Real Estate

Although mood is hard to parameterize with data points, I believe that what is happening in our real … [+] estate market is substantially about mood. Canva A reporter recently asked me if the real estate market in 2019 resembled that in 2008. The instinctive answer, based on a similar decline in value averaging 20%

There is plenty of talk these days about whether there was a quid pro quo concerning the President’s interactions with Ukraine. As the hearings and testimony unfold, could the IRS care about this too? The IRS’s concern isn’t about politics, of course, but surprisingly, the concept of a quid pro quo comes up regularly in

Whenever I tell new real estate investors that I lost most of my properties and all of my cash in the market crash of 2007, they don’t say they are relieved that it wasn’t them, but I can see it in their eyes. Those same new investors grow perplexed then when I tell them that

Owning and maintaining beachfront property has always come with a different set of considerations than inland homes. For starters, beachfront properties require mandatory flood insurance and often have higher property taxes and management costs. These additional expenses are well worth it for many homebuyers. The positive effects of coastal living are backed by science .

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Rendering of the penthouse at The CAB, a building allowed to sell units to foreigners. Love & Co. Earlier this year New Zealand—a Forbes top-ranked country for doing business—tightened the rules about who can purchase property in the country, limiting ownership rights to only those that

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Legere has ties to SoftBank through his time at T-Mobile. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Topline: As SoftBank continues its efforts to turn around WeWork, the embattled office-sharing startup has held talks with T-Mobile CEO John Legere about becoming the company’s new chief executive, the Wall Street Journal

Private first-floor garage. StreetEasy via Nest Seekers Attention Little Monsters: A massive downtown Manhattan townhouse once rented by Lady Gaga is on the market for $17.99 million. The 11,000-square-foot, five-bedroom, 12-bath mansion at 347 W. 17th St. in Chelsea was built in 1920 but was recently gut-renovated, and Mother Monster is reportedly the only person

One only needs to go back in time a little over ten years, to the Great Recession of 2008, to understand the relationship between the health of and machinations about the residential real estate market, on the one hand, and the overall health of the domestic economy, on the other. Which brings us to the

Berlin: In the area around East Side Gallery, the open-air gallery where remnants of the Wall have … [+] been painted by artists, property prices saw a shocking 6419% increase. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) Getty Images Housing prices in Central Berlin have skyrocketed by 400% since the fall of the Berlin Wall in November

Steve and Leann Ford Reid Rolls Leanne Ford’s book (co-written with her brother Steve Ford) might be called Work In Progress, but the interior designer and HGTV star is anything but. While the book documents their charming tales of growing up together in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this memoir doesn’t shy away from revealing the missteps on the

The Landed team includes consultants, former educators, organizers, real estate agents and … [+] investors. Landed Over a short period of time, homeownership investment startup Landed Inc. has risen to prominence with its goal of helping educators afford homes in the communities where they work. Now the San Francisco-based startup that assists teachers with down

Given that opportunity zone (OZ) development is my firm’s core business, I am constantly reading and educating myself about how this young industry continues to evolve. I subscribe to all of the available blogs that cover the space and try to absorb as much as I can every week in order to learn more about

Residences on Yerba Buena Island. Hayes Davison After two decades of planning, the first renderings of the condo complex coming to San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Island have finally been released to the public. The community being constructed on the naturally-formed landmass will feature 266 condos, including apartments, single-family houses and townhouses, surrounded by 72 acres

Warren Buffett is considered one of the greatest investors of our time. From his first investment at age 11 to his peak net worth of over $80 billion, it’s easy to see why. Many people all around the globe have aspired to replicate his incredible success, from the investment world over to the stock market.

Mid-century modern-designed lobby of The Paragon, a new residential build in Chicago. Courtesy of Taylor Johnson Chicago, Ill. – Mary Cook Associates (MCA), a national, award-winning commercial interior design firm, recently completed The Paragon (1326 S. Michigan Avenue), Murphy Development Group and CIM’s new 500-unit luxury rental build in Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood. Cook and her team approached

VA loans are on the rise with Millennials and younger buyers. Getty When it comes to mortgages, VA loans are about the best you can get. With no down payment, no mortgage insurance, and super-low interest rates, they save homebuyers significantly—both up-front and over the long haul.  And while VA loans have historically been underutilized,

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin His new economic agenda calls for $1.6 trillion in spending over the next decade. Scott Olson/Getty Images Topline: As the Democratic primary race heats up, 2020 hopeful Pete Buttigieg released a sweeping new economic plan to invest more than $1 trillion in affordable housing, education and

The Kellum-Noble House, a 1847 Houston property still sitting on its original site in what is now a … [+] city park, has seen its share of history. After a restoration project that started in 2014, it’s reopening. CALpix On the edge of downtown Houston’s modern business district, the city’s oldest building is reopening following

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Uber’s ex-CEO is reunited with one of his biggest backers. Justin Sullivan/2018 Getty Images Topline: Billionaire Travis Kalanick’s secretive new food startup, CloudKitchens, quietly raised $400 million from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign-wealth fund—the Saudi’s first known deal in Silicon Valley since the murder of American journalist Jamal

The Las Vegas City Council approved an ordinance Wednesday that criminalizes camping or sleeping on … [+] downtown streets when beds are available at established shelters. Getty Images The Las Vegas City Council approved a controversial ordinance Wednesday that makes it illegal to rest, sleep or camp on streets and sidewalks in public areas downtown