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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...

Inspection Issues Now Top Reason Deals Fail at Jersey Shore, According to Realtor

According to a local realtor, inspection findings are the most common reason home sales fall through at the Jersey Shore, as buyers regain leverage...

Wilmington Rental Market Shows Growth for Three-Bedroom Homes, Two-Bedroom Units Decline

The Wilmington rental market shows a clear split in performance by bedroom count, a factor now determining which properties succeed and which struggle. Catherine...

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...

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 Utility Costs Are Quietly Squeezing Rental Property Profits, Property Manager Warns

Rising utility costs are eroding rental property returns in ways many investors overlook, according to Jillian Kemmerer, who manages more than 400 rental properties...

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...

How New Jersey Enforces Buyer Agency Agreements for Real Estate Professionals

A member of a local real estate professional standards committee says she is seeing widespread violations of buyer agency agreement requirements, with some agents...

The Hidden Barrier to Building in Connecticut: A Town-by-Town Approval System

Connecticut’s unique municipal governance system is discouraging outside real estate investment by creating unfamiliar and complex barriers for developers, according to a leading executive...

New York’s Scaffold Law Adds Hidden 2-3% Tax on Small Developers

New York State’s scaffold law imposes a strict liability standard for gravity-related worker injuries, making property owners responsible regardless of fault. For small-scale multifamily...

Hartford’s Housing Boom Spurs Targeted Development Across Connecticut’s Capital Region

Connecticut’s Greater Hartford metro area has become one of the nation’s most active housing markets, creating both opportunities and challenges for local leaders. As...

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Austin Real Estate Market Shows Buyer Fatigue After Prolonged Slowdown

Austin’s real estate market is showing signs of what local agent Soomin Kim calls “buyer patience fatigue.” After two years of uncertainty, some renters...

From Newsroom to Real Estate: How One Rhode Island Agent Navigates a Tight Market

Rhode Island’s real estate market faces a mix of low inventory, changing buyer expectations, and increased competition. For agents starting or growing their careers...

California Wildfire Rebuild Costs Have Jumped and Insurance Isn’t Keeping Up

As major carriers exit California’s market and the FAIR Plan becomes the default for hundreds of thousands of homeowners, the gap between insurance payouts...

South Jersey Buyers Regain Inspection Leverage in Atlantic County

Buyers in South Jersey’s Atlantic County residential market have regained negotiating power over inspection contingencies and repair obligations, even as inventory remains low and...

West Whiteland Township Emerges as Philadelphia Suburbs’ Development Hotspot

West Whiteland Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, has emerged as one of the most active development hubs in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, fueled by...

In Southwest Florida, Homes Are Still Selling Fast – But Only in Specific Pockets

Southwest Florida’s real estate market looks bleak in the headlines: flooded neighborhoods, rising insurance costs, cautious buyers. But the region isn’t one market. It’s...