Real Estate

Google logo is displayed on the company’s headquarters in Chelsea section of New York City. (Photo … [+] by Ramin Talaie/Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images The coronavirus might have convinced the major tech CEOs to order their work force to stay at home until a vaccine is approved, but my bet is

House plants can help purify the air in your home or apartment. Getty Houseplants help create a welcoming environment in your living space. They can also improve your home’s indoor air quality, which is especially beneficial when so many of us are spending so many more hours indoors. NASA did a study on plants’ power

null Getty According to a survey released Monday, chief financial officers are targeting real estate expenses for further cost cuts heading into the second half of the year in the latest indication that the expansion of remote work is here to stay. According to survey respondents, real estate costs will be among the leading areas

African american female real estate agent in kitchen showing gay couple around new house Getty For the most part, the coronavirus pandemic has radically changed how the real estate industry functions. With that in mind, even as states are beginning to slowly reopen, potential buyers should expect a slightly different house hunting experience than they

Photo: Getty Lately, everyone has been asking the same question: Where is the housing market going? I decided to create my own index to help us think about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on real estate in a new manner. These are the criteria for my post-pandemic housing index. I assigned each criterion a

Actress Michelle Williams purchased this Brooklyn home in 2015. Lisa Chamoff As the COVID-19 pandemic brought New York City to a near standstill three months ago, my world, like that of many of my neighbors in Brooklyn, shrank to the several walls of my apartment and about as many blocks. On the days when the

Photo: Getty As real estate professionals, our mission is to help people reach their homeownership goals. Our entire existence is consumed with thinking about how to help more people get their keys. We lie awake in bed thinking of ideas for doing this at a bigger scale. After a decade in the industry, I have

Photo: Getty There’s a hidden secret in real estate: Single-family houses are evaluated based on market comparables (“comps”), while the real power of real estate lies in the profitability of commercial residential properties and knowing how to force equity. One of the largest purchases in most Americans’ lives is their residence. Be sure your largest

Marina Pointe is among the new highly walkable communities along waterfronts in Tampa, Fla. BTI Partners Back in the 1970s, between years of grad school, I rode the rails around the country on an Amtrak railpass. When the pass and my cash expired, I found myself in Tampa. I got a room at the fleabag

Getty It began with a form letter that a large company sent to all its landlords. In that letter, the company said the coronavirus closures had decimated its revenues, so the company asked the landlord to defer all rent for April through July 2020, a total of four months, with repayment to start at some

Where is everybody? Hundreds are leaving the city per day. The trend will likely accelerate … [+] post-pandemic. High taxes, high housing costs, and overcrowded life makes for a nicer place to visit, but maybe not the ideal place to live. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images) Getty Images Armando Codina is an unhappy New Yorker.

Stord As large swaths of the country began shutting down in mid-March, 23-year-old Sean Henry was finalizing his company’s first acquisition. Atlanta-based Stord, a cloud-based warehousing platform, had spent months finalizing plans to buy transportation provider Cove Logistics to build out its freight capabilities. “The market has changed since we originally made this decision and

Pacifica rises above Auckland, New Zealand Stab Studio Pacifica, the 584-foot tall residential tower rising in the heart of Auckland’s central business district, is slated to be completed in August of this year. Designed by Jaimin Atkins of Plus Architecture, the $300 million building is a striking new feature on the skyline of New Zealand’s

Housing is making a comeback post-COVID, thanks to surging demand and rising home prices. Getty If two months of rising mortgage applications weren’t indication enough, a new report is: the housing market is well on its way to recovering from the recent slump caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Market Recovery Index from

We must all, managing agents and brokers alike, refuse to sanction prejudice, even if ignoring it … [+] seems easier, even if, this time, it doesn’t touch us directly. Getty “I just cannot bear the thought of having one of them over me.” These (paraphrased) words from a Southern woman after the election of Barack

A foreclosed home from the last cycle. Photographer: Jacob Kepler/Bloomberg News BLOOMBERG NEWS There is an old saying in the real estate development business: when a novice makes a mistake, it’s because they missed the nuances of the market; when a pro makes a mistake, it’s because they missed the obvious. Some participants in the

A Congressional housing subcommittee hearing reinforces the need for the $100-billion rental … [+] assistance contained in the HEROES Act. Getty The $100-billion rental assistance contained in the HEROES Act, which the U.S. House of Representatives recently adopted, is crucial for both renters and landlords, who will continue to grapple with the coronavirus-triggered financial downfalls

Photo: Getty Ten years into the longest economic expansion in modern U.S. history, concerns over an imminent recession are mounting. Corporate leaders surveyed around the world agree that a recession is the biggest business risk in 2020. Recessions are identified by two consecutive quarters of decreasing gross domestic product and tend to lead to increased

Photo: Getty I’ve had a passion for real estate for as long as I can remember. As a kid, when I was driving around town with my parents, I always marveled at the architecture of old houses, trying to picture how life must have been back when they were being built. It was not a

Michael Herd is selling his family compound on Lake Austin for $28.5 million. Jake Holt for Kuper Sotheby’s International Realty Michael Herd, an oil and gas heir who is married to Whitney Wolfe Herd, founder of social and dating app Bumble and co-founder of Tinder, has placed his family’s three-home compound in Austin, Texas, on