Alex Douglas is a business and real estate writer based in suburban Chicago, bringing together professional newsroom experience, firsthand brokerage knowledge, and a practical interest in property investing. He earned a BS from Arizona State University and went on to report for multiple newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, where he covered business and real estate.
Before focusing on real estate journalism, Alex spent five years as a Realtor in Phoenix, giving him direct insight into buyers, sellers, agents, negotiations, and the day-to-day realities of local housing markets. Today, his reporting draws on both his journalism background and his real estate experience to explain market trends, housing developments, and industry changes with clarity and authority. As a novice multifamily real estate investor, Alex also brings a hands-on perspective to coverage of property ownership, investment strategy, and long-term market opportunities.
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A contemporary Mediterranean estate in The Madison sold for $9.5 million, the highest of five reported home sales in the Riverside metro area for the week ending September 27, 2026.
The Conference Board’s index dropped to 81.9 from 88.6 in August, and consumers’ assessment of their family’s current finances turned negative for only the second time in four years. Plans to buy a home slipped to 5.4%.
A four-bedroom house on Bancroft Avenue in Monte Sereno sold for $12.30 million, the highest-priced sale reported in the San Jose metro area for the week ending September 27, 2026.
A six-bedroom Atherton estate sold for $19,111,000, the highest reported home sale in the San Francisco metro area for the week ending September 27, 2026.
A custom home completed in 2025 in ArrowCreek sold for $4.85 million, the highest of five reported home sales in the Reno, Nevada metro area for the week ending September 27, 2026.
A Paradise Valley home in Invergordon Manor went under contract the same day the current listing went live and sold for $13.75 million, the highest reported home sale in the Phoenix metro area for the week ending September 27, 2026.
A new lakefront estate in Westlake Village sold for $7.50 million to lead five reported home sales in the Oxnard metro area for the week ending September 27, 2026.
A six-bedroom Manhattan Beach estate sold for $25.6 million, the highest-priced of five home sales reported in the Los Angeles metro area for the week ending September 27, 2026.
A seven-bedroom Ten Oaks Estate home with a separate two-bedroom guest house changed hands for $4.10 million, the highest reported home sale in the Las Vegas metro area for the week ending September 27, 2026.
A newly built Observatory Park Tudor sold for $5 million at full asking price, leading five reported home sales in the Denver metro area for the week ending September 27, 2026.
Belle Cottage, a 1900 residence in the Broadmoor neighborhood, sold for $1.75 million to lead the Colorado Springs metro area’s top five reported home sales for the week ending September 27, 2026.
The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller national index rose 1.9% in the year through July, up from 1.6% in June, but home values fell in real terms for a 14th straight month. FHFA’s separate index rose 2.6%.
The turnaround drops from 24 hours to under 12 for MLSs that buy from both companies — which, since May, have had the same parent.
A Form 4 filed Sept. 25 shows Berkshire Hathaway bought another 1.68 million Lennar shares for roughly $136 million, extending a six-session buying run worth about $349 million that began the day after the builder’s third-quarter miss.
A $746,500 Charleston Road sale in Newton Falls led the five highest reported home sales in the Youngstown, Ohio metro area for the week ending September 20, 2026.
A U.S. Conference of Mayors survey of 113 mayors found 96% blaming housing costs for the affordability crisis. The group is taking the argument to Albuquerque, Austin, Columbus and Atlanta in October.
Cipher Digital amended its Barber Lake lease with Fluidstack and signed a binding commitment with an unnamed AI lab for a second 10-year term, doubling the Colorado City, Texas campus’s contracted life and adding about $5.2 billion in revenue.
Charles Carrier, 67, president of a Dallas, Texas, real estate investment firm, was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $24.4 million in restitution after prosecutors said he took money from more than 80 investors on liens he never recorded.
Oracle told the developer of its 2.45-gigawatt Project Jupiter campus in Doña Ana County, N.M., that force majeure applies, a step that could delay rent by three years if the site misses its 2028 opening. Oracle shares fell 4.4%.
A 2021 custom home on 2.67 acres in Apache Woods sold for $2.13 million, the highest reported home sale in the Colorado Springs metro area for the week ending September 20, 2026.
A property at 1581 N Middletown Rd in Paris sold for $10.50 million, the highest of five reported home sales in the Lexington metro area for the week ending September 20, 2026.
A waterfront property with a private beach and dock in Branford’s Stony Creek village led New Haven-area home sales for the week ending September 20, closing at $3.40 million.
A 2023 riverfront house in The Estates on Peace River sold for $1.07 million, the highest reported home sale in the Punta Gorda, Florida metro area for the week ending September 20, 2026.
A four-bedroom house on 3.44 acres in Harvard sold for $1.90 million, the highest of five reported home sales in the Worcester, Massachusetts metro area for the week ending September 20, 2026.
A custom house on Jackpine Lane in Incline Village sold for $2.95 million, the highest reported sale in the Reno, Nevada metro area for the week ending September 20, 2026.
A four-structure compound on Ojai’s Foothill Road sold for $6.20 million, the highest of five reported home sales in the Oxnard, California metro area for the week ending September 20, 2026.
An 1848 Isle of Hope house sold for $5.10 million, the highest reported home sale in the Savannah metro area for the week ending September 20, 2026.
Newmark arranged the GoldenTree Asset Management loan for a 95-residence, 59-key Auberge Resorts Collection project at the base of Steamboat Resort, after more than a quarter of the residences went under contract.
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s weekly survey put the conforming 30-year fixed contract rate at 7.12% for the week ending Sept. 18, up 15 basis points, with refinancing at its slowest pace since February 2025.
Green Hills produced the top Louisville-area home sale of the week ending September 20, 2026: a 1937 house on Mayfair Lane that closed at $1,885,000.
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