Category: construction
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U.S. Multifamily Market 2025: Cracks Emerging in a Market-by-Market Landscape
After several years of resilience, the multifamily housing market is showing its first real signs of cooling. While national occupancy remains strong, subtle shifts in rent growth and regional performance are signaling that this is no longer a one-size-fits-all story. Investors, developers, and property managers need to understand that apartment market trends in 2025 are…
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New Homes Are Now Cheaper Than Resale Homes. What Does That Really Mean?
For as long as anyone can remember, newly built homes have carried a premium over existing ones. It made sense—brand-new appliances, modern layouts, customizable finishes, and the peace of mind that you won’t be dealing with a leaking roof or a furnace from 1992. But in 2025, we’ve flipped the script. For the first time…
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Stuck in Neutral: Why Housing Feels Frozen and What Could Thaw It
Labor Day is around the corner, and if you’re in real estate, you know it’s been a cruel summer. Buyers, sellers, and builders have all come into this season with expectations—most of them unmet. We’re living through what I’d call the Anna Karenina housing market: everyone’s unhappy, just in different ways. Buyers are boxed out…
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Fed Policy Signals a Shift: What It Means for Real Estate Developers and Investors
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech in Jackson Hole is sending a clear signal: the balance of risks is moving away from inflation and toward the labor market, opening the door for a September rate cut. Markets reacted instantly—bond yields dropped, equities jumped, and mortgage rates touched a 10-month low of 6.58%. For those of…
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Walmart’s Backyard Becomes the Hottest Market for New-Home Construction in 2025
When we talk about real estate growth markets, the conversation often drifts toward the usual suspects—Texas metros, the Carolinas, or the outskirts of fast-growing Western cities. But in 2025, the data points us somewhere less obvious: Northwest Arkansas. According to the latest report from Realtor.com’s economic research team, the Fayetteville, AR metro area—home to Walmart’s…
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South Florida’s Multifamily Market Hits the Reset Button — and Opportunity is Knocking
South Florida has been one of the hottest multifamily markets in the country for the better part of a decade. The post-pandemic boom sent rents and property values into the stratosphere, attracting capital from every corner of the globe. But today, the tide has turned. As a developer and investor who’s watched market cycles play…
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How Renco Is Disrupting Housing Construction—and What It Means for Developers
If you’re in real estate development today, you’re likely feeling the same pressure we all are: construction costs are out of control, labor is harder than ever to secure, and climate risk is reshaping how we underwrite deals. But every now and then, a company comes along that doesn’t just nibble at the edges of…
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From Atlanta’s Exodus to a Multifamily Reset: What Regional Shifts and Rent Trends Signal for Developers
For decades, Atlanta was a growth story developers could count on. Affordable housing, job creation, and strong in-migration made it one of the Sun Belt’s marquee markets. But we’ve hit a turning point: between mid-2023 and mid-2024, metro Atlanta posted a net loss in domestic migration for the first time in over 30 years. That’s…
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The Best States for Fix & Flip Investors
How I Got My Start — And Where You Should Be Looking Next I bought my first two homes for $10,000 at 18 years old, way back in 1992. That was my entry into real estate — not through some fancy seminar or six-figure syndication, but by getting my hands dirty, fixing what was broken,…
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Is the “Taylor Swift Tax” Heading for Maine—and What It Means for My Newry Build
Rhode Island lawmakers just dusted off their so-called “Taylor Swift Tax,” a surcharge aimed at luxury second homes valued above $1 million. At $2.50 per $500 of assessed value beyond that threshold, the proposal could tack six figures onto an annual tax bill for the likes of Swift and other high-end owners. Make no mistake:…
Daniel Kaufman Real Estate 