The real estate headlines in mid-2026 paint a familiar picture: interest rates remain a drag on activity, affordability is stretched, and transaction volume is softening. But in the communities stretching across Montgomery County north of Houston, conditions on the ground look considerably different. Inventory is expanding in some pockets while remaining tight in others. New ...
The narrative around Joshua Tree’s short-term rental market has settled into a simple story: the boom ended, and what’s left is a cautionary tale. The reality on the ground is more nuanced. The correction that began in 2022 didn’t eliminate opportunity in the high desert; it redistributed it, punishing generic properties while leaving experiential, well-positioned ...
A few years ago in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, a house with a hole in the ceiling could attract 20 offers overnight. That market is gone. What replaced it is one in which condition determines whether a property moves at all, and where sellers who can’t or won’t invest in repairs are increasingly turning to ...
The North Dallas suburbs – McKinney, Frisco, Prosper, and surrounding Collin County – spent the past decade absorbing wave after wave of corporate relocations. Toyota moved its headquarters to the Plano-Frisco corridor. Texas Instruments is building a new facility in Sherman. Professional sports franchises set up training operations across the area. That inflow hasn’t stopped, ...
The gap between perception and data in Tampa Bay’s housing market is wider than usual. With 3.8 months of inventory in Tampa and 4.1 in Orlando – figures that technically describe a seller’s market – the mood on the ground tells a different story, according to Tony Baroni, Founder & Team Leader of The Tony ...
Construction technology has attracted billions in venture capital on the promise that software and automation would bring costs down. But for owners and developers – the people actually funding projects – costs have continued to climb year over year, even as contractors and subcontractors report real efficiency gains from AI adoption. The gains are real; ...
Two markets separated by a single zip code are moving in opposite directions. Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, posted a 13.6% year-over-year price increase in the second quarter, a pace driven by scarce land and a buyer pool heavily weighted toward cash purchasers relocating from the Northeast and California, according to Gwinn Volen, Owner, CEO & ...
The common assumption about modular construction is that it exists to serve one purpose: cheap housing for cost-constrained developments. That framing is outdated. Modular systems are increasingly showing up in five-star hotels, commercial buildings, and resort developments – applications where finish quality and design matter as much as cost savings. The shift is being driven ...
Most homes for sale in the Portland metro area were built before 1970. That single fact, an overwhelmingly old housing stock in a rainy climate, shapes nearly every transaction, from how buyers compete to how sellers price, and increasingly, how long a listing sits. The divide isn’t between Portland and its suburbs. It’s between move-in-ready ...
In a state where some coastal markets are showing visible strain – rising inventory, price drops, sluggish sales – Brevard County on Florida’s Space Coast is holding steady. The market isn’t hot. It’s not setting records across the board. But it’s absorbing demand at a pace that looks more like a healthy norm than either ...
The traditional office lease, five or ten years, fixed rent, passive landlord, made sense when vacancy in major metros hovered in the single digits. In Los Angeles today, roughly 40% of office space sits empty, according to Jerome Chang, founder and licensed architect of BLANKSPACES, one of America’s longest-running coworking brands. That vacancy rate means ...
Insurance companies already know what’s wrong with a house before a buyer makes an offer. They know the roof age, the flood exposure, the permit history. Buyers typically don’t have access to that same information until after closing, or never at all. That gap between what insurers know and what buyers see is not a ...
The Hamptons real estate market remains stable even as buyer behavior becomes more cautious and deliberate. Veteran agents Patricia Oakley and Brian Leicht of the Oakley Leicht team at Saunders & Associates describe a landscape shaped by long-term changes in demand, inventory, and buyer expectations. Oakley, who entered real estate after 18 years in pharmaceuticals, ...
In the stretch of coastline running from Hallandale Beach through Hollywood, Aventura, and Sunny Isles, the condo market is not experiencing a single correction. Two distinct markets are operating under the same geographic label – one defined by scarcity, the other by oversupply – with the dividing line falling near the million-dollar mark. Below that ...
In a region often discussed in extremes – either “heating up” or “cooling off” – Palm Desert’s residential market is doing neither. The city leads the Coachella Valley in monthly home sales volume, carries roughly four months of inventory, and operates as a balanced market, according to Vlada March, Realtor and owner of Vlada March ...
