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In Multifamily Real Estate, Insurance Companies Now Know Your Roof Better Than You Do
Across the multifamily and commercial real estate sectors, roofing has shifted from a routine maintenance line item to a strategic asset-management concern. Insurance carriers...
Capital
More Multifamily Debt Funds, but Older Properties Are Getting Shut Out
Debt funds in multifamily lending have multiplied in recent years, expanding the availability of capital on paper. But their highly specific underwriting requirements regarding...
Construction
In New Jersey’s Somerset County, Rate Lock Is Trapping Entry-Level Sellers
The mortgage rate lock narrative has become a catch-all explanation for tight inventory, but on-the-ground evidence suggests it applies to a far narrower slice...
AI
Why Prop Tech Has Been Building for the Wrong Real Estate User
Most real estate technology has been designed to serve buyers who are ready to transact. But according to Benjamin Quinn, Director of Real Estate...
Capital
That Empty Office Building Down the Street? It Might Become Your Next Home
Drive through almost any downtown in America right now, and you’ll spot them — big office buildings with dark windows, empty parking garages, and...
Capital
Most Roofing Contractors Will Tell You What You Want to Hear. A Few Will Tell You What You Need to Know
When a daycare facility in Massachusetts needed to have a leaking flat roof repaired, three contractors came out and recommended the same thing: shingles....
Capital
Student Housing Surges Ahead in Healthy Building Certification, Outpacing Luxury Offices
Just a few years ago, healthy building certification was primarily the domain of high-end office buildings. Developers and corporate tenants competed to offer better...
AI
In PropTech, the Boring Strategy Is Beating the Billion-Dollar One
The real estate technology industry has spent the last decade chasing scale — private equity acquisitions, AI rollouts, integrated service ecosystems promising to own...