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 four-bedroom Clarence Center home sold for $1.41 million, the highest-priced reported home sale in the Buffalo, New York metro area for the week ending September 13, 2026.
An 1880 property on Seneca Point Road in Canandaigua sold for $975,000, the highest-priced home sale reported in the Rochester, New York metro area for the week ending September 13, 2026.
A Port Charlotte house with a private beach on Charlotte Harbor sold for $1.56 million, the top reported sale in the Punta Gorda metro area for the week ending August 30.
A custom waterfront estate on Pohlman Point in Severna Park sold for $6.25 million, the highest-priced home sale reported in the Baltimore metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
The Federal Open Market Committee opened a two-day meeting Sept. 15 with markets pricing a rate increase at better than 90% odds. The 10-year Treasury has already closed at 4.97%, its highest of 2026, and the 30-year mortgage rate is at 6.76%.
A newly built home in Nashville’s Seven Hills neighborhood sold for $6.26 million — $260,041 above its final asking price — leading the metro area’s five highest-priced reported home sales for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A Mortenson-McCownGordon joint venture will build the ballpark and JE Dunn will develop the surrounding 85 acres, moving the Royals’ $3 billion Crown Center project toward a 2027 groundbreaking.
A newly built home in Scottsdale’s La Tierra Estates sold for $7,995,000, the highest of five top home sales reported in the Phoenix metro area for the week ending September 13, 2026.
Airbnb committed an initial $250 million in last-dollar financing to rental projects that are permitted but short of the capital needed to break ground, saying it expects to unlock more than $5 billion over ten years. The first investment is $6.4 million for 201 affordable units in Austin, Texas.
A five-bedroom Bolton house on 2.24 acres sold for $1.60 million, the highest-priced home sale reported in the Worcester, Massachusetts metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A walled and gated Brentwood estate on Marlboro Street sold for $21.14 million, the highest-priced reported home sale in the Los Angeles metro area for the week ending September 13, 2026.
A 2008 custom home with a pool in The Villas Of Wesley Park sold for $2.47 million, the highest-priced home sale reported in the Knoxville, Tennessee metro area for the week ending September 13, 2026.
The construction intelligence firm said Sept. 14 it raised $130 million led by O.G. Venture Partners, bringing total funding to $297 million, as owners including Intel and Digital Realty push schedule-critical data center projects.
The commercial mortgage trade association has hired BMO Capital Markets’ head of CMBS to lead it from Sept. 30, ending an interim stretch after Lisa Pendergast’s decade in the job.
The Nasdaq-listed REIT sold 30 outpatient medical buildings for about $198 million, repaid $119 million of secured term loans and moved a step closer to a senior housing portfolio.
A Warren house taken down to the studs and expanded again this year sold for $570,000, the highest of five home sales reported in the Youngstown metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A Madison Center house with a heated saltwater pool and pool house sold for $2.70 million, the highest of five reported home sales in the New Haven metro area for the week ending September 6.
A 24-story Downtown Brooklyn tower finished in 2023 and never leased will become 239 rental apartments, financed by a $208 million first mortgage construction loan from Northwind Group.
A newly completed contemporary home in the Loyola area of Los Altos sold for $7.78 million, the highest-priced home sale reported in the San Jose, California metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
Redfin counted 1.53 million sellers against 972,300 buyers in August, a 57.9% gap and the largest in records back to 2013. All ten most buyer-friendly metros are in the Sun Belt.
A three-bedroom residence at Victoria Place in Kakaako sold for $4.70 million, the highest-priced home sale reported in the Urban Honolulu metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A bayfront home in the Casablanca neighborhood of Gulf Breeze sold for $2.12 million, the highest reported sale in the Pensacola metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A McMeekin estate backing to the University of Kentucky Arboretum sold for $1.40 million, the highest reported home sale in the Lexington metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A Channel Islands waterfront home with two boat easements sold for $4.80 million, the highest reported sale in the Oxnard metro area for the week ending September 6.
A five-bedroom house on Champagne Road in Incline Village sold for $11 million, the highest reported home sale in the Reno metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A renovated Deer Creek residence at The Landings on Skidaway Island sold for $2.30 million, the highest reported home sale in the Savannah, Georgia metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A five-bedroom custom home with a pool and horse facilities sold for $1.70 million, the highest-priced home sale reported in the Bakersfield, California metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A gated house in the Flying Horse golf community sold for $2,250,000, the highest reported home sale in the Colorado Springs metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
A newly built waterfront home in Placida’s Coral Creek Anglers Club sold for $2 million, the highest reported sale in the Punta Gorda metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.
Existing-home sales fell 2.0% in August to a 3.98 million annual rate while inventory topped 1.6 million units for the first time since November 2019, the National Association of Realtors said Sept. 10.
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