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The ultra-luxury real estate market is witnessing a fundamental shift in how properties are marketed, with increasing emphasis on controlled exposure rather than traditional public listings, according to one industry leader. “We’ve had an offering that our clients just love. It’s called Private Office,” reveals Michael Jalbert, CEO of Forbes Global Properties. “Private Office properties ...
The leader of a major build-to-rent housing company is pushing back against claims that institutional investors are squeezing out individual homebuyers, citing statistics that he says tell a different story about housing availability and affordability. “There’s a bit of misinformation in the industry,” says Richard Ross, CEO of Quinn Residences. “We’ve kind of gotten lumped ...
Coastal Connecticut’s real estate boom is creating unexpected ripple effects inland, with secondary markets like Waterbury seeing unprecedented price appreciation and competition, according to one veteran Connecticut agent. Rudolph Perkins, a Coldwell Banker agent with over two decades of experience in the Connecticut market, says Waterbury properties are now routinely selling above asking price, a ...
A wave of commercial property refinancing challenges is looming as higher interest rates collide with loans made during the zero-rate era, according to Joel Miller, Managing Partner at Wall Street Capital Partners and a host of Mornings with Joel: Commercial Real Estate Podcast. “That’s what we’re finding with a lot of commercial real estate right ...
Rising insurance costs in coastal markets are fundamentally reshaping commercial real estate investment strategies, with some property expenses reaching unprecedented levels, according to Joel Miller, Managing Partner at Wall Street Capital Partners and a host of Mornings with Joel: Commercial Real Estate Podcast. “There’s times where the insurance can be higher than the taxes, which ...
While much of the nation grapples with market uncertainty and growing inventory, Connecticut faces a persistent and intensifying housing shortage that shows no signs of easing, according to a veteran builder in the state. “Here in Connecticut, we have kind of a unique situation. We continue to have record level shortage in housing here. So ...
The solution to America’s housing affordability crisis might not require building a single new structure, according to Craig Curelop, co-founder of The FI Team at eXp Realty. Instead, he argues that reimagining how we use existing single-family homes could dramatically expand housing availability almost overnight. “With our current infrastructure, we could basically 6-7-8 times the ...
“When interest rates rise and markets falter, that’s when real expertise matters,” says Joel Miller, Managing Partner at Wall Street Capital Partners and host of the Mornings with Joel: Commercial Real Estate Podcast. “Anyone can succeed in rising markets, but finding value during challenging periods requires experience and relationships.” In a commercial real estate landscape ...
While many retail properties struggle with e-commerce competition, one surprising segment is attracting major institutional capital: unanchored shopping centers. According to George Wommack, CEO of Headwall Investments, these centers’ heavy concentration of service-based tenants makes them uniquely positioned to thrive in the digital era. The Service-Retail Shield “Over 90% of these portfolios are service retailers, ...
The 1031 exchange industry has a revenue model that few investors fully understand, according to Judd Schoenholtz Co-Founder & CEO Deferred, one PropTech leader who’s pushing for reform. Qualified Intermediaries (QIs) are earning massive interest revenues while continuing to charge substantial transaction fees to clients, creating what some see as an unnecessarily expensive system for ...
Seth Williams, founder of REtipster and host of The REtipster Podcast, argues that the traditionally data-focused land investing industry is experiencing a fundamental shift requiring investors to embrace old-school sales tactics to succeed in 2025’s challenging market. The End of “Set It and Forget It” Land Investing “It used to be a very data-driven business ...
Real estate content creators might be wasting time trying to be everywhere at once, according to Seth Williams, Founder of REtipster and host of The REtipster Podcast, who argues that understanding platform demographics is more crucial than maintaining a broad presence. The Platform Paradox “Pick one social media platform that you’re really going to specialize ...
Content creation in real estate has become increasingly crowded and competitive, but according to REtipster host Seth Williams, the path to building genuine authority might be slower and more thoughtful than many assume. The Value-First Paradox “All you have to do is just be yourself and be genuinely helpful and just create value for people,” ...
Jared White, Managing Partner at Quadrum Global, argues that traditional market data often lags behind the real opportunities in emerging real estate markets. Instead, he points to a more nuanced “gravitational force” theory that helps identify promising locations before they show up in conventional metrics. The Hidden Indicators of Market Potential “There is a gravitational ...
The real estate industry is on the cusp of a dramatic shift in how agents manage client relationships, according to Cyrus Mohseni, Co-Founder & Vice President of Strategy and Growth at The Keystone Team. Mohseni argues that artificial intelligence will soon make traditional Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems obsolete. The End of Manual Client Management ...
