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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Two homes in Whittier, two in Long Beach and one in Signal Hill made the list, and three of the five were built in the 1950s.
A custom two-story home with Strip views led a week of Las Vegas sales that also took in equestrian acreage, a 2022 home with an RV garage and a gated single-story home with a casita.
Every one of the week’s top sales was on Bainbridge Island, from shoreline acreage in Port Madison to a penthouse above the Winslow marina district.
A gated Fremont estate with a pool, a century-old Elmwood Craftsman and a new contemporary home steps from Chez Panisse were among the week’s top sellers.
A furnished golf-view townhouse, a modern home at Lake Las Vegas and homes in Green Valley Ranch, Anthem and MacDonald Ranch led the week’s sales.
Golf-course condominiums, a resort villa and a newly built home at Kohala Ranch made up the week’s top sales, with ocean and mountain views running through the group.
United Wholesale Mortgage’s parent posted $212.6 million of net income for the third quarter, reversing a $451.9 million second-quarter loss on servicing-rights valuations, even as originations dropped to $33.4 billion, refinances fell to $10.6 billion and gain margins narrowed to 124 basis points.
Every sale on this week’s list was a single-family home in El Dorado Hills, from one built in 1987 to one completed in 2018.
A home in a Parker golf community led the week, followed by four sales spread across Lone Tree, Castle Rock and The Pinery.
A sprawling Evergreen estate led a week of mountain and foothills sales that also reached Littleton, Bailey and Conifer.
A Mapleton Hill Victorian led a group of Boulder County sales that also took in a remodeled Table Mesa South home, a hillside mid-century modern and two newer homes in Lafayette and Longmont.
A gated farmhouse retreat, a French country estate with a wine room and a mid-century lot beside reservoir land joined a newer Wilder home among the week’s top sales.
The week’s five priciest sales ranged from a 2016 estate in La Quinta’s Hideaway Golf Club to a 1958 home in Palm Desert.
Four homes near Lake Tahoe and a gated estate in Gardnerville’s Jobs Peak Ranch made up the top of the market.
Breckenridge accounted for three of the week’s five top sales, with the other two in Frisco and Silverthorne.
Two contemporary homes in Aspen led the list, followed by new construction in Carbondale and Basalt and an established home in Basalt’s Elk Run neighborhood.
Two condominiums at the foot of the ski slopes and three single-family homes in Vail, Edwards and Beaver Creek made up the week’s top sales.
Homes with lake views in Tahoe City and above Donner Lake, a newer home in Truckee and a home with a dock in the Tahoe Keys led the week’s sales.
An $18 million Atherton estate led a week in which each of the five top sales came from a different town.
A renovated Colonial in San Marino led the list, followed by four homes in Pasadena and La Canada Flintridge that sold for between $3,495,000 and $4,675,000.
A Glendale horse property from 1941 and two newly built homes sat among five sales spread across five different communities.
Prices among the week’s five top home sales ran from $6,311,000 to $12,500,000, every one of them a single-family home in Santa Clara County.
From Russian Hill and Presidio Heights to Glen Park, every one of the week’s highest-priced sales was a single-family home.
A working cattle ranch in the Santa Lucia Mountains topped the week, followed by four homes in Carmel, Carmel Valley and Pebble Beach.
Two Tiburon homes with views across San Francisco Bay led the week, followed by a pair of homes in Sleepy Hollow and a single-level home on the Belvedere flats.
A top-floor condominium in Cherry Creek led a week in which all five of the priciest sales were in Denver, from a 1914 brick home in Country Club to a home completed in 2024 in Central Park.
Single-story homes on land, from just over an acre to 40 acres, made up the week’s top sales, with workshops and room for RVs turning up again and again.
Healthpeak lifted its 2026 FFO guidance to $1.76-$1.78 a share and is buying four lab buildings that average 41% occupancy, while senior housing NOI at Janus Living jumped 25.9%.
The partnership will originate acquisition and development loans for U.S. single-family communities, starting with a $450 million Trez loan book and targeting more than $1 billion a year.
Fairfield, Vacaville, Vallejo and Benicia shared the week’s top sales, a set of roomy single-family homes built over nearly seven decades.
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