioned ...
A few years ago in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, a house with a hole in the ceiling could attract 20 offers overnight. That market is gone. What replaced it is one in which condition determines whether a property moves at all, and where sellers who can’t or won’t invest in repairs are increasingly turning to ...
The North Dallas suburbs – McKinney, Frisco, Prosper, and surrounding Collin County – spent the past decade absorbing wave after wave of corporate relocations. Toyota moved its headquarters to the Plano-Frisco corridor. Texas Instruments is building a new facility in Sherman. Professional sports franchises set up training operations across the area. That inflow hasn’t stopped, ...
The gap between perception and data in Tampa Bay’s housing market is wider than usual. With 3.8 months of inventory in Tampa and 4.1 in Orlando – figures that technically describe a seller’s market – the mood on the ground tells a different story, according to Tony Baroni, Founder & Team Leader of The Tony ...
