Real Estate

Kent Clothier, a national leader in the real estate investing industry, is the Founder and CEO of Real Estate Worldwide (REWW). getty If you’re just getting started in real estate, you’re likely still working a full-time job while pursuing this new venture on the side. You may want to make the leap to a full-fledged real estate

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

Contractors install shingles on the roof of a home under construction in Park City, Utah, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images The nation’s homebuilders are seeing no fall chill in demand from buyers, and that has the industry more confident than ever. Builder sentiment set a record high

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

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

Robert Clark is Founder and Executive Chairman at Clayco, a design-build company with more than 30 years of experience in the industry.  getty A number of large businesses have been helping small, minority-owned and women-owned businesses since the beginning of the pandemic. JP Morgan Chase donated $8 million to small businesses to help them avoid economic

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

CookFox Architects, a firm in Manhattan that works on sustainability and green spaces in designing buildings, is a showcase for biophilia, with its office building in Midtown equipped with three rooftop terraces. CookFox Architects Even as the coronavirus pandemic worsens in the U.S., stay-at-home orders in some areas have loosened and companies have sent some

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

What special circumstances elicit multiple bids, and how are they best managed to make certain that … [+] each buyer is treated fairly and that there are no dropouts? getty Competitive real estate bidding is back. Not for every property, but often enough so that both sellers and buyers require advice regarding what can precipitate

In mid-September, the envelope finally arrived. As Erin Madden opened it and pulled out the debit card with her unemployment benefits on it, all she could think about was the half a year she’d waited for this moment. She had come to feel it would never happen. “I almost didn’t believe that it had finally

Home buyers expand their needed requirements to meet the demands of work from home and distance … [+] learning getty Last week, Box, Inc., told their staff that they can work from home permanently. Box joins numerous companies who have told their employees that they have the option of working from home indefinitely. We have

A new lot of 15 abandoned buildings located in the old Saracen district will go to the highest bidders The Sicilian town of Sambuca is preparing to place on the market a second lot of abandoned houses for a symbolic €2, or just under $2.4, less than the cost of a cappuccino. But it’s waiting

Democratic U.S. vice presidential nominee and Senator Kamala Harris speaks at a drive-in campaign event in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., October 2, 2020. David Becker | Reuters Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris took part in a big-money fundraiser Friday that was hosted by real estate investment giant Related Companies and the executive chairman of

Fitness membership? Check. Streaming account? Of course. Meal kit service? Sure. How about your hotel subscription? Whether for pleasure, work, or long-term lodging, hospitality operators are hoping on-demand stays could be your next must-have membership as the embattled travel industry tries to expand its reach. InterContinental Hotels Group, Marriott and Accor are among the major

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,

Mansions seen along the coast of Palm Beach, Fla. Getty Images Home sales in Palm Beach, the exclusive island retreat of the president and countless billionaires, tripled in the third quarter as the wealthy fled the cities and higher-tax states of the Northeast, according to a new report. “It may be the hottest real estate

Architect and digital twin of a building getty Augmented reality in supermarkets Have you ever wondered why supermarkets don’t offer augmented reality guides to the locations of their products? Instead of criss-crossing the store, hunting for the tomato juice or the paprika, why can’t you upload your shopping list into something like Google Maps and

Courtney Keating | Getty Images Even homeowners with poor credit scores may be able to take advantage of mortgage refinancing options to ease their financial burden amid the coronavirus pandemic. The housing market is one of the only parts of the economy that’s seen a solid rebound during the Covid-19 crisis, thanks in part to

5, IIchester Place, a 7-bedroom house in Kensington, west London, is on sale for $42 million via … [+] Knight Frank AlexWinship Photography Ltd London’s priciest homes are in demand and are selling for nearly their full price despite the pandemic. In London, a total of 56 deals for super-prime $12.9 million-plus properties took place

Aaron and Lindsey Fisher found their dream home not far from where they lived in northern California. It was a stunning, $1.4 million home with an expansive backyard and nearby trail where they could hike with their four sons. “It seemed too good to be true almost,” Lindsey said. “Exactly what we wanted.” Aaron and

Mortgage interest rates have decreased to 2.81% getty This year’s steady decline in mortgage interest rates has taken another step down the ladder over the past week. Rates have dropped all the way to 2.81% , down from 2.87% last week and down from the previous record low of 2.86% in September, according to the

Branching out into real estate investment is an exciting opportunity, and if done thoughtfully, can turn a tidy profit for investors. However, this opportunity also comes with risks that can be financially detrimental. Investing in real estate requires research, a strong knowledge base and careful consideration before jumping into it. To that end, we asked

Bitcoin and the technology underlying it, are no longer just the realm of technology nerds, traders and idealists. Blockchain and cryptocurrencies are being embraced by hundreds of big institutions and corporations.  So far this year, payments giant Square has invested $50 million in bitcoin, and at least 20 institutional investors have so far filed documents

The majority of people who think their home is haunted live in the West. getty If you find yourself living in a house with a spooky vibe, it could be that the home is haunted. For some people, that’s reason enough to put up a for-sale sign and take the money and run. However, a

People walk into a house for sale in Floral Park, Nassau County, New York, the United States, on Sept. 6, 2020. Wang Ying | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Borrowers are clearly used to hearing that mortgage rates set another record low because last week’s dip did nothing to spur mortgage demand. The volume

If you’re planning to sell your home, you want to maximize its value before putting it on the market. However, increasing your home value often requires an investment, and you may not necessarily want to sink too much more money into the property. Fortunately, there are many cost-effective ways to boost your home without breaking

China’s Evergrande Real Estate Group. Brent Lewin | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Shares of China Evergrande plunged on Wednesday, after the indebted Chinese property developer said it had placed new shares at a discount. On Wednesday morning, its Hong Kong-listed shares dived more than 16%. The cash-strapped developer, China’s second-largest by sales, announced

With stunning views of the city, The Emerald is Seattle’s newest waterfront residential tower. Cory Holland, Clarity NW Just completed, The Emerald is Seattle’s newest luxury condominium tower, located above downtown Seattle’s iconic Pike Place Market and the city’s newly reimagined waterfront. The 40-story faceted-glass building located at the corner of 2nd Avenue and Stewart Street

Dropbox Inc. co-founder Drew Houston waits as Dropbox (DBX) is listed for the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq Market Site in New York, U.S., March 23, 2018. Lucas Jackson | Reuters San Francisco-based Dropbox announced Tuesday that it will stop asking employees to come into its offices and instead make remote work