If you’re following the Washington, D.C. real estate market, conflicting headlines can be confusing. Some reports warn of a slowdown, while others highlight record-breaking sales. Both are accurate — but only for certain segments. The reality is a sharply divided market, where the type of home and price point determine whether a property sells quickly ...
Just a few years ago, buyers searching for homes along the New Jersey Shore could ask for nearly anything — closing cost help, mold removal, new appliances — and sellers often agreed. That era is over. In Monmouth and Ocean Counties, the advantage has shifted back to sellers, and buyers who push for concessions are ...
If you’re planning to buy or sell in Jersey City, you’re entering a market that looks very different from just a year or two ago. The days of rapid bidding wars and runaway prices are over. Instead, buyers have more time to make decisions, sellers are offering incentives, and both sides are focused on what ...
National headlines point to a cooling U.S. housing market, but Bergen County, New Jersey, is bucking the trend. Homes across the county are still selling above asking price, with multiple offers arriving within days. Buyers continue to waive appraisals and limit inspections, making this one of the region’s most competitive markets for buyers. Nicole Romanik ...
Cape Cod’s luxury real estate market is defined by extreme scarcity, with just 494 active listings among 130,000 single-family homes — an available inventory rate of only 0.38%. This shortage is forcing buyers and sellers to adapt in a market where competition, patience, and local knowledge are essential. Jack Bohman, lead agent and co-founder of ...
New Jersey real estate rarely delivers the cash flow investors find in lower-cost markets. That is not a drawback — it is the trade-off for a market where equity builds faster than almost anywhere else in the country. Tight inventory and steady demand have kept prices moving even as other regions cool. For investors who ...
Every year, a new wave of agents decides they want to move into luxury real estate. They update their bios, adjust their price point targets, and start showing up to open houses in nicer clothes. Most of them are back working the mid-market within six months – and not because the market rejected them. It ...
Rates are not the problem. The problem is that too many borrowers are still thinking about rates the way they did in 2021, and that mindset is creating friction in deals that should be getting done. Culby Culbertson, founder of Culbertson Holdings and a capital markets broker with close to $550 million in closed loans ...
The structural pressures reshaping real estate – brokerage-platform deals, AI-driven marketing tools, and shifting listing distribution models – are forcing independent boutique brokerages to make a choice: adapt proactively or react defensively. Courtney Poulos, founder and CEO of ACME Real Estate in Los Angeles, has made her decision. After 15 years building ACME as an ...
The Interface Student Housing Conference wrapped up in Austin, Texas, bringing together approximately 1,500 industry professionals for what Teddy Abdelmalek calls “the Super Bowl of student housing.” As Senior Vice President of Business Development at HH Red Stone, Abdelmalek compiled insights from 60 meetings over three days, capturing candid conversations from the conference floor about ...
The distressed real estate market in New York and New Jersey is producing some of the most complex financing situations in recent memory. Partner disputes, stalled construction projects, technical payment defaults, and foreclosure proceedings are landing on lenders’ desks at a rate that has left many institutional players stepping back entirely. For borrowers caught in ...
After several years of rapid, no-conditions bidding wars, homebuyers are now approaching purchases with greater caution and negotiation. Buyers who once rushed to secure homes are now insisting on repairs and including conditions in their offers, leading to more complex deals and transaction chains not seen since 2017. Andra Arnold, broker and team lead at ...
New Jersey loses about 18% of its residents each year, yet the state’s housing market remains defined by tight supply, high prices, and fierce competition. Nicole Romanik, a licensed real estate sales associate at Keller Williams Village Square Realty, says the contradiction highlights a gap between statewide migration trends and local housing realities. “In the ...
Chicago is widely viewed as a high-tax real estate market. This reputation overlooks a key fact: investment properties in the city are taxed at lower rates than owner-occupied homes, and rental income is strong enough that taxes rarely prevent solid investment returns. Property taxes are often cited as a major obstacle for real estate investors ...
New weekly data shows Austin’s residential housing market tightening more than most industry reports suggest, challenging the widely held view of ongoing oversupply. According to Jen Berbas, Founder and Team Lead at Berbas Group, there are now 9% fewer homes for sale in central Austin compared to the same week last year, and 7% more ...
