Lindsay Frankel

In this article Security experts are sounding the alarm about the potential implications of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated deepfakes, which are artificial audio or video files that have been manipulated to portray someone’s likeness, in real estate fraud.  Earlier this year, authorities in Hong Kong reported that a group of scammers used deepfake technology to steal more than

In this article “I always thought stealing was wrong,” real estate investor and developer George McCleary remarks at the end of a viral video posted on social media last month, “But turns out, if you steal a house, it’s not even against the law here.”  The video details how McCleary easily broke into a rental listing in Portland, Oregon,

In this article Denver’s housing market is on fire—at least according to a U.S. News analysis of December 2023 data from the U.S. News Housing Market Index, which includes multiple indicators of housing supply and demand, along with financial health measures. A healthy job market, low rental vacancy rates, and a low housing supply that keeps rents from falling may

In this article Many renters may be settling down in their home cities as migration outside of metros and across state lines appears to be slowing, according to search data compiled for the Apartment List 2024 Renter Migration Report.  However, renters in California and New York are still seeking out-of-state apartments, presumably to escape expensive rents

In this article Real estate investors accounted for 26.1% of low-priced home purchases in the U.S. during the fourth quarter of 2023, a record-high share, according to a new report from Redfin. Investors bought only 13.6% of mid-priced homes and 15.9% of high-priced homes sold during the same period.  Redfin defined low-priced homes as falling into the

In this article At the beginning of 2023, we reported on the advent of #Airbnbust, a term coined by Amy Nixon and amplified by vacation property operators on social media to describe falling revenues per host due to a rapid increase in the supply of rental homes. Last July, we also dug into conflicting data that