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From Auto Shop to Real Estate: How One Agent Is Helping Working Families Navigate Litchfield County’s Market

Litchfield County’s real estate market has become a battleground between local working families and deep-pocketed second-home buyers. As high-income buyers from out of town...

Bridging the Home Ownership Gap: How Lease-to-Own Programs Are Reaching Underserved Buyers

The growing housing affordability crisis has made it increasingly difficult for millions of American families to qualify for traditional mortgage financing. According to the...

Market Stability Returns to Small-Town Ohio as Buyers Regain Their Footing

After several years of rapid price gains and bidding wars, Ohio’s smaller real estate markets are settling into a steadier pace. In Wayne County,...

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...

Wisconsin City Administrator Calls for Rethink on Small-Town Investment

A Wisconsin city administrator argues that communities within an hour of major metropolitan areas offer better economic conditions and more motivated municipal partners than...

Small Wisconsin City’s Zoning Overhaul Reveals How Outdated Regulations Block Rural Development

Developers may be passing over viable projects in smaller communities because local zoning codes are too complex to understand, according to one Wisconsin city...

Fort Wayne Attracts 20 National Developer Proposals for Single Project

When Fort Wayne released a request for qualifications (RFQ) for its North River District master development, city officials anticipated three to five responses from...

Grande Prairie’s 85% Inventory Drop Creates 12-Hour Sales Cycle

Grande Prairie, Alberta, is facing an unprecedented housing shortage that has upended the way homes are bought and sold. Active listings have collapsed from...

Fort Wayne’s Riverfront Gamble Pays Off: Public Park Investments Attract More Private Capital

Fort Wayne city officials were given a bold promise by Swa, a global planning and landscape architecture firm: invest in top-tier public riverfront spaces,...

Why the McMansion Era Is Over in the Hudson Valley

Demand for large, sprawling homes in the Hudson Valley is falling, and the decline extends beyond affordability. Instead, an apparent change in buyer preferences...

How Rate-Locked Homeowners Are Creating a Lasting Inventory Shortage

Conventional wisdom in real estate says buyers should wait for lower interest rates before making a purchase. But in the Hudson Valley and similar...

One-Third of Gen Z Still Lives With Parents, Data Shows, Pointing to Pent-Up Housing Demand

About one-third of Americans aged 18 to 25 continue to live with their parents, according to Yardi Matrix data, a share that has remained...

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Berkeley Homes Are Climbing Fast – But Richmond Just Set a Record No One Saw Coming

In the East Bay, Berkeley has long been the focus of attention for its double-digit price gains, bidding wars, and rapid sales. But while...

Septic System Failures Are the Top Deal Killer in Hudson Valley Real Estate

In off-grid communities across the Hudson Valley, infrastructure risks that rarely appear in market data are quietly derailing real estate transactions at the inspection...

U.S. Housing Affordability Hits Record Low as Crisis Deepens

The U.S. housing market faces its most severe affordability challenge in history, according to Zach Lemaster, CEO of Rent to Retirement, who sees both...

New Construction in Winter Haven Offers Financing Terms the Resale Market Cannot Match

Buyers frustrated by high interest rates and overpriced resale homes in Central Florida may be overlooking a corner of the market operating under different...

In Oakland, California, Using Property Ownership to Solve Teacher Retention

Teacher turnover is one of the more persistent challenges facing urban school districts, and while the causes are complex, housing costs have emerged as...

Chicago’s Multi-Unit Market Upends Expectations as First-Time Buyers Outbid Investors

Walk into an open house for a two-flat in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, and you’ll see a new kind of competition: young couples with VA...