A funny-but-unfair potshot the American housing industry gets is this: It’s a 200-year-old industry undeterred by progress. That’s the glib narrative, and it’s at least part-true. What the one-liner belies, however, is that invention and progress have sent shivers of light, excitement, and possibility through U.S. housing and construction’s $3-trillion-a-year firmament, especially of late. Three
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Older adults, especially those living in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, have been among the groups hardest hit by COVID-19. This has compelled a reexamination by many – often in concert with their adult children – about how and where they want to live the rest of their lives. Real estate professionals, industry analysts
Is there a Manhattan enclave more synonymous with timeless style and grace than the Upper East Side? Long a bastion of class, distinction and old money, the enclave sets its own tone, forgoing passing fads. Now, the neighborhood is returning to its roots by investing a select few all-new buildings with the time-honored architecture, bespoke
Knotel, the flexible office startup that filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, has found a new leader: Michael Gross, the former vice chairman of another SoftBank-backed firm, WeWork. He replaces Amol Sarva, Knotel’s cofounder, who served as CEO since 2015 and has been an outspoken WeWork critic. Gross’ brother, Eric, will also become Knotel’s
For the past few months, writing on Miami’s overheated real estate markets has felt a little bit like the rat hitting the Crockett & Tubbs cocaine bar. Sales price records continue to be set everywhere. The national press is swooning. And A-list buyers and businesses under pseudonyms and LLCs that we’d all figure out eventually
Cofounder of InstaLend, a non-bank real estate lender providing loans on single-family and multi-family properties for acquisition and rehab. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the United States has seen surges in demand for housing. According to January 2021 data from the Mortgage Bankers Association, mortgage applications for new home purchases increased by 18.9% compared to a year
Broker/Owner of Commercial Professionals in Las Vegas for over 25 years focusing on off market investments. Prof Speaker and Success Expert. The pandemic has negatively affected all classes of commercial real estate (CRE), however, it has also generated innovative possibilities for the CRE market this year including affordable rental prices, efficient online communication and sending in forms
If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s how important our homes are. After more than a year, many of us are tired of looking at the same walls, perhaps are ready to upgrade our appliances to match our newly found love for cooking, or just want to surround ourselves with brighter, mood-boosting colors. This
Rodolfo Delgado is the Co-Founder & CEO of Replay Listings, the first platform to find apartments for rent in NYC focused on unedited videos. Have you ever been haunted by ads for something you searched online? For me, that invasion of privacy I accidentally consented to with a click of a button recently took the shape
Dave Friedman is Co-Founder and CEO of Knox Financial, the smart and frictionless way to turn a home into an investment property. With interest rates at record lows, this spring could bring one of the hottest markets for investment property in decades. If you’re considering buying your first investment property, or adding to your real estate portfolio