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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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.
Doug Middleton, who ran CBRE’s New York institutional investment sales group for eight years, joins Cushman & Wakefield as executive vice chairman with Jack Stillwagon.
An average of 47% of builders reported shortages across the nine trades NAHB has tracked since 1996 — a higher reading than any during the last housing boom, at nearly 30% fewer housing starts.
Three newly built homes shared the list with a country property on a dozen acres and a 1990s home with a pool.
Homes built across nearly two centuries, from 1830 to 2000, made up the top of the market, with an equestrian property in Uxbridge in first place.
A Fayetteville home built in 1820, with a barn and a pool house on its grounds, led a week of sales that reached from Skaneateles to Baldwinsville.
Wilbraham had two of the week’s five highest-priced sales, and the other three were spread across Longmeadow, Agawam and West Springfield.
Three of the five highest-priced sales were in Clarks Summit, and the homes were built across more than a century, from 1888 to 1992.
A home built in 1915 on Lake Ontario and a townhouse finished in 2025 mark the two ends of a week that also brought a ranch built for two households and a pair of wooded suburban homes.
A renovated Colonial with a resort-style backyard led a week in which every one of the five top sales landed between $1,075,000 and $1,300,000.
A penthouse condominium in the city, a villa on a golf course and three single-family homes made up the week’s top sales.
A wooded Blue Mountain ranch on five acres, a 2023 home in Stray Winds Farm and a pool-and-pool-house property in Lisburn Meadows were among the week’s top sales, and every one of the five went under contract within 10 days of listing.
A home on the water, a brand-new build in Grandover, a custom home in Wolf Ridge, a Lands End townhouse and a golf course property in Summerfield made up the week’s top five.
A six-bedroom two-story in Hope Mills led the week, with the five sales ranging from $378,500 to $510,000.
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