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 brand-new single-story home in Rancharrah led the list, ahead of four established homes that range from a remodeled ArrowCreek property to an acre with horse zoning.
Three Riverside sales and two in Corona make up the week’s top group, with gated communities, private pools and generous lots among them.
A golf-front new build, a slopeside residence above a village skate rink and a log cabin across from national forest land share the list with a gated Mediterranean estate.
The week’s top sales ran from East Sacramento’s Fabulous Forties to Russell Ranch in Folsom, with stops in Carmichael, Davis and Arden-Arcade.
Private pools, detached casitas, a golf course setting and a hillside lot of more than two acres ran through the week’s five top sales.
Hillside homes with long views, a waterfront home in the Coronado Cays and a garden estate in the middle of the city made up the week’s top sales.
Three of the week’s five highest-priced sales were in San Luis Obispo, with Templeton and Los Osos accounting for the other two.
Country acreage, a hillside farmhouse with ocean views, a Spanish home from the 1920s and a brand-new modern home made up the top of the market for the week.
A Spanish Mediterranean home on West Cliff Drive led a week that also took in a Craftsman in Capitola and a hilltop estate of almost 12 acres outside Watsonville.
Two lakefront homes in Sammamish, a designer-finished home in Bellevue and two condominiums on Lake Washington’s shores make up the group.
Acreage in Lynnwood and Lake Stevens, a condominium in Edmonds and a lakefront home in Stanwood made up the top of the market.
Two homes in Rancho Palos Verdes and three in the beach towns of Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach each sold for more than $5 million.
Littleton accounted for three of the five sales, from a lot on the Columbine Country Club golf course to a mid-century modern enclave nearby.
Every one of the week’s top five sales came with land, from just under five acres to more than 33.
Homes in Summerlin North, Queensridge and Estancia At The Vistas, built between 1998 and 2017, led the week’s sales.
Mountain and water views, a gated golf community and a Craftsman on more than an acre in Puyallup ran through the week’s top closings.
Gilbert neighborhoods from Agritopia to White Fence Farms produced three of the week’s five top sales, with Queen Creek and Chandler adding one each.
A seven-bedroom estate near the Diablo Country Club led a week that also included two Alamo homes, a Danville cul-de-sac home and a gated Pleasanton property on more than five acres.
Three homes in Broken Arrow and two in Tulsa led the week, from country-style acreage with a horse barn to a gated golf-course community and a home with a private apartment near Main Street.
Two brand-new homes, a pair of postwar Kahala homes and a Mid-Century Modern home in Kailua made up the week’s top sales.
Homes on country acreage, a waterfront bluff and a golf course led the week’s sales.
A gated estate in Fair Acres, a new Parade of Homes cottage in Emerald Grove and a Ridgefield homestead were among the week’s highest-priced sales.
A newly built Mediterranean home above Ventura, a marble-filled villa in Camarillo and a Spanish-style home on two acres in Ojai were among the week’s top sales.
Three Golden homes took the top spots, joined by a remodeled Lakewood home with an indoor pool and a Wheat Ridge home on a lot of nearly an acre.
A pair of Rancho Santa Fe estates led the week, ahead of an oceanfront bluff property in Encinitas and two homes in Del Mar Heights.
A vineyard estate in Napa led a week of sales that reached from downtown Healdsburg to the Sonoma Coast.
All five of the week’s top sales were in Mesa, on lots ranging from 0.62 acres to 2.11 acres, and four of the five homes are single-story.
Two country properties with ponds, pools and barns sold alongside a Germantown home, a gated Old Creek Estates home and a renovated 1920s home in Central Gardens.
A waterside estate in Berthoud led a week of sales that reached from mountain neighborhoods in Estes Park to a golf course community in Windsor.
A new contemporary home with ocean views led a week of sales that ran from a 1930s Tudor Revival to an architect-designed modern home in the Bird Streets.
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