A report from Bisnow on California. "New efforts by the Trump administration to penalize California for its housing crisis are misguided and off base, several CRE experts told Bisnow. Experts told Bisnow that while calling the skyrocketing rate of homeless…
A report from Multi-Housing News. "Rezoning or 'upzoning' of entire neighborhoods is undertaken to, on the one hand, increase the density of housing and, on the other, provide cheaper rental units. Neighborhoods that were occupied strictly by single-family homes and…
A report from NBC Bay Area in California. "If there's ideal timing when buying a home in the expensive Bay Area, it's now. It's the best week of the year to buy, according to Realtor.com. In the Bay Area, there…
A report from the Seattle Times in Washington. "Every year, the Urban Land Institute and the consultancy PwC publish their Emerging Trends in Real Estate report. 'As this economic cycle entered the history books as the longest in U.S. history,…
A report from the Real Deal. "Three years later, Tom Barrack has buyer’s remorse. As his firm, Colony Capital, embarks on a $325 million venture into digital infrastructure, it first needs to offload much of its real estate portfolio from…
A report from the Oregonian. "It appears a relatively good time to be a homebuyer in the Portland area. Mortgage rates have fallen to near-record lows, and more houses are listed for sale. Bidding wars are mostly a thing of…
A report from the Philadelphia Inquirer in Pennsylvania. "Sales in Philadelphia, declined 15.4% from the year before, though they remain much higher than the historic average. 'I haven’t noticed any acute response or panic from the market — no one…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Taylor Denchfield says he has been flipping homes since he was 17 (he is now 25). Data from the first three months of this year suggests the flipping market has already begun…
A report from the Sun Sentinel in Florida. "Homeowners: Had enough of those pesky, disruptive storm seasons? Is a new job forcing you to relocate to another region of the country? Two national real estate firms are descending into South…
A weekend topic starting with the Globe and Mail in Canada. "In the leafy Vancouver west side neighbourhood of Kerrisdale, there is a lot at W. 35th Avenue that has sat overgrown and empty for several years. A City application…