James Clark is a staff reporter for RealtyWire, where he covers residential real estate, home sales, brokerage trends, seller strategy, marketing, home preparation, new construction, renovations, and the practical issues that affect buyers, sellers, agents, brokers, and property owners.
Before joining RealtyWire, James spent 15 years as a residential real estate agent in the Denver, Colorado metro area. During his real estate career, he worked with three different brokerage firms and focused heavily on representing home sellers, giving him firsthand experience with pricing strategy, listing preparation, negotiations, marketing, buyer behavior, and the challenges sellers face in changing market conditions.
James brings a practical, agent-level understanding of the real estate business to his reporting. His background gives him insight into real estate regulation, mortgage issues, sales trends, listing strategy, home staging, new construction, renovations, interior design, and the updates that can help improve a property's marketability and resale value.
His reporting focuses on making real estate news, trends, and market analysis useful for readers who want to better understand how the industry works at the ground level.
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Shoreline homes in Washington County took four of the five places, and a Craftsman-inspired home on Blackstone Boulevard rounded out the list.
A restored farm in Pawling, a gated retreat in Tuxedo Park and three homes in Hopewell Junction, Beacon and Pleasant Valley made up the week’s top sales.
From the coast at Cumberland Foreside and Bailey Island to the lakes of Bridgton and Raymond, each of the week’s top sales came from a different Cumberland County town.
A brick townhouse above the city, a Southern Colonial by a private lake and an estate of nearly 13 acres in Butler County lead a week of brick homes.
Sales in Cheshire, Madison, Middlebury and North Haven filled out a week that ranged from a new-construction Colonial to a mid-century ranch.
A working farm, a wooded Colonial, a brand-new home in Lititz and a downtown ranch with its own pool were among the week’s highest-priced closings across Lancaster County.
Two homes near the water in Westbrook and Old Saybrook joined three large Colonials in Farmington and Avon among the week’s top sales.
Two renovated ranch homes from the 1950s and 1960s led the week, followed by a wooded Middletown property and a pair of Mechanicsburg homes.
Homes on golf courses, a country property of more than 10 acres and two newly built homes made up the week’s top sales across Guilford and Randolph counties.
Two Fayetteville homes tied for second place at $590,000, and a newly built home in Raeford was the only sale outside Cumberland County.
A renovated modern home in Hunts Reserve led the list, followed by a horse property on open land in Hillsborough.
A Colonial on more than four acres, a century-old home near Buffalo’s parks and a 1970s architect-designed Contemporary were among the week’s top sales.
Two Stevensville properties, a West Severna Park Colonial, a Magothy River retreat in Pasadena and a golf-course home in Edgewater made up the week’s top sales.
A newly built cottage in a 55-and-over community topped the week, ahead of a New Jersey home, a renovated Contemporary and two Palmer Township homes in Easton.
Wooded acreage in East Berne, a downtown compound and a newer townhome in Saratoga Springs, a one-level ranch near Saratoga Lake and a suburban Colonial with a resort-style yard made up the week’s top sales.
Apollo will invest $1.34 billion for about two-thirds of a venture owning 19 UDR communities with 7,059 homes, at an implied 6.0% cap rate. UDR also lifted its 2026 FFOA outlook.
Gilbert’s roughly $1 billion gift will not be repaid and funds nearly half of the $2.2 billion Renaissance Center and east riverfront plan, with a 501(c)(4) owning the district and surplus going to the community.
California’s sales pace dropped to 260,410 in September, down 6.5% from a year ago, while the $899,720 statewide median barely moved, C.A.R. reported.
A gated estate on Lake Norman topped a week that also took in a full-floor penthouse, golf course living and a brand-new European-style villa.
Two newly built homes, a Craftsman bordering a golf club and a pair of Colonials made up the week’s top sales, from Washington to Bethesda, Arlington and Mc Lean.
Every one of the week’s top five was a single-family home in a Sussex County beach town, from oceanfront and ocean-block homes to two with views across Silver Lake.
Montgomery, Chester and Bucks counties shared the week’s top five, a group that ran from a converted estate stable to a Williamsburg-inspired Colonial in Blue Bell.
Two condominiums and three single-family homes make up the week’s five highest-priced sales, led by a $34.25 million condominium.
A private island, a stone estate on six acres and a rebuilt 1929 Colonial put Greenwich at the head of the list, with Fairfield and Westport close behind.
Two condominiums at the same South Boston address took the top two places in a week when four of the five highest-priced sales were in Boston.
A beachfront home in Chatham and a private island in Pocasset sold for the same price to share the top of the week’s ranking.
Two homes in the Champion Hills golf community bracketed a week that also brought a contemporary home in Asheville, a family home in Grove Park Cove and a hillside property in Alexander.
September producer price data show construction input costs up 11.2% to 11.9% from a year earlier, led by fuel and tariffed metals, with contractors reporting steel shortages into 2027.
Miami-Dade logged 24 home sales of $30 million or more through September, topping 2025’s full-year total of 21, even as overall sales fell 2% on higher mortgage rates.
A GAO report released Oct. 14 finds HUD fell from about 8,800 to 6,300 employees in 2025, ended 21% of its contracts, and left fair housing groups with a 10-month funding gap.
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