Real Estate

Founder of Keepmore.com and author of “Hidden Investing: What the Wealthiest 1% Know That We Don’t.” Getty I’ve dedicated the last few years of my life to doing everything I can to raise the level of financial literacy among the people I know and love. I even recently published a book with the mission of

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 23: Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo attend the goop lab Special Screening … [+] at Metrograph on January 23, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by JP Yim/Getty Images) Getty Images A decade ago, before the prominence of Instagram and Pinterest, finding unique fashion and decor created by independent

A pair of lawsuits aim to stop a HUD rule that would weaken a key fair housing tool. getty A coalition of fair housing advocates has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development over the recent reversal of long-standing fair housing protections.  The suit challenges HUD’s new disparate impact

VP of Investor Relations at Boron Capital, a private investment firm serving diverse segments of the population.  getty According to a recent report from McKinsey, 1.4 to 2.1 million (25 to 36%) of American small businesses are at risk of closing permanently due to the pandemic. With economic stimulus at a standstill, many businesses may close

A “sold” sign is posted on a home in Westfield, Ind., Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. The housing market has … [+] staged a furious comeback this summer, even as the economy struggles to regain its footing. Home sales have surged to the highest level in more than a decade. The strength has been driven by

One out of two college students knows “housing insecurity” by heart, first-hand. As many as 68,000 claim to be homeless. That data came before the novel coronavirus struck, heat-seeking America’s and the world’s most vulnerable. So when sustainable urbanism grad student Armelle Coutant and three of her Stanford University colleagues set out on a sleep-deprived

Founder & CEO Robert Reffkin started Compass in 2012 Compass In my continuing coverage of the country’s real estate market, I reached out to Compass Founder & CEO Robert Reffkin. In 2012 Reffkin started Compass with the idea to providing tools and services to help real estate agents grow their businesses and better serve their

Construction of Veev’s development in San Jose for residents displaced during the COVID-19 pandemic. … [+] Veev completed 78 units in just 90 days, shown in-progress here. Veev Three months, or just 90 days. That’s the current forecast of new home supply that we have in the U.S., which is an all-time low, says Ali

Toni Morrison, American writer, novelist, editor, Italy, September 2012. (Photo by Leonardo … [+] Cendamo/Getty Images) Getty Images The last home of Nobel prizewinning author Toni Morrison has come on the market for $4.75 million. Located in Tribeca’s landmark Textile Building, the condo is a corner unit with a modern feel despite the building dating

Custom made to order furniture is more accessible than ever. Emery Bastable/Society Social 2020 has been a year of collective realization about the importance of our living spaces and interior design. Not only are we all spending more time at home, but most of us are renovating, redesigning, and refreshing our spaces to fit the

Prasan Kale is CEO of Rise Buildings, a property technology platform powering connections between people & buildings. getty In the initial installment of this two-part series, we discussed how property owners are missing out on a significant opportunity to improve their NOI through incremental revenue related to the transactions of third-party goods and services in their

A perfect example of mid-century modernism, the Kaufmann Desert House is for sale. Daniel Solomon for Vista Sotheby’s International Realty At its best, modernism produced poetically beautiful buildings whose spare simplicity belied their sophisticated design. A stellar example is Richard Neutra’s Kaufmann Desert House.  Located in modernism’s spiritual epicenter, Palm Beach, California, it is considered

Saqr Al-Qassimi is the CEO of RAK Real Estate, a family-owned real estate developer in the United Arab Emirates. getty The pandemic has dramatically shifted business operations in several ways — there’s no doubt about that. Although the rapid changes have caused some people to hunker down and hide, I believe the shift has also prompted

Beware of unknown callers promising stupendous purchase prices for commercial real estate. RANJAN SAMARAKONE Even in today’s uncertain commercial real estate market, long-term family owners of commercial real estate often get phone calls or emails out of the blue from someone offering to buy their property. Often those communications include a very impressive number that

Credit: GN & EP One of the big shifts in behavior throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, among so many others, has been the mad rush of people leaving cities for the suburbs and buying homes at an astonishing rate. There are also families taking advantage of low interest rates to upgrade their current home to something

Executive Vice President at RealtyTrac, the leading source of distressed property data for investors and real estate professionals.  Getty Historically, there’s been a strong correlation between unemployment and foreclosures. Job loss typically results in mortgage delinquencies – which ultimately lead to foreclosures. Given the number of jobs lost during the Covid-19 pandemic, many people may be expecting

Corbis via Getty Images In anticipation of Brexit in January, upmarket London homes have been selling in record numbers. Buying more than any other foreign nationality are the French. During the first nine months of this year, the French were the largest foreign buyers of prime central London real estate. Their share of transactions has

Ralph DiBugnara is President of Home Qualified, a digital resource for the buyers, sellers and realtors driving today’s millennial market. Getty Social media has become the a top outlet for consumers when starting their search for real estate. According to the National Association of Realtors, 99% of millennials and 90% of baby boomers begin their home

New York City condominium 77 Greenwich offers discounted prices to buyers whose offices are within … [+] walking distance. Binyan Studios What do you do when you need to lure residential buyers back to New York City in an era of commuting anxiety? This remains, after all, a time when many would-be buyers view trains,

Amazon’s proposed Pen Place in Pentagon City JBG SMITH PROPERTIES The plan to completely transform Crystal City, VA into Amazon’s AMZN second headquarters is still meeting milestone after milestone, most recently with the acquisition of a Marriott Residence Inn. Acorn Development LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon, purchased the building for $148.5 million a few weeks