Neighborhood opposition to starter home developments is typically driven by fears that smaller, more affordable homes will lower property values, increase crime, and introduce...
Appraisal-required repairs in as-is sales are derailing a significant number of entry-level home purchases in North Alabama, according to Nina Soden, associate broker at...
Connecticut is ending its decades-old Transfer Act, a law widely seen as a major obstacle to property transactions, and replacing it with a release-based...
The housing affordability crisis has reached a critical stage across the United States, with Utah emerging as a laboratory for state-level solutions. Where debates...
Flood insurance is quietly pushing buyers out of coastal real estate markets, creating a major affordability barrier that often goes unaddressed. Joseph DeNaro, a...
Housing affordability challenges now extend beyond low-income households and affect households earning over $100,000 in cities such as Denver, Seattle, and Dallas. According to...
The American housing affordability crisis has changed dramatically over the past thirty years, now affecting a far wider range of households than ever before....
The Hudson Valley real estate market remains highly competitive, bucking the national trend of cooling sales and rising inventory. Cash buyers remain a dominant...
Long Island landlords face a significant financial risk: eviction timelines in New York can extend from 12 to 18 months. During that period, property...
Rising regulatory and compliance costs have pushed the per-unit price of subsidized affordable housing above that of market-rate projects, according to Marc Norman, Associate...
Brooklyn’s townhouse market is seeing a noticeable change in who is buying and how they use these properties. Townhouses, once marketed mainly as single-family...
Philadelphia is experiencing a reversal in migration trends. Empty nesters who moved to the city before the pandemic are now returning to the suburbs....
While the national homebuyer is getting older, Philadelphia is attracting younger buyers at a rate already evident in development patterns, and the pressure may...
Larry Gotcher, owner and principal agent at Resource Realty Group, argues that understanding what cannot be done with a development property is often more...
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...
Rental prices in the Hudson Valley have compressed so close to mortgage payments that prospective tenants are increasingly saving for down payments instead of...
A significant obstacle to development in many cities is not zoning or neighborhood opposition, but the lack of clarity in the approval process itself....
