Renters became the primary drivers of long-distance mobility across the largest U.S. cities, moving 3.7 times more than owners in 2024, as high mortgage rates and housing costs kept many homeowners in place.

Despite prices declining, Hudson Yards remained the most expensive NYC neighborhood, but TriBeCa’s growth closed the gap to under $400,000, while Malba set a new historic price record for Queens at $2.5 million, securing the highest ranking ever for the borough at #5.

Behind a deceptively mild citywide downtick, borough foreclosure markets pulled into significantly diverging paths as Brooklyn cases were nearly halved and the Bronx hit a new, record high. Meanwhile, Queens remained unchanged, Staten Island surged back up and Manhattan cooled slowly.

A property title search is the process of reviewing public records to confirm who legally owns a property and whether there are any liens, mortgages or legal claims attached to it. Explore our step-by-step guide explaining how you can perform a title search yourself. 

If you’re trying to find property owners by map, evaluate nearby parcels or understand how properties connect, a map-based approach makes the process faster, clearer and more intuitive.

New Yorkers planning a move to the suburbs increasingly find their options limited, after suburban home values shot up twice as fast as NYC medians over the last decade. While larger homes and better prices were long the norm outside the five boroughs, today, many NYC buyers find their option restricted to a handful of suburban markets.

In many large Western and Northeastern cities, the national median sale price of $400,000 may not cover more than a small studio, whereas, in parts of the Midwest and South, the same budget could buy large homes with multiple bedrooms and comfortable living areas.

Finding homeowners’ phone numbers isn’t always easy or straightforward. Privacy limitations and outdated public records often make manual searches slow and inconsistent. In this guide, we break down practical, verified methods used by real estate professionals to find property owners’ phone numbers efficiently. 

Connecticut’s priciest zips were again concentrated in Fairfield County, with Greenwich anchoring the state’s ranking and tying with Los Angeles for the title of second-most expensive city in the U.S. On top of that, seven Connecticut locations landed among the national top 100, setting a new record for the state’s luxury real estate market.

Understanding where a property begins and ends is critical in real estate because property lines define ownership, rights and responsibilities. In this guide, you’ll learn the exact steps of finding property lines by address, by using free methods, as well as paid tools.