Technology

Most homebuyers spend months weighing school districts, commute times, and mortgage rates. Very few ask whether there’s enough water. In a growing number of North American communities,...

Rising regulatory and compliance costs have pushed the per-unit price of subsidized affordable housing above that of market-rate projects, according to Marc Norman, Associate Dean at NYU Sch...

Public construction projects are supposed to be carefully priced to protect taxpayer money. But for decades, contractors have relied on guesswork when estimating costs for materials, labor, ...

The manual review of architectural requests — where volunteer board members painstakingly compare homeowner submissions to pages of covenant requirements — has long been one of the most ...

The deal analysis activity tracked on residential investment platforms reveals clear patterns in where investors direct their attention — and where they do not, according to Abhi Bharatham...

Water scarcity has become a pressing concern for North American real estate developers. Rapid population growth in states like Florida and development slowdowns in Canadian municipalities du...

While most real estate investors focus on interest rates and access to capital, a different risk is quietly derailing more commercial property deals: environmental liabilities hidden in prop...

The surge in AI data center development is often framed as a race to secure capital, power, and advanced technology. But according to George Teodorescu, COO of InfraPartners, these factors n...

Lenders are changing the way they finance short-term rental (STR) properties, shifting from evaluating buyer creditworthiness to assessing property income performance. This change is alterin...

The real estate industry faces a critical decision point about artificial intelligence that will shape which agents succeed in 2026 and beyond, according to Jeff Quintin, CEO of The Quintin ...

Veteran broker Jeff Quintin, CEO of The Quintin Group, says the real estate team model is undergoing a structural change that challenges long-standing assumptions about how agents grow their...

The real estate industry is undergoing a significant change in how professionals are educated and prepared for the workforce. At Arizona State University’s Center for Real Estate and F...

The short-term rental (STR) investment market is shifting from projection-based decisions to data-driven analysis. Buyers now emphasize verified historical performance over seller-provided e...

Obtaining a home equity loan once meant weeks of paperwork, collecting tax returns, pay stubs, and waiting for approvals. Now, some lenders are granting loans in as little as five days – w...

Five years ago, Palm Beach County buyers focused on square footage and pools. Today, those features are still on the list, but they’re no longer the first questions asked. According to Ray...