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Atlantic City, New Jersey Waterfront Homes Now Accessible to Middle-Class Buyers

Atlantic City’s residential real estate market is changing, moving beyond its casino image to offer new opportunities for middle-class buyers. Eric Millstein, Real Estate...

Chicago Real Estate: Affordability and Opportunity in a Competitive Market

Scott Newman, a veteran Chicago broker with nearly two decades of experience and team leader at Team Newman powered by KW ONEChicago, has seen...

Miami Office-to-Residential Conversions Gain Traction Amid Declining Property Values

Declining values in Miami office properties have made adaptive-reuse conversions financially viable for the first time in years. This opens new opportunities for developers...

How Rising Prices Are Pushing Out Jersey Shore, New Jersey Residents

The Atlantic County, NJ real estate market is facing a severe affordability crisis. Longtime residents and their children are increasingly unable to buy homes...

San Francisco Bay Area Affordable Housing: Habitat Expands Homeownership Beyond Rental Models

In the Bay Area, where the median home price is $1.6 million, affordable housing efforts often focus on rentals. Habitat for Humanity Greater San...

San Francisco Bay Area Affordable Housing Costs Rise 40% as Lumber, Labor, and Fees Compound

San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco has redesigned its Novato, California project after a 40% cost increase since 2019...

Government Subsidies for Affordable Housing Will Fail Without Investor Purchase Restrictions

Government programs aimed at increasing affordable housing focus on subsidies and incentives for builders. These efforts are unlikely to fix the housing shortage without...

How California’s Balcony Inspection Law Is Creating a Split Between Condos and Single-Family Homes

A California law requiring balcony inspections has created a split in the state’s housing market, making many condominium buildings difficult to finance and sell....

Building Affordable Housing Without Government Subsidy: Park Street Homes’ Community-Centered Approach

The challenge of building affordable housing in U.S. cities has grown more acute in recent years, as rising costs for materials, labor, and land...

Houston Builder and Nonprofit Deliver 23 Affordable Homes Using Donated Land Instead of Government Subsidies

A new project in Houston’s Acres Homes neighborhood shows how private builders and nonprofits can deliver affordable housing without government subsidies. Kevan Shelton, co-founder...

No U.S. State Offers Affordable Housing on Minimum Wage, Increasing Demand for Coliving

No state in the United States offers affordable housing for minimum wage earners, according to Clara Arroyave, Founder and CEO of Coliving Cashflow. This...

Permitted Starter Homes Sit Unbuilt as Regional Infrastructure Funding Gaps Emerge

Across Utah, cities are approving new starter home developments that remain unbuilt, revealing a critical breakdown in how regional infrastructure is funded. The issue...

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Why Waiting to Buy a Home in Bergen County Costs More Than Purchasing a Fixer-Upper

In Bergen County, buyers who delay homeownership while waiting for lower interest rates or more inventory may miss out on approximately 9% annual home...

Danbury Positions Itself as a State Leader in Converting Vacant Hotels Into Apartments

A practical solution to Connecticut’s housing shortage is gaining traction in Danbury: converting vacant or underused hotels and motels into apartments. Waleed Albakry, Planning...

Out-of-State Migration Is Putting Pressure on San Antonio Home Prices

Out-of-state buyers leaving high-cost markets are rapidly altering San Antonio’s real estate landscape, creating a split market that could threaten the city’s longstanding affordability...

Boise, Idaho Housing Market Struggles to Meet Buyer Demand

The Boise, Idaho housing market is facing a supply-and-demand imbalance that highlights a disconnect between the types of homes being built and what buyers...

Queens Buyers Driving Migration to Long Island Amid Rising Prices

A new wave of migration is reshaping the New York metropolitan real estate market as buyers priced out of Queens increasingly move east to...

Real Estate in Edmonton Needs Consultants, Not Salespeople

Gerard Hagan, co-owner and agent at The Best Edmonton Real Estate Team, argues that the most costly mistakes real estate buyers make are emotional,...