If you’ve been hosting an Airbnb or other short-term rental in Oklahoma City, the rules just got much stricter – and many operators are being caught off guard. The city, which once allowed hosts to apply for permits after the fact with minimal consequences, is now cracking down hard. Hosts operating without a permit are ...
South Carolina’s real estate market has never been more active — or more difficult to break into. Prices are rising, demand is strong, and yet for many buyers, the path to ownership keeps getting narrower. Understanding why requires looking at who is actually winning deals, how families are rethinking what a home needs to do, ...
For many buyers, the math on urban homeownership stopped working years ago. Prices climbed, inventory stayed tight, and the new construction that did appear skewed toward luxury — leaving anyone without a high income to choose between aging housing stock, long commutes, or renting indefinitely. The assumption that followed was reasonable: if you want to ...
Sheila Smith Oliver, Founder and Principal Broker at Dwellverse Group, reports that Abilene, Texas, is attracting a surge of investor interest that now rivals activity in Austin and Dallas. The catalyst is not lifestyle amenities or tourism, but infrastructure. Major data center developments and long-term construction projects are fueling demand for furnished rentals among workers ...
Pricing strategy has become the single most decisive factor in how quickly South Jersey Shore, New Jersey, properties sell, according to Albert Casalnova, a real estate agent with Keller Williams Realty Atlantic Shore. National headlines focus on rising interest rates and increasing insurance premiums as obstacles to sales. Casalnova’s experience across New Jersey’s 127-mile coastal ...
Out-of-state buyers account for roughly half of all Las Vegas luxury real estate transactions, according to Zach WalkerLieb, Managing Partner at Willow Manor. Most come from high-tax states such as California, Washington, Hawaii, and Oregon. They tend to be less price-sensitive and more likely to pay cash than local buyers, changing how homes are bought ...
Dallas luxury home sellers are missing out on significant profits by refusing to prepare their homes for sale, according to Nicole Foster, Realtor at Ebby Halliday Realtors. Foster reports that properties left untouched, without updates, staging, or repairs, often sit unsold. Similar homes that invest in presentation command higher prices and faster sales. In one ...
The city of Baltimore is offering houses for one dollar. This is not a marketing gimmick — the city is actually selling vacant row homes for $1 each as part of a targeted effort to revive blocks that have suffered from years of abandonment and population loss. The program prioritizes Baltimore residents who commit to ...
Large national retailers are seeing tenant demand decline in secondary markets such as Wausau, Wisconsin. Smaller, locally rooted businesses with five to twenty locations are capturing lease opportunities that major chains once dominated. Devan Dorzok, licensed real estate salesperson at NAI Pfefferle, attributes this change to local businesses’ ability to build personal relationships and connect ...
National real estate headlines increasingly frame the market as tilting toward buyers, with inventory rebounding and transaction activity slowing across many regions. That narrative does not apply to the Midwest and parts of the Northeast, where geographic and structural constraints have created a different supply dynamic. Michael Thornton, team lead at Thornton Team with Keller ...
Distressed properties requiring substantial renovation are now among the most reliable sources of meaningful returns for real estate investors in competitive suburban markets, according to Fiona Dogan, Global Real Estate Advisor at Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty in Westchester County, New York. Standard homes in these areas command premium prices, leaving little room for ...
Private lenders are reporting a growing mismatch between how real estate investors finance acquisitions and how long they actually hold properties. Many borrowers structure deals expecting rising values to resolve leverage problems before the debt matures. This approach carries significant risk. H. Jack Miller, president and CEO of Gelt Financial, says the problem goes beyond ...
Rising inventory in Charlotte, NC is creating a misleading impression of improved housing options. A wave of new townhome construction has increased listings without meeting the preferences of buyers seeking single-family homes in moderate price ranges. Liz Khodak, a licensed realtor with Helen Adams Realty who specializes in South Charlotte residential real estate, emphasizes that ...
Skyrocketing insurance premiums in Florida are wiping out cash flow on rental properties that would otherwise be sound investments. John Bastidas, President and Founder of DSCR Investor Loanz, says the insurance crisis has changed the investment landscape in one of the country’s busiest real estate markets. For many investors, the numbers no longer work. They ...
Real estate investors entering the New York City market often encounter tax rules that differ from those in other states. Jarrett Kalish, founder of Kalish Law LLC and former New York City tax judge, identifies the city’s unincorporated business tax on partnerships as one of the most unexpected costs for non-local investors. “The entity-level tax ...
