Investors say car condos are ‘better than owning an apartment’

With a rise in vehicle ownership and a decline in available street parking, Manhattan investors are betting big on car condos as New Yorkers prepare to return to in-person work. Continue reading

Surfside condo architect had been suspended for faulty designs in past

William Friedman, the architect who designed the Surfside condo building that partially collapsed in late June, had been suspended by Florida’s board of architecture in 1967 for designing buildings that could not withstand 1965’s Hurricane Betsy. Continue reading

Investor home purchases exceed pre-pandemic levels, hit record high

Investors purchased 67,943 US homes during the second quarter, for a total value of $48.5B, the highest figure on record, according to Redfin. Continue reading

Suburban condo conundrum: Sales soar as buyers hunt for elusive deals

The idea that the city is for condos and the suburbs are for homes is not reflective of a market in which suburban condo sales — and prices — are soaring. Continue reading

BuzzBuzzHome acquired by new home data provider Zonda

Zonda, a provider of data intelligence, lead generation and engagement tools to the homebuilding industry, is rapidly scaling up its capabilities through a string of acquisitions. Continue reading

Returns on home-flipping fall to 4-year low

In the second quarter of 2018, the average gross return-on-investment (ROI) for flipped homes was 44.3 percent, marking a 3.5 percent decline from the first quarter, and a 5.7 percent decline from this time last year. It’s also a major drop-off from th… Continue reading