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Lew Sichelman

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Sep 13, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Lew Sichelman

    The Home Building Business Consolidates Behind Japanese Firms (opens the original)

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    For shoppers in the new-home market, the choices aren’t what they used to be. There are still plenty of floor plans to choose from, but not as many builders. When I first began writing this column in the mid-1970s, hundreds of builders plied their trade in the Washington, D.C., market where I was headquartered. Now, just 10 builders are responsible for 3 out of every 4 sales in the area, according to the latest tally from BUILDER magazine. And elsewhere, the trend is even more pronounced. In Mia

  2. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · Lew Sichelman

    Fewer Immigrants and Higher Rates Cut Competition as Sellers Cave (opens the original)

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    House hunters are soon likely to see less competition in the market due to a sharp drop in immigration that began last year. Immigrants typically form households and look for new places to live a year or two after their arrival, according to an analysis by Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, suggesting that the impact of the current immigration downturn will be more pronounced in the coming years than it already is. According to the Census Bureau, net international immigration peaked in

  3. Article · Aug 30, 2026 · Lew Sichelman

    Too Many Subpar Agents, Real Estate Brokers Say (opens the original)

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    Worried the real estate agent you hired to sell your house isn’t up to the job? If so, you’re not alone: Brokerages are worried, too. But here’s the rub: Most brokers are doing little, if anything, about it. In a new survey delving into what brokerages think about the state of the industry, “professionalism, or the lack of it, came up more than any other theme,” reported Marilyn Wilson, founding partner of the WAV Group consulting firm. More than 100 brokers responded to the WAV poll. That’s a r

  4. Article · Aug 23, 2026 · Lew Sichelman

    New Tools Ease Property Buyers’ Legwork (opens the original)

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    Do you want to know whether you can add an accessory dwelling unit to your property without going through the hassle of dealing with government bureaucracy? Do you dread trying to figure out if solar energy will work on your house? If you answered in the affirmative to any of these questions, then a couple of new tools are about to make your dilemma easier. One, from Breezy, will tell you not only whether you can build an ADU but also the potential for adding a second-story addition, digging a b

  5. Article · Aug 16, 2026 · Lew Sichelman

    Deed Fraud, Other Realty Scams on the Upswing (opens the original)

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    For the second consecutive year, the FBI has warned both consumers and real estate professionals about the rising tide of title thefts. The agency’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, known as IC3, does not have specific statistics solely for deed fraud, which falls into its “real estate crime” category. “Nationwide, from 2019 through 2023, 58,141 victims reported $1.3 billion in losses relating to real estate fraud,” reads a 2025 report from the agency. Typically, the scam works like this: Using

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