In most U.S. markets, the post-pandemic housing frenzy is easing. Inventory is rising, bidding wars are thinning out, and buyers are slowly recovering leverage they lost during the chaos of 2021 and 2022. Chicago’s western suburbs are not most markets. In DuPage County, homes are still selling within days, prices are up 6 to 10 ...
After years of bidding wars, waived inspections, and offers accepted within hours, Wisconsin’s housing market is shifting. Homes that once sold in days are now sitting on the market for weeks, and sellers who expected competing offers are offering closing cost credits just to get a deal done. The change reflects a broader recalibration in ...
Five years ago, South Charlotte buyers focused on granite countertops and open floor plans. Today, those are considered standard — no longer features that set a home apart. Liz Khodak, a licensed realtor with Helen Adams Realty who specializes in South Charlotte, says buyers now arrive at showings with a different checklist. The first questions ...
You’ve identified a promising investment property. The projected rental income covers the mortgage, and the deal looks solid. But just as you’re ready to close, your lender asks for something unexpected: two years of tax returns for your primary residence. If you thought a DSCR loan would mean skipping the paperwork, you’re not alone — ...
The listing has everything: the views, the finishes, the acreage. What it doesn’t have is a buyer, and it hasn’t had one for eighteen months. For a growing number of luxury property owners, that scenario is prompting a fundamental question: Is waiting still a strategy, or has it become a liability? Matthew Rollins, Chief Marketing ...
While national headlines warn of real estate corrections and economic headwinds, Austin, Texas’s residential market is showing unexpected strength that many have overlooked. A combination of tightening inventory, steady demand, and neighborhood-level shifts is supporting prices and accelerating sales, contradicting broader narratives about a market in retreat. Jen Berbas, founder of the Berbas Group, has ...
When a family member passes away and leaves behind a property, most heirs assume the hard part is the grief. The house, they figure, is an asset. It has value. It can be sold or kept, and eventually everything gets sorted out. What few people anticipate is that the property can sit in legal limbo ...
Buying an existing property feels like the safe play. The building is already there. You can see it, inspect it, and model the cash flow based on what it is already doing. But according to Culby Culbertson, founder of Culbertson Holdings, that perceived safety comes at a cost, and in many cases it is a ...
Albuquerque’s residential market has become one of the Southwest’s most stable real estate environments, showing resilience even as national markets have grown volatile. For Rene Kessel, a Coldwell Banker Legacy REALTOR® specializing in emotionally complex transactions, this stability is key to helping clients manage some of life’s most challenging transitions. Building Expertise Through Personal Experience ...
After years of mismatched expectations, buyers and sellers in Idaho’s Treasure Valley are now largely in agreement about home values. If you’ve been waiting for a more rational market, this could be your opportunity. In the months following the pandemic boom, sellers in Boise, Meridian, and nearby areas continued to price homes as if it ...
If you’re considering a beach house in South Jersey, the landscape has changed — just not in the way most expected. Over the past year, buyers have quietly shifted their attention away from traditional hotspots and toward neighborhoods that were rarely considered just 18 months ago. From Atlantic City to Ventnor, the region’s affordability map ...
Buyers searching for homes in New Braunfels now have more options than at any point in recent years. Inventory has climbed to five to six months of supply, the highest level since before the pandemic. But with more choices, the market has become sharply divided: some properties sell quickly, while others linger for months. The ...
After several years of bidding wars and waived contingencies, Greater Boston’s real estate market has entered a new phase. Homes are staying on the market longer, sellers are offering incentives, and buyers can now take more time to make decisions instead of rushing to bid on the first available property. For anyone who has been ...
The pace of real estate in Western Montana has slowed noticeably after years of rapid sales and bidding wars. Homes and land that once sold within days are now lingering on the market, sellers are more open to negotiation, and buyers finally have the leverage to make careful decisions. For anyone waiting to buy rural ...
A homeowner in North Orange County recently watched her listing price drop by $100,000 in just two months. The property itself hadn’t changed, but the market cooled faster than she expected. “If I had put it up two months prior,” she told her agent, reflecting on a timing mistake that cost her six figures. This ...
