Tag: economics
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2025 Architectural Style Report: What Your Home’s Design Says About Price, Popularity, and Market Dynamics
As real estate professionals, we’ve always known that architecture isn’t just about aesthetics—it’s about value, geography, and psychology. A home’s style tells a deeper story. It signals when and where it was built, who it was built for, and how it’s likely to perform in today’s market. For our 2025 Architectural Style Report, we analyzed…
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🔥 From Wildfire to Workforce Crisis: How ICE Raids Are Threatening LA’s Rebuild
Los Angeles is facing a reconstruction crisis—and it has nothing to do with materials or money. After wildfires destroyed more than 16,000 structures earlier this year, tens of thousands of residents were displaced. The city needed a massive, coordinated effort to rebuild. What it got instead? A sweeping series of ICE raids that are driving…
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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 Sun Belt Slipping? What Slower Sales Tell Us About a Shifting Market
The once-unshakable momentum in America’s Sun Belt housing markets is showing signs of fatigue. According to Realtor.com’s June 2025 housing report, homes are sitting on the market longer in 39 of the 50 largest U.S. metros. This isn’t just a Sun Belt story — it’s a national one. But some of the strongest slowdowns are…
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Trump’s Tariff Blitz: What Real Estate Investors Need to Watch
This chart tells a story that real estate investors and developers can’t afford to ignore. As Trump’s reciprocal tariff policy unfolded, the S&P 500 saw a sharp drop—followed by a strong rebound during the 90-day tariff pause at a reduced 10% rate. That recovery wasn’t just about equities; it signaled a temporary return of investor…
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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:…
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Pandemic Boomtowns Are Now Underwater—Literally
In the rush of the pandemic housing surge, markets like Austin, Cape Coral, and San Antonio saw home values skyrocket. Fast forward to today—and a growing number of buyers from that era now owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth. According to new data from Intercontinental Exchange, more than 500,000 U.S. homeowners…
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Vail’s 268-Unit Workforce Housing Project: A Blueprint for Resort-Town Sustainability
The numbers are stark. The National Low Income Housing Coalition puts the U.S. affordable-housing shortfall at seven million homes, while Fannie Mae pegs the workforce-housing gap at 2.2 million units. Vacancy in income-restricted rentals hovers near 2.7 percent—less than half the vacancy in Class A apartments. Nowhere is that crunch more acute than in ski…
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Against the Tide: Why These 4 Metros Are Dominating the New Construction Market in 2025
By Daniel Kaufman www.danielkaufmanrealestate.com Spring is supposed to be prime time for new-home sales—but in 2025, the season has been a letdown across much of the country. While most markets are cooling or outright stalling, four metros are swimming against the current: Indianapolis, Chicago, San Diego, and Orange County. At Kaufman Development, we’ve been closely…
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Tariffs, Tensions, and the Canadian Retreat: What Developers Need to Know
The real estate cold front isn’t just about interest rates anymore. A new chill is settling over U.S. housing markets—and it’s coming from the north. A steep drop in Canadian buyer interest is reshaping demand in traditionally hot second-home markets like Naples, North Port, and Phoenix. And while Florida continues to pull in international eyeballs,…
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