Construction industry and development projects
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Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min readBuilders FirstSource’s strategic and operational blitz to become homebuilders’ go-to partner for an expanding share of the construction and assembly value cycle is picking up speed, even as the new-ho...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min readMany real estate downturns are followed by promises of consumer-friendly process reform and increased attention on affordability. As with the subprime mortgage crisis, many believed the ongoing buye...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min readKey Takeaways We checked every major lender’s “no closing costs” claim directly against its current disclosures — several advertised offers turned out to be conditional or clawback structures, not gen...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min readInfiniG, an enterprise cellular platform for commercial real estate, announced Tuesday that it has raised a $5.2 million seed round. Early-stage venture capital firms J2 Ventures and Stormbreaker Vent...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min readStaging can play a critical role in residential real estate. It helps to bring a model unit to life, and it provides potential renters and buyers with a glimpse of what their future home could look li...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min read
To the surprise of some, or perhaps many, proptech has reportedly drawn the largest number of $5 million to $10 million seed rounds across industries in 2026. To the surprise of no one, artificial int...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min read
Best Large U.S. Cities for Gen Z in 2026
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min readWhat Is Defeasance in Commercial Real Estate? How the Process Works
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min readBy Tom DeRose, co-founder and CEO at PandaGuarantee ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Contested evictions in New York City are the most expens...
Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min readThe VA reopened its main foreclosure-prevention tool on June 15, 2026, after a gap of roughly 13 months in which more than 10,000 veterans lost homes to foreclosure sales. If you are behind on a VA-gu...
Aug 24, 2026 · 5 min readBusiness terms, like talented team members, may be underpaid overachievers. One of homebuilding’s buzzing pop-chart terms these days qualifies. Scale. It sounds abstract, rhetorical, almost like a B.S...
Aug 21, 2026 · 5 min readHousing has an AI problem, and the Federal Reserve has said so. As the midterms approach, a wave of anti-data-center sentiment and backlash against AI in general has been so sweeping that governors in...
Aug 21, 2026 · 5 min readWith a population of less than 6,000, little Bay Harbor Islands, Fla., is often overlooked – but not by Regency Development Group. Since 2020, the developer has been building residential projects in t...
Aug 21, 2026 · 5 min readYou have heard it at a listing table. You may have said a version of it yourself. “Let’s start it privately. Limited access creates urgency. When buyers cannot have something, they want it more.” The ...
Aug 21, 2026 · 5 min readDespite a bumpy economy and increasingly high Treasury yields, one global investment firm believes now is the time to pounce on U.S. commercial real estate. Commercial Observer spoke with Tony Charle...
Aug 21, 2026 · 5 min read
Ports are meant to offer protection from storms or rough seas. But nothing has been able to protect the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach from the uncertainty and fluctuation of trade policy during ...
Aug 21, 2026 · 5 min read
Landlords underwrite the retail tenant. But they almost never underwrite the tenant’s customer. They should. That gap costs landlords money, and it is fixable before a listing goes live. The standard ...
Aug 21, 2026 · 5 min readKey Takeaways Many HEI companies accept credit scores as low as 500–550, making HEIs one of the most accessible ways to tap home equity with poor credit. HEI approval is usually based more on your hom...
Aug 20, 2026 · 5 min readIt’s official. New York is employing more tech workers than the San Francisco Bay area. According to an annual CBRE report on North American tech talent, the New York metropolitan area’s tech workforc...
Aug 20, 2026 · 5 min read