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 country property with its own pond tops a week that also brought a newer home near the A and Y Greenway, two Irving Park sales and a wooded lot in Ridgewood.
A Colonial completed this year, a 1970 home with a barn and a pool, and a contemporary Cape on more than three acres in Boylston are among the week’s top sales.
A high-rise penthouse, a historic College Hill home and three Colonials outside the city made up the week’s top sales.
Horse farms, a historic homestead and a new Craftsman home filled out a week led by a $3.665 million sale in The Plains.
An architect-designed contemporary on Long Island Sound, a downtown Colonial on the river and a beachfront townhome are among the week’s biggest sales along the shoreline.
An antique Colonial in a Suffield historic district led a week that also included two sales in Marlborough and one each in Ellington and Tolland.
A pool-and-spa retreat near a working farm, a Gallows Hill Colonial on a quiet cul-de-sac and a Greenleaf Farms home in an equestrian community were among the week’s top sales.
A Federal-era country estate, homes on the water and a former model home in a Fredericksburg subdivision made up the week’s top sales.
A newly built home in Mount Airy topped the week, with sales in Frederick, Adamstown and Brunswick filling out the rest of the list.
Short Hills had two of the week’s top sales, including the highest-priced, with the others in Montclair, Glen Ridge and North Caldwell.
A condominium in Buffalo’s Central Business District led the week, ahead of four single-family homes in Clarence, Orchard Park, Williamsville and North Tonawanda.
From Bronxwood and Crotona Park East to Throggs Neck, Riverdale and City Island, the week’s top sales ranged from $750,000 to $1.4 million.
A brick traditional in Meadowmont, a pair of midcentury homes tied at the same price and a four-level modern home near downtown Durham made up the week’s top sales.
Four single-family homes and one townhouse, each priced above $1.1 million, made up the week’s five top sales.
Newtown Square took the top two spots, and sales in Springfield, Media and Broomall completed the list.
Homes in West Chester, Chester Springs, Downingtown and Spring City made up the county’s top sales of the week, at prices from $1.035 million to $1.8 million.
From working acreage in Earlysville to a Lindal Cedar home at Wintergreen Resort, the top sales ran from $865,000 to $2.225 million.
Classic Colonials, a 1950s Cape Cod with its original barn and a Ranch built around horses made up the week’s priciest sales.
Waterfront homes on Saratoga Lake and Ballston Lake shared the week with a country property on seven acres in Slingerlands and a century-old brick home in Albany.
Lake Champlain frontage, conserved country acreage, barns and a newly built contemporary all turned up among the week’s top sales.
An equestrian estate in New Hope topped a week of country properties, historic farmhouses and suburban homes.
Four of the week’s five highest-priced sales were in Medford, where two new townhouses shared the list with a Colonial and a Victorian.
Hilltop acreage in Williamstown, a riverside Colonial in Southfield and a Pittsfield condominium joined a Monterey estate at the top of the week’s list.
Homes near the ocean and along the bay in Bethany Beach, Fenwick Island and Selbyville made up the week’s five top sales.
A home finished this year, a restored mid-century rancher and a Ruxton Dutch Colonial were among the week’s five priciest sales.
Long-range mountain views ran through the week’s top sales, which took in a log home in a gated golf community, a contemporary home with a pool and a townhouse in a gated enclave.
An equestrian estate in Edgewater and a Severna Park home that sold above its asking price joined three Annapolis homes, in Bay Ridge, Eastport and Epping Forest, among the week’s top sales.
The cold-storage REIT cut its full-year adjusted EBITDA range to $1.25 billion to $1.27 billion after a Q3 net loss of $173 million, even as warehouse occupancy rose.
Two century-old homes on one Larchmont Manor street, an 11-acre estate and a Purchase Colonial with a pool and outdoor kitchen made up the week’s top sales.
A Colony Hill Colonial led a group of sales that took in two townhouses and three single-family homes across five city neighborhoods.
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