Uncategorized

Four Ways To Buy Your First Home, Even As Affordability Worsens

New happy homeowners. getty For many young Americans, the dream of owning a home feels less like a middle-class milestone and more like a prize available only to those with family money or extraordinary incomes. The monthly mortgage payment on a median-priced home has increased 15% in the last year, while incomes have only increased […]

Four Ways To Buy Your First Home, Even As Affordability Worsens Read More »

New York City Residential Rooftops Seek To Ensure Hives Thrive

Harvesting honey from the rooftop hives of New York City residential high-rises such as The Solaire … [+] has become a popular post-pandemic tradition. Optimist Consulting It hasn’t been too long since the world reeled at the first news of existential threats to bees and other pollinators. Addressing the problem by cultivating bees and beehives

New York City Residential Rooftops Seek To Ensure Hives Thrive Read More »

Industry Survey Says Homeowners Are Delaying Remodeling Projects

Homeowners want to update their bathrooms with wellness features, but many are delaying project … [+] starts. Genesis Homes NW (c) Houzz There’s tremendous interest from American homeowners in making their living spaces healthier, safer and more resilient, but many are holding off on starting projects, according to home improvement platform Houzz in its latest

Industry Survey Says Homeowners Are Delaying Remodeling Projects Read More »

The Fastest Growing Cities In America And Their Change In Income

Enterprise, Nevada, which is part of the great Las Vegas metro area, has witnessed astounding … [+] population growth, with the number of residents increasing by 103.5% over the last 10 years. getty In the past decade, the American urban landscape has transformed remarkably, with certain cities emerging as meteoric growth hubs. The pace of

The Fastest Growing Cities In America And Their Change In Income Read More »

Foreign Buyers Cooling On U.S. Housing Are Looking At Panamá Instead

The residential real estate market rarely rocks headlines—despite economically accounting for the largest single share of U.S. gross domestic product (+/- 17%). The Great Recession pushed real estate front and center in the media for a while as the banks collapsed back in 2008. Covid subsequently upended where and how people wanted to live and

Foreign Buyers Cooling On U.S. Housing Are Looking At Panamá Instead Read More »

22 Years After 9/11, Real Estate Helped Pick NYC Back Up Again, And We’re Still Working At It

Although there have been dips, the value trend [for NYC real estate] since 1950 has been almost … [+] uniformly up. In today’s market, however, multiple uncertainties have removed many buyers to the sidelines. getty Today is September 11, 2023. Twenty-two years ago today, I watched with astonishment as planes plowed into the World Trade

22 Years After 9/11, Real Estate Helped Pick NYC Back Up Again, And We’re Still Working At It Read More »

What Is The Richest City In New Jersey? Latest Census Data Reveals The Details

The sunrise over the beach in Stone Harbor, New Jersey, which ranked among the 50 richest cities in … [+] the Garden State. getty In a recent study, we analyzed and identified the richest cities in New York state based on scoring several key financial factors. This time around, we’re looking at New York’s neighbor

What Is The Richest City In New Jersey? Latest Census Data Reveals The Details Read More »

Winning Investment Strategies In the New York City Office Market

Taconic Partners repurposed a 325,000-square-foot office building it owned in Manhattan’s West 50s … [+] to create the Hudson Research Center. Taconic Partners On the surface, the news from the New York City office sector may look grim: vacancy rates nearing 20%, occupancy rates stubbornly stuck at around 50%, interest rates rising, values dropping, anemic

Winning Investment Strategies In the New York City Office Market Read More »