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Navigating Divorce and Market Shifts in Albuquerque’s Hidden Real Estate Market

Albuquerque’s residential market has become one of the Southwest’s most stable real estate environments, showing resilience even as national markets have grown volatile. For...

Phoenix Executive Housing Shortage Creates Investor Opportunity

Headline inventory numbers suggest Phoenix has plenty of rental supply, but the city faces a significant shortage of upper-middle-class single-family rentals that relocating professionals...

Multifamily Investors Target Midwest Cities as Sun Belt Oversupply Grows

Institutional investors are shifting multifamily capital away from Sun Belt hotspots and toward overlooked Midwest cities as oversupply weakens returns in once-booming metros. According...

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...

First-Time Buyers Face More Obstacles Than Ever – And It’s Not Just Prices

For years, rising home prices have been seen as the primary obstacle facing first-time buyers. But today’s market presents a more complicated reality. Even...

Where Housing Investment Is Flowing – and Why It Matters to You

The housing market is often described in terms of mortgage rates, home prices, and inventory. But behind those visible factors is a less obvious...

The Housing Affordability Gap: Fewer Homes, Higher Costs, No Easy Answers

Across the country, the story is the same. Buyers are competing for fewer homes, developers are hesitating to break ground, and the gap between...

Fairbanks Middle-Market Homebuyers Finally Have Room to Negotiate

Something is different on Fairbanks streets this spring. “For Sale” signs that would have disappeared overnight a year ago are staying up for weeks....

Michigan Tax Reforms Simplify Affordable Housing Development but Leave Funding Gaps

Michigan’s expansion of Brownfield Tax Increment Financing (TIF) to include housing, along with new payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) options for “missing middle” developments, marks a move...

Greater Boston Multifamily Market Shuts Out Middle-Class Owner-Occupants

The longstanding strategy of buying a two- to four-unit property, living in one unit, and using rental income to cover the mortgage has become...

Why Middle-Income Families Can No Longer Afford New Housing — and What It Will Take to Fix It

If you’ve searched for a place to rent recently and come away stunned by the prices, you’re not imagining things — and you’re not...

Albany Buyers Are Finally Negotiating Repairs Again – Here’s What Changed

After years of intense bidding wars and waived contingencies, Albany’s housing market is finally giving buyers some breathing room. The days when buyers had...

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Where Fort Wayne Buyers Are Looking Next: 5 Emerging Hotspots

Fort Wayne’s real estate market is drawing new attention as buyers look beyond the city’s established neighborhoods for value and growth. Over the past...

In Jacksonville, the Best Mortgage Rate Comes With a New Home

Builder-offered rate buydowns are drawing buyers away from resale homes in Jacksonville, creating a market split where financing terms, not home quality, determine buyer...

Residents Oppose the Projects That Fund Their Services: Mayor Reveals What Really Keeps Suburbs Solvent

Burr Ridge mayor says sales tax and development fees, not property taxes, determine whether suburbs can fund police, roads, and services – creating a...

St. Joseph, Michigan Leverages Lakefront Assets to Drive Strategic Development Growth

The lakefront city of St. Joseph, Michigan, is positioning itself as a destination for real estate investment and development, actively pursuing growth initiatives to...

You Don’t Need Perfect Credit: 6 Home-Buying Myths in Wooster, Ohio

Many would-be buyers in Wooster, Ohio, are holding off on homeownership because of persistent myths about down payments, credit scores, and market timing. Amy...

Portland, Oregon Housing Market Shifts Toward Balanced, Deliberate Buying

After several years of pandemic-driven extremes, Portland’s residential real estate market is working toward balance. Prices have stabilized, inventory is gradually building, and buyers...