How to Sell in a Seller’s Market

More and more sellers are hoping for a windfall, listing now before the seller’s market runs out of steam. But it’s not always as simple as waiting for a horde of buyers to arrive with all the money they can muster.

Biden Needs to Put the Screws to the Suburbs

The Biden Administration has proposed spending a stunning $213 billion to tackle our nation’s growing affordable housing crisis. But in the end, all that extra cash sloshing around will fuel bidding wars for an artificially limited number of urban sites.

How to Win a Bidding War

A recent column about would-be homebuyers giving up because they keep losing bidding wars brought a flurry of responses: Readers want to know how they can become winners in this arena.

Biden Should Pocket These Tax Ideas

Over the next few months, the White House is likely to propose two major tax changes that could impact the housing sector. These two ideas, however, should be chucked in the circular file.

Where Is Our Sick Housing Market Headed?

More people want to buy a home than ever before, with our “K-shaped” recovery sending demand through the roof. Yet never has there been so little to choose from, with sellers holding back from trying the market due to COVID-19, making a long-standing shortage of new construction that much worse.

Speed Dating, Real Estate Style

Everyone, it has been said, enjoys their 15 minutes of fame. But these days, that’s just about all the time homebuyers are allowed to give a house the once-over and make a decision.

As Resort Towns Flourish, Lending Tightens

As the market for vacation homes continues to forge ahead at an almost unprecedented pace, the two major suppliers of financing funds have put a lid on the number of mortgages for such properties they will buy from primary lenders.