Market Analysis & Policy

You find the right house in Marin County, negotiate a price within your budget, and then the insurance quote arrives: $4,800 a year — nearly double what you expected. Suddenly, your monthl...

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 allow...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 Wil...

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 ...

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 t...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 F...

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 r...

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 ...

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 Loan...