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Key Barriers Continue to Stall Affordable Housing Development Across Florida

The affordable housing market in Florida faces a significant supply shortage that developers are not addressing, despite broad recognition of the crisis, according to...

Central Florida’s Active Adult Housing Market Expands With Nature Coast Communities

The active adult housing market in Central Florida is expanding beyond traditional retirement hubs, as developers respond to demand for boutique communities that offer...

Pacific Palisades Wildfire Fallout: Land Speculators Move In on Displaced Homeowners

As homeowners in Pacific Palisades contend with the aftermath of January’s fires, opportunistic investors are targeting vulnerable residents with low offers for their burned...

Arizona Buyers Face Decision Paralysis as Inventory Rises Nearly 25 Percent

Arizona’s housing market is facing an unusual problem: even as inventory has surged 24.7% year-over-year, buyers are finding it harder than ever to make...

First-Time Homebuyers in Arizona Face Legal Trouble When Backing Out at Closing

First-time homebuyers in Arizona are increasingly backing out of contracts at the last minute due to anxiety over payments, leading to legal disputes and...

Retail Conversions Surge as Strip Centers Lose Value in Changing Market

Real estate development veteran explains why dead retail properties could be the solution to America’s housing shortage. The death of traditional retail may hold the...

How Churches are Reimagining Their Role in Community Development

Churches across Southern California are discovering an unexpected solution to their challenges: their own parking lots and unused land. According to Martin Porter, Founder...

Measuring Community Success by Life Per Square Foot, Says Developer

A Texas developer is challenging traditional measures of master-planned community success, arguing that human-centric metrics may be better indicators of long-term value than conventional...

Military Relocations Spotlight Tampa Bay’s Hidden Gem Neighborhoods Under $400K

Military families relocating to Tampa’s MacDill Air Force Base are increasingly looking 45 minutes north to Hernando County, where housing costs can be cut...

The Great Housing Holdout: Why Homeowners Still Aren’t Listing

As the housing market moves through the second half of 2025, conditions remain stubbornly static. Demand for homes is still strong, but the number...

LA’s Affordable Housing Programs Offer Tax Relief Opportunities for Investors

Los Angeles’s affordable housing initiatives are creating unexpected opportunities for multifamily investors grappling with the city’s mansion tax, according to Anna Kampling, First Vice...

Real Estate Services Grow More Complex as Brokers Expand Their Role

A veteran Detroit broker says the public often fails to understand the increasingly complex role of real estate professionals, comparing agents to ducks that...

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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...

Chicago Investment Properties Pay $6,000 Less in Annual Taxes Than Owner-Occupied Homes

Chicago is widely viewed as a high-tax real estate market. This reputation overlooks a key fact: investment properties in the city are taxed at...

Bergen County Buyers Priced Out by Taxes, Broker Says

A local broker says rising home values and property taxes that often exceed $30,000 a year are creating an affordability problem in Bergen County...

Rising Copper Tariffs Put Electrical Contractors in a Profit vs. Performance Dilemma

New copper tariffs effective August 1st are creating an impossible squeeze for electrical subcontractors caught between fixed-price contracts and skyrocketing material costs, according to...

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...

Courtney Poulos: 50-Year Mortgages Could Expand Homeownership Access Despite Criticism

Extended-term mortgage products including 50-year loans are entering affordability discussions as housing markets evaluate financing options for buyers facing elevated prices and interest rates,...