Cleveland’s Housing Market Is Drawing In More Small Landlords Scoring Homes for Great Deals

Investors continue to command a meaningful share of U.S. home purchases, even as higher mortgage rates and softer demand slow the broader housing market. While large institutional buyers once dominated the market,... Read more »
Real estate teams get most deals from their ‘sphere of influence’

Real estate teams get most deals from their ‘sphere of influence’

Brokerages are scrambling to adapt to the post-settlement landscape of real estate, and more of them are turning to the same method for growing their headcount — acquiring new teams. The addition... Read more »
Generative AI Is Your Ally for Smart Staging, Faster Deals

Generative AI Is Your Ally for Smart Staging, Faster Deals

© AndreyPopov – iStock/Getty Images Plus “AI will take your job… but to the next level!” This is the most accurate observation I’ve seen about generative artificial intelligence. AI is not taking... Read more »
Steps that Lead to Creative Commercial Real Estate Deals

Steps that Lead to Creative Commercial Real Estate Deals

The second half of 2023 and the first part of 2024 included moderation from the Federal Reserve Board with respect to interest rates. The effects of the interest rate run-up continue to... Read more »
Beverly Hills’ Building Halt May “Tap the Brakes” on Deals

Beverly Hills’ Building Halt May “Tap the Brakes” on Deals

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Curtis Kin has ordered the City of Beverly Hills to stop issuing building permits for anything but new residential developments — putting a hold on everything... Read more »
Record deals and tax-avoidance maneuvers: Southern California’s priciest sales of 2023

Record deals and tax-avoidance maneuvers: Southern California’s priciest sales of 2023

Southern California’s luxury real estate market never sleeps. But this past year, it collectively caught its breath. Luxury sales slowed down in 2023 — a combination of soaring interest rates, a newly... Read more »
Discount Deals Dominate LA’s Top Office Sales of 2023

Discount Deals Dominate LA’s Top Office Sales of 2023

During a year when many institutional investors pulled back from the office market, two familiar names were involved in this year’s priciest office sale in Los Angeles.  JPMorgan took the cake this... Read more »
First American Suffers Cyber Attack, Pausing Deals

First American Suffers Cyber Attack, Pausing Deals

First American Financial suffered a cyber attack on Thursday morning, forcing the title company to shut down its website and some of its systems. The company confirmed the attack in a website... Read more »
Beverly Hills Home Sells for .2M, Among Year’s Top Deals

Beverly Hills Home Sells for $24.2M, Among Year’s Top Deals

A mansion at 802 Foothill Road in the Beverly Hills Flats traded for $24.2 million on Dec. 15., according to listing sites. The 17,000-square-foot home on more than half an acre ranked... Read more »
DataDigest: How and where homebuilders are closing deals

DataDigest: How and where homebuilders are closing deals

For the fourth consecutive month, homebuilder confidence sank in November, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index published last week. The pessimistic streak is especially notable given... Read more »