Real Estate

A pedestrian walks by the closed GAP flagship store on August 18, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Gap said Wednesday it will invest $140 million to construct a distribution center in Longview, Texas, as part of its effort to double its online business over the next two years. Upon completion,

Property managers need to ensure that their websites are accessible to people with disabilities. getty As the internet has become indispensable to everyday life, particularly during the pandemic, business owners have had to make sure their websites are accessible. Multifamily landlords are likely familiar with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which requires that

A living room at Common Frankford Common When most people think of coliving or living with roommates, their first thought might be sharing a mediocre apartment, the inevitability of needing to the electric bill, and who gets to keep the coffee table once the lease is over. But coliving doesn’t have to be this way.

Kathy Kraninger, former president Donald Trump’s appointee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images “Big deal” Both are a type of qualified mortgage, a category that carries legal protections for lenders from consumer lawsuits. That may happen, for example, if borrowers can’t make monthly payments and lose their homes to

A Nissan Leaf —a full electric plug-in vehicle or EV—charges next to a shopping mall at a dedicated … [+] EV parking space. (Photo by Michal Fludra/NurPhoto) NurPhoto via Getty Images If the future of cars is to be electric, the 2020’s will be the decade that turns the tide.  Last year, demand for electric

An “Open House” sign is displayed in the front yard of a home for sale in Columbus, Ohio. Ty Wright | Bloomberg via Getty Images Higher mortgage rates and a winter weather disaster combined to weaken mortgage demand last week. Total mortgage application volume fell 11.4% compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage

Waldorf Astoria Towers, a new development being built for the global UHNW buyer Courtesy of Noë & Associates / The Boundary Wealth-X and REALM’s spotlight on the world’s leading markets for the wealthy: residential real estate 2021 delivers an insider’s look into where these individuals own and are acquiring primary and secondary properties.  According to

Amenity spaces like this one at Chicago’s Westerly allow apartment community residents to sidestep … [+] cabin fever by socially distancing outside their apartments. Dave Burk Challenging winters and cabin fever go together like subzero wind chills and waist deep snowdrifts. But the odds of turning a bit stir crazy grow even greater in this

A houseÕs real estate for sale sign shows the home as being Òunder contractÓ in Washington, DC, November 19, 2020. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images December is usually the slowest month for the housing market, but price gains didn’t slow down one bit in 2020. In fact, they rose at the fastest pace

2150’s first investment is in CarbonCure Technologies, a Canadian company whose technology lowers … [+] the cement content of concrete while also storing CO2 in the concrete itself, reducing the material’s carbon footprint. Supplied by 2150 fund Having spent more than a decade at the helm of Danish real estate fund manager NREP, Mikkel Bülow-Lehnsby

An allure to small town living. (Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images) LightRocket via Getty Images Talked about for decades, remote work has finally gotten its big start with the Covid emergency. Lockdowns and quarantines have forced just about any who can to work from home to do so. Commercial office space has emptied,

New York Attorney General Letitia James said Monday that her office is continuing to actively investigate the Trump Organization’s alleged inflation and deflation of property values to evade tax liability in the state and receive other financial benefits. James also said that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Manhattan District Attorney office to

Environmental activism has made many strides over the last quarter century, and it’s led to a revolution in several industries. Although real estate is still relatively untouched by regulations based on environmental concerns, it’s only a matter of time before this happens. Real estate agents, owners and investors need to know how these regulations may

adamkaz | E+ | Getty Images More Americans are planning to move this year due to the flexible work from home lifestyle that the Covid-19 pandemic has ushered in, market researcher The NPD Group said in a recent blog post. Nearly 20% of people in the country are working from home full time as of

Real estate investor, Founder/CEO of TurboTenant: free landlord software – rental marketing, tenant screening and rental applications.  getty As 2021 kicks off, there are still various unknowns going on in the world. You might be wondering what rental investing, and specifically your rental investing strategy, is going to look like this year. Since last year took many

A rendering of the Hilton Hotel Santa Monica Restaurant Avenue Interior Design Renovating a large hotel isn’t an easy project, especially during a pandemic. Still, Andrea DeRosa and Ashley Manhan, founders of Avenue Interior Design have managed a full-scale renovation of the Hilton DoubleTree Santa Monica in Los Angeles converting the property to Hilton’s West

If you’ve looked at the temperature gradient maps of the continental U.S. over the past few weeks, it’s not hard to see one main reason why Miami and South Florida’s real estate markets are on fire. Lock down and snowed under in Brooklyn, NY on February 18th, 2021 LightRocket via Getty Images With partial lock

The contemporary-style home in the Aspen core area is just a short walk away from the Lift One … [+] project. Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate When it comes to homes in Colorado’s high country, access to ski runs and the mountainside is often at the top of homebuyers’ wishlists. That’s what makes this

UKRAINE – 2021/02/17: In this photo illustration the Clubhouse logo of an audio-chat social … [+] networking app is seen on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Have you heard about Clubhouse? It’s the newest, hottest social media site out there. And everyone is

The longtime La Jolla residence of contemporary artist Faiya Fredman sold after two weeks on the … [+] market for $7.625 million, or $627,000 over the asking price. Willis Allen Real Estate If you blinked, you likely missed it. A coveted property in the seaside neighborhood of La Jolla has flown off the market nearly

AUSTIN, TEXAS – FEBRUARY 19: Mark Maybou scraps snow into a bucket to melt it into water on February … [+] 19, 2021 in Austin, Texas. Mr. Maybou was using the water to flush his toilets since his home has no running water. Winter storm Uri brought historic cold weather causing people to lose their

Vice President Kamala Harris is giving up her San Francisco home. Getty Images Vice President Kamala Harris has signed a deal to sell her loft-style San Francisco condo for $799,000, about 63% more than what she paid for it, according to the Wall Street Journal.  Harris bought the two-level condo for $489,000 in 2004, when she

After a brief pullback in December, homebuyers returned to the market, although they are still being hampered by record low supply. Closed sales of existing homes in January increased 0.6% compared with December, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales ended the month at a seasonally adjusted, annualized rate of 6.69 million units, which

Nantucket, Massachusetts, a historic summer vacation destination, became a year-round refuge last year, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. The run on real estate on the tiny, tony island is now causing a shortage of both homes for sale and rentals, and prices for both are going through the roof. The dollar volume of sales on

Rod Khleif Real Estate Investor, Mentor, Coach, Host, Lifetime Cash Flow Through Real Estate Podcast. getty Commercial multifamily properties are places where many people live, work and visit. In addition, they are also places that contain hazards like stairways and elevators as well as homes that contain valuable electronics and jewelry. For all of these reasons,

Beneficial owners of small LLCs will soon need to disclose their identity to the federal government. RANJAN SAMARAKONE Small limited liability companies, including many that own commercial real estate, will soon have to disclose to the federal government details on their ultimate ownership, thanks to anti-money-laundering legislation in the 2021 national defense authorization act. Owners

Paying for a roof over your head is usually the top-line item of any budget. Rob and Reshawn Lee viewed their mortgage payment as one of the biggest barriers keeping them from quitting their jobs and becoming entrepreneurs. Rob had a successful career in IT, and Reshawn worked in sales. Together, they would take home

The traditional-style home at 5545 Dixon Road is the latest home project by designer-homebuilder … [+] Travis Grimm. Hilton & Hyland Creating timeless and elegant spaces for clientele across the United States, Travis Grimm of Travis Grimm Interiors has cemented himself as a name to know in the design world. The designer-homebuilder was featured in

Drew Houston, Dropbox Co-Founder and CEO, speaking at CNBC’s @Work conference in San Francisco on November 4, 2019. Arun Nevader | CNBC Dropbox on Thursday reported a $398.2 million one-time charge in the fourth quarter to reflect the company’s shift to remote work. As the coronavirus emerged in the U.S. last year, companies closed offices

A contractor frames a house under construction in Lehi, Utah, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Private residential construction in the U.S. rose 2.7% in November. George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images Consumers want more newly built, affordable homes, but builders are finding that hard to deliver, especially as prices for framing lumber spike