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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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Indianapolis Home Buyers Finally Get Breathing Room as Market Cools

After several years dominated by bidding wars and waived inspections, the Indianapolis housing market has slowed, giving buyers more time and leverage than they’ve...

West Whiteland Township Emerges as Philadelphia Suburbs’ Development Hotspot

West Whiteland Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, has emerged as one of the most active development hubs in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, fueled by...

Chicago Renters Are Losing Ground – Here’s What’s Behind the Shift

Rents across Chicago are rising faster than in recent years, and the balance of power in the city’s rental market has shifted decisively toward...

Connecticut Retirees Leaving in Droves Over High Taxes, Broker Reports

A significant demographic shift is reshaping Connecticut’s real estate landscape, as longtime residents increasingly look south for retirement, according to one of the state’s...

Flood Insurance Costs Are Eliminating Buyers Before They Even Make an Offer

Flood insurance is quietly pushing buyers out of coastal real estate markets, creating a major affordability barrier that often goes unaddressed. Joseph DeNaro, a...

Financial Stress, Not Foreclosure, Is Unlocking Long-Held Properties In Ontario

Ontario’s distressed property market is being driven by mounting financial stress that rarely appears in foreclosure statistics or power-of-sale filings, according to Sebastian Jania,...