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California Wildfires Trigger Insurance Spike, Putting Pressure on Affordable Housing

California’s insurance crisis is has emerged largely from the growing scale and cost of wildfires. As insurers pay out billions in claims and reassess...

Edmonton’s Immigration-Driven Housing Market: Affordability, Buyer Behavior, and New Challenges

Edmonton’s real estate market stands out among Canadian cities for its affordability and its strong appeal to newcomers. As high housing costs in Toronto...

Co-Living’s Quiet Revolution: How Shared Housing Is Addressing America’s Affordability Crisis

America’s housing affordability crisis is forcing both tenants and investors to seek alternatives to traditional rental models. As margins shrink and costs rise for...

Hartford’s Office-to-Residential Conversions Expose the Limits of Adaptive Reuse

Hartford’s effort to convert vacant office buildings into housing reveals the limits of adaptive reuse as a large-scale solution. The city’s experience shows the...

Wilmington Landlords Are Ignoring Rental Data and Buying Based on Personal Preference, Property Manager Warns

As hundreds of new single-family homes are built each month in the Wilmington area, many landlords are purchasing properties based on personal preference rather...

From Flipper to Full-Service Advisor: How One Connecticut Realtor Built a Comprehensive Investment Practice

Connecticut’s real estate investment market has an unlikely advocate in Jay Osorno, a realtor at Alpha Capital Realty who turned his experience as a...

Victoria’s Real Estate Market Finds Stability Through Community-Centered Approach

Victoria’s residential real estate market has reached a period of relative stability, with conditions that industry veteran Tony Joe describes as balanced, a notable...

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...

Environmental Risk Becomes Deal-Killer for Brooklyn Industrial Investors

Sophisticated buyers who once treated contamination as a manageable cost are now walking away from industrial properties with environmental issues, sharply narrowing what qualifies...

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Assessment Crisis Forcing Sales Among Florida Condo Owners on Fixed Incomes, Broker Says

Florida’s condo market faces a growing crisis as aging buildings require major repairs and underfunded HOAs hit owners with massive special assessments, forcing many...

Hudson Valley Rentals Are Sitting Empty While Home Sales Stay Strong – Here’s What’s Behind the Shift

In New York’s Hudson Valley, you might expect high mortgage rates – now hovering around 6% to 7% – to push more people into...

Ohio Legislator Says Office Conversions Only Work in Urban Cores, Not Suburbs

Office-to-residential conversions are gaining traction in Ohio’s city centers. Still, Brian Lorenz, Director of Planning and Permitting for the Ohio House of Representatives, warns...

Charlotte, North Carolina Townhome Oversupply Hides Single-Family Home Shortage in the $300K to $400K Range

Rising inventory in Charlotte, NC is creating a misleading impression of improved housing options. A wave of new townhome construction has increased listings without...

Litchfield County’s Housing Market Cools: Why Buyers Finally Have an Edge

For much of the past two years, buyers in Litchfield County, Connecticut, faced steep prices, limited inventory, and intense competition. Homes often disappeared within...

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...