You’ve found the right house on Cape Cod and you’re ready to make an offer — only to discover the approach you planned is no longer allowed in Massachusetts. For buyers across the commonwealth, a newly enacted rule has changed how offers are written, and submitting a noncompliant one could cost you the deal, according ...
Buffalo, New York, is seeing a surge of out-of-state buyers, particularly from high-cost areas like New York and New Jersey. Enas Latif, Team Leader and Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker at HUNT Real Estate ERA, says the influx reflects a broader shift: Americans are prioritizing affordability, quality of life, and proximity to family over job ...
National headlines often miss the sharp neighborhood-level differences that shape Bay Area real estate. Adjacent communities can exhibit dramatically different pricing and demand patterns simultaneously. The Bay Area real estate market behaves differently from most of the country, but many buyers and sellers rely on national data to gauge local trends. This reliance on broad ...
Central Florida’s luxury real estate market has remained stable over the past year, even as rising interest rates and global uncertainty have slowed activity in lower price brackets. According to Bent Danholm, broker and co-owner of Danholm Collection, properties priced at $1.5 million and above, with an average sale price near $2 million, have seen ...
While national real estate commentary often centers on interest rates and affordability, Sheila Smith, Team Lead at RE/MAX Capital City, is watching different signals in Boise, Idaho: the pace of default notices and the number of homeowners nearing or crossing the 20% negative equity threshold. Smith reports a recent surge in default filings, which have ...
In Boise, Idaho, builder pricing and incentives are forcing resale homeowners to compete directly with new construction. Boise, Idaho’s new construction market, presents a scenario that Sheila Smith, Team Lead at RE/MAX Capital City, says she has not seen in her 20-year career: builders are matching or undercutting resale prices while offering incentives such as ...
Recent changes to vacation rental regulations in Sonoma County, California, have erased significant property value in certain neighborhoods. Some sellers are losing 10 to 15 percent of their home’s value when new buyers can no longer operate the property as a short-term rental. The impact is especially pronounced in the Russian River area, according to ...
Ongoing confusion over short-term rental rights has triggered a steep drop in values for Maui, Hawaii’s apartment-zoned vacation condos, leaving buyers and sellers unable to gauge risk or set prices. Legal battles, shifting county policy, and unresolved exemption proposals have frozen market activity and forced a sharp correction in a sector once seen as a ...
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 home prices stay high. This marks a departure from the COVID-era market, when sellers could routinely demand as-is purchases and buyers had little say over property condition. “In the COVID market, ...
Mortgage rate psychology in Delaware’s residential market varies sharply by generation, with younger buyers and rate-locked sellers operating from fundamentally different baselines. This generational divide is shaping both inventory levels and buyer behavior across the state. Many homeowners are holding off on selling to avoid giving up low mortgage rates, but that explanation only partly ...
Boulder, Colorado, is defying broader market pressures, with a median home price of $1,022,500 and a median days-on-market of 15. These figures contrast sharply with the Denver metro area, where inventory has climbed, and buyer confidence has weakened. Steve deGuzman, Broker Associate at Orchard, attributes Boulder’s insulation from Denver’s challenges to recent short-term rental policy ...
Across the U.S., retail real estate vacancy has climbed to 10.8%, reflecting struggling shopping centers, empty big-box stores, and landlords offering steep concessions to fill space. But in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, the reality is the opposite. Vacancy sits below 5%, tenant demand is strong, and landlords are holding firm on rents. “Retail is thriving here,” ...
Toronto’s spring real estate market, typically marked by a surge in new listings and buyer activity, is facing an unusual delay this year. An extended winter and broader economic uncertainty are keeping many sellers on the sidelines, disrupting the seasonal momentum that usually builds in March and April. Roopali Rajpal, a broker with Sutton Group ...
Commercial landlords in the Fargo-Moorhead, North Dakota market are making concessions on pricing and offering tenant incentives as demand for large-footprint spaces weakens, according to Andy Westby, president and managing broker at Goldmark Commercial Real Estate. Supply has outpaced demand for medium and large spaces, creating a tenant-favorable environment that contrasts sharply with conditions in ...
Sacramento’s new home construction boom is setting the region apart from the rest of California, with sales activity remaining steady even as other markets slow. According to Mark Patrick McDonough, team lead at Sacramento Real Estate Group, the region’s new-home pipeline is keeping buyers engaged despite rising interest rates, a stark contrast to markets like ...
