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Delaware’s Cottage-Scale Affordable Housing Tests Whether Nonprofits Can Build What Developers Won’t

Large builders in Delaware call their homes “affordable” when prices start at $300,000 to $350,000. For workers earning 40 to 80 percent of the...

Pittsburgh’s Tax Gap Is Pushing Buyers to the Suburbs

In a wobbly economy, small cost differences start to matter. In Pittsburgh, the gap between city and suburban tax rates has become large enough...

Seller Utility Bills Give Buyers the Wrong Data. The Industry Keeps Asking for Them Anyway.

Requesting historical utility bills from sellers is a standard step in residential due diligence. But according to Tim Stanislaus of Pearl, the practice produces...

Central Arkansas CRE Investors Are Choosing Fixer-Uppers Over Turnkey Properties

Commercial real estate investors typically pay a premium for stabilized properties: fully renovated, fully leased, and requiring no immediate capital expenditure. In central Arkansas,...

In Boston’s Suburbs, Opposition to New Housing Is Putting Local Businesses at Risk

Walk through the village centers of Newton, Watertown, or Wellesley – quiet suburbs just west of Boston – on a weekday afternoon and the...

Burlington, Vermont’s Zoning Reform Is Unlocking a Development Pipeline That Sat Frozen for Decades

A regulatory change that allows developers to build up to four times as much square footage is unlocking mixed-use projects in a city where...

Where Zoning Ends and Housing Begins in Greater Boston’s Suburbs

Greater Boston has plenty of opportunity to build housing. What it doesn’t have is housing. A convergence of record construction costs, a state mandate...

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...

How a Coastal New Jersey Market Got Caught Between Policy and Reality

A recent executive order aimed at limiting large institutional investors in the single-family home market was broadly framed as a win for individual buyers....

In Middle Tennessee, Tightened FHA Guidelines Have Cut Off a Quarter of Latino Buyers

Recent shifts in FHA lending guidelines have quietly reshaped who can participate in one of the country’s fastest-growing housing markets. For Latino buyers relocating...

Coastal Migration Is Pricing Out Lancaster’s First-Time Buyers in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Affluent retirees and downsizers fleeing high-tax Northeast metros are reshaping Lancaster County’s housing market in ways that may be pricing out the next generation...

The Key to Long-Term Stability in Burlington, Vermont’s Housing Market

Vermont has long operated by its own rules. While housing markets across the country swing between overheated bidding wars and cooling corrections, Burlington and...

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Zoning Restrictions Remain the Main Obstacle to Manufactured Housing Adoption

The affordable housing crisis in America is not primarily caused by construction costs or financing availability, according to Doug Ressler, Manager of Business Intelligence...

San Antonio’s Real Estate Market Settles Into New Equilibrium After Two Decades of Swings

San Antonio’s real estate market is stabilizing after two decades of dramatic ups and downs, according to Jerry Newman, a veteran agent with Brown...

How Public Art Is Driving Economic Development in Chicago’s Underserved Corridors

In cities across the United States, the conversation around revitalizing underserved urban neighborhoods often centers on zoning changes, tax incentives, and infrastructure spending. What...

Miami’s Condo Safety Rules Are Worsening the Affordability Gap

Since the Surfside condo collapse, Miami’s condominium market has divided sharply between older buildings and new construction. According to Nayla Benitez, associate broker with...

How Burr Ridge Is Rewriting Suburban Development After a High-Profile Project Failure

The 110-acre CNH Industrial site in Burr Ridge, Illinois, highlights a common challenge in suburban America: when a major employer leaves, communities must decide...

Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Sees Summer Revenue Surpass Winter for First Time

Steamboat Springs, Colorado, has long been defined by its ranching roots and world-class skiing. But a quiet economic transformation is now rewriting that identity....