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Why Is Florida Housing Inventory Rising in 2025–2026? As Florida’s resale pipeline loosens under stubborn borrowing costs and longer marketing times, inventory has begun to stack up heading into 2026. Realtor.com defines active listings as the monthly count of for-sale single-family and condo/townhome homes, excluding pending properties. Active listings stayed elevated, ending November 2025 at 163,059 after a July peak of 174,584. More than half of listed homes are now sitting unsold over 60 days , underscoring how higher rates are cooling demand. Supply Swells Ahead of Peak Season Seasonal migration is colliding with slower turnover. Median days on market reached 80 in November, while months of supply averaged 7, near balance despite a 4.9 statewide reading. New construction continues to add options as demand recalibrates. Newly listed homes fell 14.4% YoY in November to 35,716. Pending sales rose and prices slipped 0.95% to $405,400, widening buyer leverage into 2026. Active listing...

Key Takeaways Capital is shifting toward REIT structures because they absorb volatility faster than direct ownership. Income reliability now matters more than appreciation assumptions for serious investors. Ownership did not disappear, but it lost its position as the default path to participation. The Reckoning Nobody Wanted but Everyone Is Feeling Is the 2026 REIT world after your real estate ownership? The real estate market did not collapse heading into 2026. It split. Capital did not flee. It repositioned. What investors are reacting to now is not fear, hype, or headlines. It is math finally catching up to structure. For a decade, ownership was treated as the default path to real estate wealth. Control was assumed to equal safety. Leverage was rewarded. Time covered mistakes. That framework cracked under rate pressure, rising operating costs, and asset-level divergence. The result is a reckoning that feels quiet on the surface and brutal underneath. This is the moment wher...

What Is Welcome Home Ohio in 2026: and Who Qualifies? How did Ohio’s housing affordability crisis push the state into direct market intervention by 2026. Welcome Home Ohio was created in House Bill 33, signed July 4, 2023, to steer units toward owner occupants through grants and tax credits. In FY26, individual properties can receive grants of up to $100,000 . State Program Under Strain The Department of Development administers $100 million in General Revenue grants plus $50 million in credits. In Florida, Boynton Beach’s Cottage District is converting vacant lots into 41 workforce homes , showing how targeted redevelopment can expand attainable ownership. Three tracks—Purchasing, Rehab or Construction, and Tax Credit—can each receive up to $25 million per year. Together, they target 2,150 homes, signaling Community Impact. Who Qualifies, and Where Eligible applicants include land banks, land reutilization corporations, and electing subdivisions. Prior participation is scored, and Mont...

What Did Bethel Approve for Vessel Technologies? Bethel planners approved a settlement that ended Vessel Technologies’ lawsuit. and cleared a 72-unit, five-story apartment building for Nashville Road. The vote reversed a Planning and Zoning denial of a 75-unit plan on October 14, 2025. The filing relies on Connecticut’s 8-30g affordable housing statute. Connecticut’s housing market has been shaped by limited inventory , with months of supply falling to about two months. In West Hartford, Vessel submitted a new site plan for a 120 apartment units project at 29 Highland Street under the same statute. Unit Breakdown and Affordable Allocation Define the Deal The unit breakdown totals 72 apartments, with about 30%—roughly 22 units—deed restricted for households at 80% or less of area median income. The balance is designated market rate within the same five-story structure. Vessel Technologies, based in New York, described a proprietary construction process. It is intended to shorten timeli...

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What Is New York Deed Theft? How New York deed theft unfolds is often simple in method and devastating in outcome. It is the transfer of a deed or title without the owner’s knowledge or consent. It can appear in public filings after forgery, alteration, or signing schemes. The statute of limitations now runs up to five years after the theft or two years after discovery, whichever is later. Definition and felony stakes Under legal definitions, deed theft—also called deed fraud or title theft—targets residential and commercial real property. Perpetrators falsify conveyance instruments to misrepresent ownership rights or encumber title. As AI-driven land fraud rises nationwide, real estate professionals are increasingly urged to adopt a 3-layer protocol to confirm seller identity and ownership before closing. Since July 19, 2024, New York prosecutes deed theft as grand larceny. First degree is a class B felony involving elderly or disabled victims or theft from three or more homes. Seco...