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California’s Hidden Affordable Housing Crisis: Keeping Existing Buildings Open

California’s affordable housing debate is dominated by calls to build more units, faster. Lawmakers announce new construction projects. Advocates push for streamlined approvals. Headlines...

Manufactured Housing Gains Institutional Interest as Lenders Target Affordable Housing Gap

Manufactured housing is gaining traction as an institutional asset class, according to Gene Kim, who leads manufactured housing origination at Ascent Developer Solutions. Kim...

Why High Performance Construction Struggles to Scale in Residential Development

The residential development industry faces a fundamental mismatch between how it finances projects and how high-performance construction creates value, according to Cary DeCamp, Managing...

New Home Buyers Have No Idea How Poorly Their Houses Are Actually Constructed

Most homebuyers never realize that the new house they purchased is likely built to low-quality standards, according to Cary DeCamp, Managing Director of Kala...

Kansas City Construction Costs Are Dropping — But Volatile Material Prices Remain a Risk

After years of soaring construction expenses, Kansas City developers are finally seeing some relief. Labor costs are easing as contractors, faced with fewer projects...

Planning Director Explains How Infrastructure Vagueness Causes Cities to Lose Development Deals

A persistent issue in real estate development rarely receives direct attention: many cities lack clear knowledge of their infrastructure capacity, making it difficult or...

Connecticut’s Average First-Time Home Buyer Is Now 40 Years Old and Most Are Female, Broker Reports

The typical first-time homebuyer in America is now 40 years old, according to data from the National Association of Realtors cited by Sam Ratner,...

Strategy Over Hope: How Connecticut’s Top Producers Navigate Today’s Real Estate Market

Connecticut’s real estate market spans a wide range – from Bridgeport’s affordable neighborhoods to the high-end estates along Greenwich’s Gold Coast. Yet, as Ruth...

The Hidden Barrier to Building in Connecticut: A Town-by-Town Approval System

Connecticut’s unique municipal governance system is discouraging outside real estate investment by creating unfamiliar and complex barriers for developers, according to a leading executive...

Long Island Real Estate Faces Tight Inventory and Changing Buyer Strategies

The Long Island real estate market is grappling with the same inventory shortages and economic uncertainty seen nationwide, but with distinct local characteristics —...

Bergen County Defies National Market Trends as Inventory Shortage Sustains Seller’s Market

While many U.S. housing markets have cooled or shifted toward buyers, Bergen County, New Jersey, remains one of the few high-priced suburban areas where...

New York’s Scaffold Law Adds Hidden 2-3% Tax on Small Developers

New York State’s scaffold law imposes a strict liability standard for gravity-related worker injuries, making property owners responsible regardless of fault. For small-scale multifamily...

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Why Developers Are Looking an Hour Outside the Twin Cities and Finding Land Ready to Build

Amery, Wisconsin, about an hour from Minneapolis–St. Paul is one of many small cities actively seeking housing and business development. Unlike rural towns that...

Legal Expertise Meets Real Estate: How One Arkansas Broker is Raising Professional Standards

Arkansas offers a distinctive environment for real estate, where legal knowledge plays a direct role in property transactions. Jerry Larkowski, Executive Broker at ESQ...

The Hidden Costs of Waiting: What’s Really Happening in the North Orange County, California Housing Market

The North Orange County housing market isn’t crashing, but it isn’t the same market it was two years ago, either. Prices have softened, buyers...

Why Investment Properties Are More Attainable Than Most Buyers Realize

Multi-family properties can offer a faster, more accessible path to homeownership than single-family homes. Still, most buyers are unaware of this option, according to...

Jacksonville Has 11,000 Homes on the Market – and 8,000 Have Been Sitting for Over 60 Days, Says Agent

Inventory glut and weak buyer demand have created a two-tier market in Jacksonville, where only sellers willing to cut prices are closing deals, according...

In Buffalo, New York, Neighborhood Reinvestment and Rising Costs Are Reshaping Who Can Buy

After more than a decade of reinvestment in formerly industrial and overlooked neighborhoods, Buffalo’s real estate market is entering a new phase. Infrastructure projects,...