Real Estate

Photo: Getty Running a commercial real estate business involves a long list of time-consuming, repetitive tasks. The sheer volume of these tasks costs companies millions of dollars in staff time every year. Brokerages, bank appraisers, CRE services and asset managers analyze hundreds of documents to complete a real estate deal, and this essential due diligence

Photo: Getty Along many of Missouri’s riverbanks, we’re seeing waterfront homes being swept away by the swift force of rising water. All that remains are the crumbling concrete foundations. In river cities like Kansas City, spring rainstorms can cause significant real estate damage. This is true for properties in flood zones, neighborhoods with flood risk,

Photo: Getty Branding: We either love it or we hate it. As real estate investors, our brand and our message can be a deciding factor in whether a seller reaches out to us to potentially purchase their home. Before you ever speak to them, your brand speaks to them. It’s important to think about how

Figures released earlier this week by Reapit, a CRM software provider that processes in excess of … [+] 30% of all UK property transactions, revealed just how quickly sellers, buyers, and renters have returned to market to get on with their plans and their lives. Getty According to the latest Nationwide House Price Index, U.K.

While more than a half of Americans expressed high confidence in their ability to pay their mortgage … [+] in June, the latest forbearance report as well as the still uncertain job market indicate potential troubles ahead. Getty Nearly 65% of Americans felt confident about paying their mortgage obligations late last month. Friday’s flurry of

Photo: Getty What a difference a few months make. In February, when I became CEO at realtor.com, the industry was expecting a competitive spring homebuying season, with reaccelerating home prices and decreasing days on market. Fast forward to today, and the industry continues to confront the immediate challenges and demands facing real estate in the

Photo: Getty The coronavirus pandemic has already altered the spaces we inhabit. Beyond changing the way homes will be built, designed and maintained in the future, COVID-19 will very likely reshape the entire real estate industry. As people reengineer their careers and lifestyles to adapt to a new normal, many will reconsider how, when and

Photo: Getty Regardless of what you are reading to understand the disparities of all the generations, one thing is for sure: Millennials are the largest and most educated living adult generation in the country. According to the National Association of Realtors, in 2019, millennials represented the largest cohort of homebuyers at 37%, making them the

Photo: Getty As cumulative U.S. student debt soars past $1.6 trillion, diligent investors should consider how this will impact the economy — now and over the long term — and how we’ll help students and young professionals navigate the path to homeownership. Rising tuition at public and private schools contributes to the mounting student debt

A Breather office space on Broadway in New York City, featuring furnishings positioned for social … [+] distancing. Breather The ways in which American employers think about work space are changing as the world slowly reopens. Companies are likely to re-evaluate both the type and amount of space they lease in the coming years. The