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The Sun Belt Narrative Is Breaking. The Data Has Been Telling You This for a Year.

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Florida Is Losing the Senior Market — And the Data Proves It

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THE CONCESSION ECONOMY IS NOT A BLIP. IT’S THE MARKET.

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IBM Just Anchored a Decade of Chicago Demand. Most Real Estate Investors Are Reading the Wrong Number.

Daniel Kaufman Real Estate News Report — April 2026 The headline this week is that IBM is adding 750 jobs to its Chicago tech hub over the next five years, supported by a $19 million Illinois state tax credit. Plenty of people will read that number and move on. Some will note it, mention it on a LinkedIn post, and call it a “tailwind” for Chicago. I want to spend a few minutes explaining why…

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What $400,000 Actually Buys You Across 10 Major U.S. Housing Markets

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Florida’s Migration Machine Is Breaking Down

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Best State for Renters? Not Where You Think.

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I Was Wrong About San Francisco. Just kidding. I wasn’t.

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When Stewardship Fails: The Fall of Kaufman Astoria Studios

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$4.3 Billion and a New Skyline for Beverly Hills

One Beverly Hills is the most consequential real estate bet in Southern California in a generation. DANIEL KAUFMAN REAL ESTATEBrought to you by Kaufman & Company · Los AngelesMarch 2026 Here’s what it means for LA. BY THE NUMBERS$4.3B — Construction Financing17.5 — Acres in Beverly Hills$40B — 30-Year Economic Impact2028 — Completion Target When J.P. Morgan writes a $2.8 billion check and…

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The GDP Number Nobody Wanted to See, And Why the Fed Can’t Save You

0.7% growth. A record government shutdown. Stagflation risk. This isn’t a soft landing — it’s a warning shot, and real estate operators need to pay attention. Let’s call it what it is. The second estimate for Q4 2025 GDP just came in at 0.7% annualized growth, half the government’s original read of 1.4%, and a complete gut-punch after 4.4% growth in Q3 and 3.8% in Q2. If you’re in real estate,…

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I’m Developing a Ski Resort. Here’s Why I Can’t Tell You Where It Is.

By Daniel Kaufman | March 4, 2026 | danielkaufmanrealestate.com There’s a ski resort in the northeastern United States that most people have never heard of. It sits on hundreds of acres of titled, developable land. It has an operating ski mountain with existing infrastructure — lifts, trails, base lodge, the works. It’s surrounded by one of the most authentically preserved historic landscapes in…

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Florida’s Housing Market Is Sending Warning Signals — And Most People Are Ignoring Them

There’s a tempting narrative making the rounds right now: Florida’s housing market is fine. Tampa Bay is booming, the snowbirds are still coming, and anyone worried about a crash is just a coastal media pessimist who doesn’t understand the Sunbelt. I understand the impulse to push back on doom-and-gloom coverage. I’ve spent the better part of my career doing exactly that. But I’ve also been in…

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Trump Talked Affordability, But Not Housing Policy

The market heard a message on inflation, taxes, and tariffs. What it didn’t hear was a clear housing roadmap. President Trump’s State of the Union touched almost every major economic theme, inflation, tax policy, trade, jobs, and energy, but housing was mostly treated as a supporting character. That matters. Housing affordability is not a side issue right now. It is one of the central economic…

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Massachusetts Rent Control Is Back. But There’s a Better Answer

I’ve been watching the Massachusetts housing debate for a long time, and I have to be honest with you: what’s happening right now feels different. This isn’t just another legislative push that dies in committee. There’s a ballot measure in play, 88,000 certified signatures behind it, and polling showing nearly 63% of voters in support. If you’re a developer, investor, or landlord in this state,…

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Net Migration Is Resetting the CRE Demand Curve

Net migration trends are quietly reshaping U.S. commercial real estate demand. After more than a decade of population-driven tailwinds, the country has entered a slower, more selective growth regime, and CRE underwriting assumptions need to adjust accordingly. From mid-2024 to mid-2025, U.S. population growth slowed to roughly 0.5%, a meaningful deceleration from prior years. According to…

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Ultra-Luxury Real Estate in 2026: Where the Market Is Actually Moving and Why It Matters

While the broader U.S. housing market remains subdued — constrained by elevated mortgage costs and affordability headwinds — the upper echelons of the real-estate spectrum are charting a different course. Properties at the top of the price ladder are seeing strong demand, record benchmarks, and outsized capital flows, suggesting that affluent buyers are capitalizing on structural drivers most…

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