In the D.C. metro area this summer, homes are sitting longer than they did a year ago. Many sellers instinctively slash the asking price. But that reflex may be costing them money. Time on m...
When property taxes rise sharply in a market where rents cannot keep pace, landlords do not simply absorb the cost. They sell. In Montgomery County, Texas, that pattern is accelerating. It i...
The conversation about buying a home in Tucson keeps circling back to interest rates. Rates are too high. Rates might drop. Rates were better two years ago. It is the wrong conversation, and...
Across Polk County, Florida, days on market have stretched into the 90s and sellers are granting concessions on the majority of transactions. The surface data looks soft. But below $200,000,...
Most housing markets follow interest rates, inventory cycles, or seasonal weather patterns. In Weber and Davis County, Utah, the dominant variable is simpler: when school starts and when it ...
The Washington, D.C. metro housing market has long benefited from a structural floor most American cities lack: a permanent federal employment base, a growing tech sector, and a steady pipel...
In most markets, active inventory represents a fraction of recent sales. In Conroe, Texas, one of six cities within Montgomery County, there are currently 1,860 active properties on the mark...
The U.S. residential market has been stuck at roughly 4.1 million annualized transactions for four consecutive years, according to Craig McClelland, a partner at McClelland & Hahn Consul...
In much of the country, residential real estate has shifted toward balance or outright buyer advantage over the past year. Parts of North Jersey haven’t followed that script. Some town...
National headlines suggest property insurance is collapsing everywhere. Coverage is shrinking, premiums are skyrocketing, and owners are getting squeezed. According to Andrew Kowalske, Chief...
Many first-time buyers in San Antonio are following the same strategy: wait for lower mortgage rates, then buy. But that math may be missing a critical variable. The concessions and builder ...
When buyers cross the Hudson River from New York to Jersey City, most calculate their discount against Manhattan pricing, how much less per square foot they’ll pay compared to the isla...
Homeowners trying to sell in Northern Virginia’s master-planned communities are discovering an uncomfortable competitive reality: the builder who sold them their home is still next doo...
Every spring, a fresh wave of buyers floods the North Jersey housing market. By August, many have quit, outbid repeatedly, watching homes sell for tens of thousands over asking, and deciding...
The assumption that larger down payments protect against foreclosure has shaped U.S. lending rules for decades. But recent research suggests the relationship between equity and default is fa...
