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 house completed in 2024 at the end of a Stockton cul-de-sac sold for $2.05 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Stockton, California metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A golf-front house built this year at 46 Miramont Blvd sold for $1.69 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Little Rock, Arkansas metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A renovated waterfront house on a point lot in Flagler Beach sold for $3.30 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Deltona, Florida metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
Five home sales reported in the Spokane, Washington metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026 totaled $8.28 million, led by a $2.42 million custom home in Liberty Lake’s Legacy Ridge.
A 2023 house on Bald Head Island sold for $2,995,000 to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Wilmington, North Carolina metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A custom 2021 ranch on a Longmeadow cul-de-sac sold for $1,625,000 to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Springfield, Massachusetts metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A custom-built house on a cul-de-sac in Mobile’s Country Club Court sold for $589,000 to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Mobile, Alabama metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A 2006 house in Metamora’s Cedar Creek sold for $700,000 to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Peoria, Illinois metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026, with three of the week’s closings recorded in Dunlap.
A 2022 house with 90 feet of deep-water frontage on Old River in Orange Beach sold for $5,200,000 to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Daphne, Alabama metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A 2002 beachfront house on Wellfleet Harbor sold for $5.20 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Barnstable Town, Massachusetts metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A 1999 house on a landscaped acre in Germantown sold for $1,300,000 to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Memphis, Tennessee metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A lakefront house with a private boat slip at Bass Lake sold for $1.70 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Fresno, California metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A 2018 house on Falcon Lane in Archbald sold for $550,000 to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Scranton, Pennsylvania metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A 2025 house in downtown Bentonville sold for $1.95 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Fayetteville, Arkansas metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026, with the four remaining closings recorded in Rogers.
Five reported home sales in the Raleigh, North Carolina metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026 totaled $15.60 million, led by a Country Club Hills estate that sold for $3.75 million.
Five reported home sales in the Cleveland, Ohio metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026 totaled $7.33 million, led by a 2023-built custom house on Tulip Lane in Chagrin Falls that sold for $1.95 million.
Five reported home sales in the Columbus, Ohio metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026 totaled $9.66 million, led by a 1941 Canterbury house that sold for $2.30 million.
An oceanfront house on Highway A1A in Melbourne Beach sold for $4.66 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Palm Bay, Florida metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A renovated 1959 lakefront house on Rubicon Bay sold for $7.02 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Sacramento, California metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A gated 2004 estate in Lake Oswego sold for $2.88 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Portland, Oregon metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
Multifamily mortgage originations rebounded sharply last year as 2,530 lenders participated in the market, up from 2,463 in 2024, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s annual survey found.
The all-stock deal pushes Global Net Lease’s industrial exposure to roughly half its rent roll, immediately adding about 4% to AFFO per share as the REIT continues shedding office and retail assets.
The Chamber’s new council, with James Hardie, Citi and UMH Properties also on board, aims to turn recently enacted federal housing reforms into local zoning, financing and workforce changes.
California’s FAIR Plan, the state-created insurer of last resort for homeowners who cannot find coverage in the private market, will raise rates by an average of 29.1% starting Oct. 15, according to reporting confirmed Aug. 11. The increase will hit the roughly 700,000 California households now covered by the plan, whose ranks have grown sharply … Read more
A 2008 custom home in Atlanta’s Powers Ferry Estates sold for $3.35 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Atlanta, Georgia metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
Under Oak, a French Norman Revival estate on 2.27 acres in American University Park, sold for $8.75 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Washington, D.C. metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A newly completed contemporary home overlooking the golf course at Bighorn Golf Club in Palm Desert sold for $14.50 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Riverside, California metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A 2017 waterfront house on Upper Straits Lake in Orchard Lake sold for $2.85 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Detroit, Michigan metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A newly completed home in the Bella Collina community at Montverde sold for $3.90 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Orlando, Florida metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
A 2023 house on Riviera Drive in Tampa sold for $4.9 million to lead the five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Tampa, Florida metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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