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Texas Housing Darling Cools Fast, Sales Momentum Breaks

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Is the Texas Housing Market Cooling or Normalizing? How quickly conditions have shifted is now visible across Texas metro areas. Values have fallen from 2022 to 2025 in Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, and parts of Houston. In Austin, the typical value fell about 24 percent. It dropped from roughly $553,000 to $420,000, resetting affordability. In Dallas-Fort Worth, a sharp inventory surge has tilted negotiations toward buyers as more deals close below list price. Disruption Signals in Pricing and Demand Rates, lock in, and sentiment High interest rates and the lock in effect are constraining existing-home listings and transactions. TRERC expects 30-year mortgage rates to ease to 5%–5.6% by December 2026. Weaker buyer sentiment and slower migration patterns are limiting the pool of move up and first time buyers. Inventory and concessions Builders carried inventory longer in 2025. That expanded incentives and compressed margins. Price cutting has offset inventory growth. Real prices only ...
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Florida Condo Owners Revolt as Costs Explode Statewide

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Florida Condo Costs in 2026: What Changed Although Florida condos were already expensive to operate, 2026 cost schedules are now exposing a sharper reset driven by insurance, reserves, and compliance mandates. The 2022 law’s reserve mandates are now forcing associations to fully fund major repair accounts. Owners are seeing higher monthly dues plus larger insurance bills, with new payment calendars landing ahead of the winter buying season. In Tampa Bay, double-digit rate hikes are also adding hundreds per year to homeowners’ insurance bills, intensifying affordability pressure across the region. Miami-Dade Shock Median high rise HOA fees exceeded $1,900 a month in 2025, about $500 higher than 2024. Waterfront towers posted about 26 percent year over year jumps as HOA insurance averaged roughly $377 monthly per unit. Statewide Spillover Fort Lauderdale averages about $646 a month and Orlando about $490, but coastal luxury buildings commonly exceed $1,000. Special assessments of $25,0...
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Zillow Flags 2026 Shift in Housing Demand, Investor Warning

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Zillow 2026 Forecast: Prices, Sales, and Affordability While the housing market exits a near-flat 2025, Zillow projects U.S. home values will rise 1.9% in 2026. That points to modest appreciation as supply continues to rebuild. National active inventory rose roughly 25% from July 2024 to July 2025, signaling a gradual reset in available listings. Earlier estimates were 1.2%, later revised to 2.0% through November 2026. Zillow’s latest 12-month outlook projects a 2.0% national home price gain from Nov 2025 to Nov 2026. Price Pressure Eases, But Declines Persist Markets with annual declines are expected to fall from 24 in October to 12 by year-end. Half of cities, including Los Angeles and Seattle, show year-over-year dips. Rebuilding inventory and the construction pipeline keep gains restrained. Sales Lift Meets Better Affordability Existing home sales are forecast at 4.2 million in 2026, up about 4% from 2025. Mortgage payments are 8.4% lower year over year, with affordability improv...
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8 Real Estate Contracts Investors Sign Without Reading

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You sign these eight documents fast: purchase contract (price line, contingencies, deadlines), inspection addendum, and repair-request amendment. Seller disclosure (PA 68 Pa.C.S. §7301), earnest-money escrow instructions, and financing contingency/commitment. Title/survey/deed package, and post-closing occupancy or rehab agreement. Miss one deadline starting at seller acceptance and your exit can vanish. Skip escrow rules or lien exceptions and your deposit or title gets trapped. Want to keep leverage and cash predictable? Keep going. Stick around and you’ll see how. Purchase Contract: Price, Contingencies, Deadlines Because the purchase contract becomes the rulebook a judge will enforce, you can’t treat “price, contingencies, and deadlines” as boilerplate. A contract generally isn’t enforceable until all parties sign it. Those three sections decide whether you close cleanly or fund someone else’s exit. The price line isn’t just a number: it allocates taxes, prorated property taxes, H...
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Denver Jury Tags Developer Guilty, 11 Deals Implode

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What Fox Street Is Suing Denver Over in Globeville Fox Street Corridor LLC’s lawsuit against the City and County of Denver targets development entitlements for a 9-acre Globeville site. The property is bounded by Fox Street, Race Court, 48th Street, and Clayton Street. The dispute lands as investors nationwide weigh volatility in ultra-luxury real estate markets, including Miami Beach’s $75 million spec listings. Code and Entitlement Breakdown The complaint says Denver revoked preliminary approval. It also claims the city then denied density incentives promised under the land use code. The lawsuit further alleges officials threatened post-approval rezoning. It also says the city applied inconsistent standards compared with similar Globeville filings. Exactions, Delays, and Damages Fox Street challenges demands for affordable housing, parkland dedication, parking, plazas, and bike lanes. The developer disputes the legality of those exactions under state and federal takings rules. The s...
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Dallas Land Buy Tops 2,500 Acres, $5.1B Build Plan

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Dallas Land Buy: What Happened at South Creek Ranch Although the acquisition terms were not disclosed, Cawley Partners and an investment group acquired South Creek Ranch in 2025, securing a 5,200-acre tract in Ferris, Texas. The sale included all owned minerals conveyed with the property. Icon Global brokered the deal, underscoring its broker role after a bid window from May 15 to June 28. The deal comes as builders nationally continue chasing prime residential land amid strong demand for well-located housing sites. Sale mechanics and history The ranch was assembled and stewarded for more than 50 years, forming a family legacy tied to W. Ray Wallace, the Trinity Industries CEO who died in 2016. Tours were offered to pre-qualified parties before bids were due June 28. Property status at closing The tract sits in the Ferris ETJ, straddling Dallas and Ellis counties, with I-45 frontage at Malloy Bridge Road. It transferred as a three-part holding: ranch, Tall Oaks homestead, and Woodsto...
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Seattle Zillow Cuts 200 Jobs, Housing Tech Jitters

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What Happened in the Seattle Zillow Layoffs (200 Cuts)? Although Zillow continued posting job openings, the Seattle-based real estate company cut about 200 employees in recent weeks leading up to Jan. 30, 2026. Another sign of the region’s broader tech pullback came as Amazon 16,000-job cut headlines fueled white-collar job anxiety across Seattle. The reduction equaled roughly 2–3% of its workforce. The cuts also arrive as Zillow faces heightened scrutiny tied to its New Listing Rule and broader antitrust tensions reshaping real estate tech. Scope of disruption Cuts were reported across roles, with no single business segment targeted. Tracker data described impacts on white-collar and factory workers. Key figures: Affected : about 200 Prior cuts : 23 in 2023, 300 in 2022, 2,000 in 2021 Confirmation and fallout Axios reported the layoffs and cited spokesperson Chrissy Roebuck confirming the action. The move landed amid Seattle tech layoffs and media coverage. Zillow revenue was up 16%...
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