Real Estate Social Media and Updates

Houston Leads Top Five Markets for New MOB Construction
SocialFeb 26, 2026

Houston Leads Top Five Markets for New MOB Construction

🏥 Top Markets for New MOB Construction 1⃣ Houston 2⃣ Memphis 3⃣ Kansas City 4⃣ Los Angeles 5⃣ El Paso & Washington DC https://t.co/WGeA6KolkA

By Coy Davidson
NYC Homeowners Face Nearly 10% Property Tax Rise
SocialFeb 26, 2026

NYC Homeowners Face Nearly 10% Property Tax Rise

NYC Home Owners do you think this is FREE? Property Taxes going up nearly 10%

By Michael Zuber
Cava Targets 1,000 Locations, Sparking DC Retail Opportunities
SocialFeb 26, 2026

Cava Targets 1,000 Locations, Sparking DC Retail Opportunities

Cava is aiming for 1,000 restaurants by 2032. The DC-based chain just hit $1.2B in revenue and plans to pass 500 units this year. Same-store sales were flat last quarter, but expansion is driving growth. They’re preparing for 100 openings a...

By Hendo Realty
Treat California CRE as Distinct Markets, Not One
SocialFeb 26, 2026

Treat California CRE as Distinct Markets, Not One

California isn’t one market — it’s multiple markets. Central Valley CRE and Coastal CRE require completely different underwriting strategies. If you analyze both the same way, you’ll misprice risk. Smart investors adjust their model based on geography. DM me “UNDERWRITE” if you want to...

By Sumanjeet Singh
Rental Vacancies Stay Low, Supporting Mortgage Rates
SocialFeb 26, 2026

Rental Vacancies Stay Low, Supporting Mortgage Rates

Rental vacancy data has been the quietly positive story for #mortgagerares for over a year now. @housingwire @sarahteresa6 #realestate #housing #economics #chartdaddy

By Logan Mohtashami
First-Time Homebuyers Are Far Younger than 40
SocialFeb 25, 2026

First-Time Homebuyers Are Far Younger than 40

40-Year-Old Virgin was a funny movie, but it's not the age of the first-time home buyer in America https://t.co/wcVOoa450Q

By Logan Mohtashami
Home Prices Stay Sticky Without Massive Supply Shock
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Home Prices Stay Sticky Without Massive Supply Shock

The history of homeprices going back over 80 years. It's rare for nominal home prices to fall; it's super rare to have a massive nominal housing price crash. Home prices are sticky unless you have massive supply and distress sales...

By Logan Mohtashami
Retailers Clash over Fulton Market’s Cultural Identity
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Retailers Clash over Fulton Market’s Cultural Identity

From high fashion to fast food, retailers battle for soul of Chicago’s Fulton Market https://t.co/yHlUhchCi9’s-fulton-market

By Ryan Ori
Affordable Housing Requires Suburban and Greenfield Development
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Affordable Housing Requires Suburban and Greenfield Development

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS **METRO** There is NO example of any City keeping housing costs low without building in the suburbs and greenfield as well.

By Bobby Fijan
Winning Deals Even With Money Left on Table
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Winning Deals Even With Money Left on Table

You can leave money in a deal and still win. It doesn't have to be "a perfect BRRRR" to be effective.

By Coach Carson
VRE Buyout Offers 5% Cap Rate, Minimal Downside
SocialFeb 25, 2026

VRE Buyout Offers 5% Cap Rate, Minimal Downside

Good outline of the $VRE buyout. There’s probably a small chance of an overbid here. But, to be honest, probably close to zero, at a 5% implied cap rate. But we’ll see. Downside is only ~10% and the buyer isn’t walking, so...

By Dalius – Special Sits
Pending Contracts Near February 2025 Levels, Demand Remains Tame
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Pending Contracts Near February 2025 Levels, Demand Remains Tame

Looks like pending contracts this month will match or slightly surpass February 2025. Here is a visual as of a couple days ago. Basically, buyer demand has been pretty tame still. Very slightly better. https://t.co/9ckA6qPxJo

By Ryan Lundquist
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SocialFeb 25, 2026

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#RealEstate data giant #CoStar thinks of itself as a winner but thus far #WallSt treating it as a loser, as it fell below $45/share 1st X since 19. #Florance touts https://t.co/OfrVvw8tgH's new #AI platform, sees rivals as 'doomscrolls' #CRE ...

By David Levitt
Stable City Prices only Where Greenfield Development Thrives
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Stable City Prices only Where Greenfield Development Thrives

This can be laid at the feet of the suburbs not building: Long Island, West Chester, Connecticut, and North Jersey There is no market with stable CITY prices which has not see a TON of greenfield development.

By Bobby Fijan
Fed Vice Chair Urges Big Banks Return to Mortgages
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Fed Vice Chair Urges Big Banks Return to Mortgages

Big banks retreated from mortgages after the 2008 housing crash—now this Fed governor wants them back After a decade+ of "migration" toward nonbanks, Federal Reserve Vice Chair Michelle Bowman says it's time to reconsider policy My latest for ResiClub: https://t.co/6IY86V9OTy

By Lance Lambert
Altadena Renters Lag Behind Post‑wildfire Recovery, People Matter
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Altadena Renters Lag Behind Post‑wildfire Recovery, People Matter

Renter recovery is lagging in Altadena after last year's wildfire, a new @UCLAlatino study finds: “The real question is when we’re prioritizing return to Altadena to what it once was, is that based on the housing or is that based...

By Liam Dillon
More Pandemic Construction, Fewer Bidding Wars; Less Building, More.
SocialFeb 25, 2026

More Pandemic Construction, Fewer Bidding Wars; Less Building, More.

🏗️The places that built the most housing during the pandemic have the fewest bidding wars, and the places that neglected to build have the most. 🏘️ See percent of homes selling above list price by county. https://t.co/giPGgmFuBr

By Fairweather PhD
Avoid Underwriting Errors to Maximize Build‑to‑Rent Profits
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Avoid Underwriting Errors to Maximize Build‑to‑Rent Profits

Build to Rent Deals: Avoid Underwriting Mistakes for Profit Follow @chasecalhoun.realestate for more on build-to-rent and real estate investing. #realestate #investmentproperty #buildtorent

By Chase Calhoun
Bay Area's Tech Boom Fuels Essex Growth Through 2026
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Bay Area's Tech Boom Fuels Essex Growth Through 2026

Here are some highlights from Essex's (major West Coast apartment REIT) recent earnings call: 1) The Bay Area remains a bright spot for Essex, driven by tech jobs plus limited housing supply. Essex expecting same for 2026. https://t.co/bENUiyzAc3

By Jay Parsons
Closed Pharmacies Find New Life as Versatile Retail Hubs
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Closed Pharmacies Find New Life as Versatile Retail Hubs

Drugstores are shrinking fast, but their real estate is not becoming obsolete. Well-located former pharmacies are turning into some of the most versatile second-generation retail and healthcare sites in the market. ▫️Walgreens plans to close 1,200 stores (500 in 2025 alone). ▫️CVS...

By Coy Davidson
Austin Rents Set to Rebound as Vacancy Dries
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Austin Rents Set to Rebound as Vacancy Dries

#Austin poised for another moment. Rents there w/probably rise in coming months after falling last 10 qtrs as trove of empty apts starts to run dry. #realestate #CRE #multifamily #tech #mortgage #investmentsales https://t.co/meHbZSFqVN via @WSJ https://t.co/T2gRvG2Sc2

By David Levitt
DC Height Act Forces Windowless Bedrooms in Apartments
SocialFeb 25, 2026

DC Height Act Forces Windowless Bedrooms in Apartments

If you ever wondered why DC has so many apartments with windowless bedrooms … it’s the Height Act https://t.co/Axl6cvRgrf

By Bobby Fijan
Mortgage Demand Hits 10‑month Low, Biggest Homebuyer Strike
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Mortgage Demand Hits 10‑month Low, Biggest Homebuyer Strike

Mortgage demand to buy houses just plummeted to its lowest level in 10 months. The MBA mortgage purchase index is now at 150. 57% crash from pandemic peak. 40% drop from 2018-2019 levels. It's the biggest homebuyer strike ever. https://t.co/FVB0HYY4bc

By Nick Gerli
Look Beyond Median Sales Price to Understand Home Price Trends
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Look Beyond Median Sales Price to Understand Home Price Trends

What are home prices doing? It depends. Some thoughts today about interpreting price change. I think it's really important to think beyond the median sales price in 2026. I hope this helps. Any thoughts? https://t.co/KmyRaAIto8

By Ryan Lundquist
UWM’s 2025 Loan Volume Jumps 17% on Refinance Surge
SocialFeb 25, 2026

UWM’s 2025 Loan Volume Jumps 17% on Refinance Surge

The nation's top mortgage lender (UWM) funded $163.4B in home loans during 2025. That was up ~17% from $139.4B in 2024. Interestingly, it was led by refis, which surged to $70.3B from $43.4B, while home purchase lending actually fell slightly YoY.

By The Truth About Mortgage
Amex Anchors 2WTC, Enabling Long‑delayed Spire Construction
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Amex Anchors 2WTC, Enabling Long‑delayed Spire Construction

Looks like #1WTC's "little" brother w/finally reach the sky, if a little late. #Amex agrees to be anchor tenant for #2WTC, clearing way for #Silverstein to erect long-stalled 55-story spire, almost 25 years after terror. #NYC #CRE #WTC https://t.co/5zFupdpk1N...

By David Levitt
Housing Prices Slip Below 2022 Peaks After Inflation Adjustment
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Housing Prices Slip Below 2022 Peaks After Inflation Adjustment

Inflation Adjusted House Prices 2.2% Below 2022 Peak Price-to-rent index is 9.5% below 2022 peak https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/inflation-adjusted-house-prices-22-75d

By Bill McBride (Calculated Risk)
Rising Sales, Inventory, and Prices Co‑occurred Historically
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Rising Sales, Inventory, and Prices Co‑occurred Historically

The reason I draw these black lines in 1980's, 1990's, and 2000s It was common that we had rising sales, rising inventory, and rising prices together, a lot of people = rising inventory with pricing falling on this site (This...

By Logan Mohtashami
Rapid Apartment Boom Hits Non‑Rent‑Controlled Metro Areas
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Rapid Apartment Boom Hits Non‑Rent‑Controlled Metro Areas

What share of your metro area's apartment units were built since 2020? These numbers put into context the sheer size of this development boom. More than 4 of every 10 existing apartments in Huntsville AL were built just since 2020. More...

By Jay Parsons
Weekly Sales Dip Yet Up 12% YoY Amid Snow Melt
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Weekly Sales Dip Yet Up 12% YoY Amid Snow Melt

Purchase application data update -5% week to week +12% year over year So far this year, even with a higher bar to work with, every week has had positive year-over-year growth The last 2 weeks, our weekly pending sales data have...

By Logan Mohtashami
Rising Rents and Lower Rates Drive Renters Toward Buying
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Rising Rents and Lower Rates Drive Renters Toward Buying

For renters, a strong nudge to think about buying a home often comes from a big renewal increase. As the rental market crawls out of its recession, and mortgage rates start with a 5 not a 6, expect more renters...

By Rick Palacios Jr.
Housing Inventory Down 2.6 M From 2008 Levels
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Housing Inventory Down 2.6 M From 2008 Levels

For those asking about the gap in this chart today vs 2008 2008: 4,000,000 existing home sales 2008: 3.8 million active inventory Currently active inventory here is 1,220,000 roughly a 2.6 million gap Normal inventory levels are actually 2-2.5 million

By Logan Mohtashami
Kali Chaudhuri Bets $470M to Revitalize LA Towers
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Kali Chaudhuri Bets $470M to Revitalize LA Towers

#KaliChaudhuri looked at #LA's graffiti-scarred towers+saw potential. Poised to pay $470M for #OceanwidePlaza, storied for its #Chinese failure,+its 2 brethren. 'I'll try my very best to turn it around+make it a jewel' #realestate #multifamily #KPC https://t.co/CANYdyTniX

By David Levitt
Essential Guide to Private Real Estate Incentives
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Essential Guide to Private Real Estate Incentives

If you are just learning about the private real estate business, either as a prospective GP or LP, please read this short book. It’s a pretty balanced explanation of the game, including the incentives driving the different players. https://t.co/3pvXJikrV5

By Moses Kagan
Purchase Index Falls Weekly, Still Up 12% YoY
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Purchase Index Falls Weekly, Still Up 12% YoY

MBA: "The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index decreased 5 percent from one week earlier. The unadjusted Purchase Index decreased 1 percent compared with the previous week and was 12 percent higher than the same week one year ago."

By Bill McBride (Calculated Risk)
House GOP Meets Treasury on Large‑investor Home Ban
SocialFeb 25, 2026

House GOP Meets Treasury on Large‑investor Home Ban

"House Republicans will travel to the Treasury Department on Wednesday morning to meet with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and discuss the large investor prohibition. Members will also discuss the Housing for the 21st Century Act" https://t.co/BwCRGysRG8

By Lance Lambert
Vermont's Statewide Pre‑approval Needed; Local Opt‑in Hampers Scaling
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Vermont's Statewide Pre‑approval Needed; Local Opt‑in Hampers Scaling

This effort in Vermont to establish statewide pre-approved plans is a step in the right direction—key to the scalability needed for affordable infill housing, especially modular/manufactured housing. But making it a local "opt in" kind of undermines that. https://t.co/RxlmZXG3iY

By Nolan Gray
Trump’s Investor Ban Reveals Bipartisan Hypocrisy on Housing
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Trump’s Investor Ban Reveals Bipartisan Hypocrisy on Housing

Trump's call to ban large investors from buying houses is rare case of bipartisan unity -- and hypocrisy. For GOP, it's anti free market. For Democrats, it's anti diversity-- blocking families from nicer neighborhoods unless they're wealthy enough to qualify for a...

By Jay Parsons
Home Prices Stay Resilient Across 2.75%-18% Rates
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Home Prices Stay Resilient Across 2.75%-18% Rates

The history of home prices when rates ranged from 2.75% to 18% during this period. https://t.co/I0aE7X40Jt

By Logan Mohtashami
Chicago's Migration Reverses: In
SocialFeb 25, 2026

Chicago's Migration Reverses: In

Migration patterns for the Chicago MSA in the past few years really illustrate what I've called "The Great Stay." Q2 2025 was the first period in many years where inbound migration exceeded outbound migration. Over the last 8 years, total moves...

By Mike Simonsen
9 Underappreciated Real Estate Asset Classes to Explore
SocialFeb 24, 2026

9 Underappreciated Real Estate Asset Classes to Explore

Interested in real estate but don't know where to start? Here's a list of 9 under appreciated RE asset classes that I love: https://t.co/kyH2JAGQuH

By Nick Huber (Sweaty Startup)
Medical Office Rent Growth Returns to 1.9
SocialFeb 24, 2026

Medical Office Rent Growth Returns to 1.9

🏥 Medical Office Update: Rent growth is settling back to historical norms (1.9% YoY) as the inflation wave passes. Individual metros still vary widely. Despite the normalization, occupancy remains at a healthy 92.5%. High construction costs are keeping supply in check....

By Coy Davidson
Yoda Targets Transamerica Pyramid Amid German Investor Pressure
SocialFeb 24, 2026

Yoda Targets Transamerica Pyramid Amid German Investor Pressure

#Yoda to buy #TransamericaPyramid, #SanFran icon. as seller #Shvo faces mounting tension w/#German investors. #BVK #DeutscheFinance #realestate #CRE #BayArea #mortgage #foreclosure #MandarinOriental #Egypt https://t.co/7oosJbQTvE

By David Levitt
Amazon Invests $12B in Shreveport Data Centers, Boosting LA Jobs
SocialFeb 24, 2026

Amazon Invests $12B in Shreveport Data Centers, Boosting LA Jobs

#Amazon in $12B love affair w/#LA as it plans series of #datacenters near #Shreveport. 'Puts LA at center of operations relied on acx country+connects our community to jobs' #ecommerce #infrastructure #realestate #CRE #AI #electricity #GovLandry https://t.co/27YgUCMaNa

By David Levitt
Blaming Boogeymen Masks Need for Housing Deregulation
SocialFeb 24, 2026

Blaming Boogeymen Masks Need for Housing Deregulation

There's always another boogeyman waiting around the corner to explain high home prices without admitting we need to deregulate It was Airbnb - banned in NY Then it was rent algorithms - banned in NY Now it's private equity Meanwhile rents just keep...

By Brad Hargreaves
Prioritize Family Support Over Demonizing Businesses
SocialFeb 24, 2026

Prioritize Family Support Over Demonizing Businesses

Hot take: We should care more about helping families (particularly those who can't qualify for a mortgage) than about demonizing businesses, and more cognizant of collateral damage caused by the latter.

By Jay Parsons
SCOTUS Decision Adds
SocialFeb 24, 2026

SCOTUS Decision Adds

For #CRE investors who crave stability, Fridays' #SCOTUS ruling w/a big 'huh?' W/#Trump moving for alternatives to impose #tariffs. 'This is a very convoluted system. The devil's always in the details.' #realestate #IEEPA #supplychains #warehouse https://t.co/aIdO8aeSdM

By David Levitt
Higher Landlord Costs Raise Rents, Hurting Families
SocialFeb 24, 2026

Higher Landlord Costs Raise Rents, Hurting Families

Crazy how both parties are racing to be more anti-science than the other one on housing policy. It ain't complicated: If you drive up the cost of managing rental homes, you drive up the costs for renters -- exacerbating challenges for...

By Jay Parsons
ICE Spends $158M Turning Warehouses Into Detention Centers
SocialFeb 24, 2026

ICE Spends $158M Turning Warehouses Into Detention Centers

Genuinely curious to see how ICE converts large warehouses into detention centers. A report stated it would cost $158M to retrofit one in particular, not to mention the cost of buying it in the first place. Why buy a building not intended...

By Chad Griffiths