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 1993 house on a four-acre parcel in the Windsbury Hills community of Manlius sold for $1.09 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Syracuse, New York metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A 1988 house in Hudson’s Canterbury Place community sold for $1.37 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Akron, Ohio metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
Active buyers fell to a record low in July and sellers now outnumber them by 51.3%, Redfin found, even as a separate weekly report showed the largest jump in new listings in five months.
The company’s ZenaWorx platform now tracks grading, drainage and cut-and-fill volumes during the earthworks phase of data center construction, landing its first paying customer for the tool.
The appeals court found the discount brokerage’s claims both untimely and legally insufficient, handing NAR a second court win against Homie in less than two years.
Mortgage servicer NewRez LLC will pay $15.5 million to resolve a multistate examination that found the company improperly charged force-placed insurance to more than 4,200 borrowers nationwide who already had active homeowners insurance policies, the Arkansas Securities Department announced August 12. Force-placed insurance is coverage a mortgage servicer buys on a borrower’s behalf, at the … Read more
A 2012 estate at 1 Clear Water in Newport Coast’s Crystal Cove community sold for $38.90 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Los Angeles, California metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A 1923 estate on the Delaware River in New Hope sold for $6.25 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A gated 1986 estate in Paradise Valley’s Elmaro Estates sold for $19 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Phoenix, Arizona metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A 2017 custom house in Clyde Hill sold for $6.25 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Seattle, Washington metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A newly built house in Minnetonka’s Elevare enclave sold for $5.35 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Minneapolis, Minnesota metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A 14-acre property with a stocked pond and horse pastures in west Carmel sold for $3.75 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Indianapolis, Indiana metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the K-shaped economy is over, but Realtor.com transaction data shows entry-level home sales still declining faster than any other price tier while $1M-$2M sales keep growing.
Riot Platforms disclosed a 20-year, $9.1 billion data center lease for 191 MW of capacity at its Rockdale, Texas campus, a former Alcoa smelter site, with an AI lab tenant regional media have identified as Anthropic.
The Consumer Price Index rose 3.4% annually in July, an in-line reading that gives the Fed room to hold rates steady and eases near-term pressure on mortgage rates, which sit near 2026 highs.
A remodeled seven-bedroom house on a Cherry Hills Village cul-de-sac sold for $6.08 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Denver, Colorado metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing acquired a newly built, 1.5 million-square-foot distribution facility leased to Ace Hardware in Kansas City for $158.5 million, in an off-market deal with developer Hunt Midwest.
ApartmentIQ raised a $25 million follow-on round from repeat investor Susquehanna Growth Equity as the apartment data and AI platform says its coverage now spans more than 8 million units nationwide.
WS Development and PSP Investments have secured a $660 million refinancing loan for One Boston Wharf, a fully leased, 708,590-square-foot office tower in Boston, Mass.’s Seaport District, retiring the project’s 2021 construction debt.
Real Capital Solutions has launched the RCS Contrarian Office Fund, targeting $350 million to buy distressed Class A and B office buildings, with CEO Marcel Arsenault anchoring the vehicle with a $50 million personal commitment.
A staff-level permit, not a City Council vote, cleared Amazon’s $2 billion data center campus in Gilroy, California. Decades-old industrial zoning meant no public hearing was legally required.
Mortgage rates could swing this week depending on Wednesday’s Consumer Price Index report, which Redfin economists say could decisively shift the odds ahead of the Federal Reserve’s Sept. 16 meeting.
Canyon Partners Real Estate closed its latest opportunistic fund at about $570 million, above its $500 million target, aiming at distressed, value-add and mid-construction real estate deals.
Medical Properties Trust narrowed its second-quarter net loss to $2.6 million and announced a $2.4 billion note offering to repay 2026 and 2027 debt as the hospital REIT continues rebuilding its balance sheet.
Ryman Hospitality Properties agreed to buy the 1,592-room Grande Lakes Orlando resort, including a JW Marriott and its first Ritz-Carlton, for $1.38 billion from Trinity Investments.
U.S. office net absorption reached a positive 16.9 million square feet in the second quarter, extending occupancy gains to seven consecutive quarters, according to Colliers. Cumulative positive absorption over the prior two years totaled 44.0 million square feet. Comparing those two figures reveals something the headline does not. Key facts The recovery is accelerating, not … Read more
First-half home sales in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos area rose 4.8% to 15,698 while the median price fell 2.4% to $425,000, according to Unlock MLS. June pending sales climbed 13.2%, and active listings within the city of Austin fell 22.1% to 4,665. Sales up, prices down, inventory sharply lower — that combination describes a market … Read more
CoStar Group forecasts a turning point for U.S. industrial real estate, with net absorption overtaking new supply by late 2027 as construction slows and rent growth firms.
Marcus & Millichap posted 17.8% revenue growth and a return to profitability in the second quarter as commercial real estate sales and financing activity picked up.
Realtors Property Resource, NAR’s data and technology subsidiary, elevated two longtime executives to newly created chief strategy officer and chief product officer roles.
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