Real Estate Market

New York City Real Estate

The Most Expensive Home in U.S. History Is a New York Penthouse

The richest person in Illinois just set a record for the most expensive home ever bought in the United States.

January 25, 2019 - Chicago Tribune

San Francisco Construction

San Francisco Home Construction Expected to Slump This Year

Due to various market and industry factors, developers are not planning to start many new construction projects in 2019.

January 8, 2019 - San Francisco Chronicle

Washington

Suburbs Encouraging Accessory Dwelling Units

Renton, a suburb of Seattle dealing with skyrocketing housing prices like many of the communities in the region, is allowing new density in residential neighborhoods in the form of backyard cottages.

December 8, 2018 - Crosscut

Gated House

Real Estate in the U.S.: More and More 'Million-Dollar Neighborhoods'

A new report from Trulia reveals the quickly increasing number of neighborhoods in the country that have a median home price touching seven figures.

November 13, 2018 - Curbed

Ballard neighborhood, Seattle

Seattle Homes Selling Below Asking Price for the First Time in Years

There are signs of normalcy in the Seattle region's housing market.

October 31, 2018 - The Seattle Times

Fire Escape

Rental Demand Grows as Rental Supply Drops

Increasing numbers of renters, at all income levels, and in all U.S. metropolitan areas, are competing for a dwindling supply of rental units, according to a new analysis.

October 29, 2018 - Joint Center for Housing Studies

Brownstone brownhome

Report: Investors Bought Two-Thirds of NYC's Affordable Homes in 2017

Investors dominate the affordable homeownership market in New York City.

October 27, 2018 - Crain's New York Business

Monongahela River

Risky Business: Speculating on the Future of Location of Amazon's HQ2

Real estate investors are willing to gamble on the potential of the future location, still to be determined, of Amazon's second headquarters.

October 24, 2018 - The Wall Street Journal

Silicon Valley

San Jose's Year: $1.4 Billion in Property Sales

A conspicuous benchmark in the epicenter of the Silicon Valley.

October 15, 2018 - The Mercury News

Amazon Smart Home

Amazon's First Forays Into Homebuilding Are Worth Watching

A new player with a very familiar name has entered into the residential homebuilding market.

October 4, 2018 - Yahoo Finance

House

Prices Increasing in the Luxury Market

"It's a tale of two markets," says Danielle Hale, chief economist for Realtor.com.

September 21, 2018 - Mansion Global

Boston Waterfront Development

Study: Boston Luxury Housing Supply Doesn't Satisfy Local Demand

Most people living in Boston's most expensive condominiums aren't from Boston, according to new research.

September 13, 2018 - The Boston Globe

Affluent neighborhood

Effects of the Foreclosure Crisis Still Felt in Parts of Cleveland

Call it a tale of two housing markets.

September 5, 2018 - The Plain Dealer

New York Subway Station

Report: L Train Closure Finally Impacting the Brooklyn Real Estate Market

The New York MTA is planning to shut down the L Train from Brooklyn to Manhattan in 2019, and renters in the area no longer find the area along the route as attractive.

August 25, 2018 - Vice

A Black woman stands in front of a home holding an umbrella and smiling.

Lessons From Cities With Majority Black Homeownership

Locations with majority black homeownership have plenty to teach about closing the country's home ownership gap.

August 19, 2018 - Pew

Op-Ed: Cap Philly's 10-Year-Tax Abatement

Qualifying developments are eligible for a ten-year tax abatement in Philadelphia. These op-ed authors say the abatement doesn't work as anything other than a government payout.

July 27, 2018 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Brooklyn

Debating the Qualities of a Changing New York

Is the gritty, diverse New York of yesteryear dying, vanishing, or otherwise ceasing to exist? Depends on who you ask and where you look.

July 23, 2018 - Harper's

Blight Demolition

Study: Where Land Values Soar, Houses Come Down

Soaring land values are leaving an indelible mark on the building stock of Vancouver, British Columbia.

June 21, 2018 - Business Vancouver

The Tenderloin

Harvard Housing Report: Housing Market Still Short-Changing Renters, Young Americans

It's the 30th annual edition of the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University's "State of the Nation's Housing" report.

June 20, 2018 - Joint Center for Housing Studies

Illinois Multi-Family

The Emerging 'Surban' Real Estate Market

A little less emphasis on the suburban, and a little more emphasis on the urban.

May 24, 2018 - Chicago Tribune

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