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Nicole Friedman

ARTICLES BY NICOLE FRIEDMAN

With fewer sales and homes taking longer to sell, more agents are leaving the industry or finding second jobs.

Real-estate agents are quitting the slow housing market

4 min read . 29 May 2026

An open house tour in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., in January.

In a Slow Market, Some Houses Are Still Selling Fast

3 min read . 23 Apr 2026

Condo buildings in downtown Miami. The Florida condo market has taken a hit since the 2021 Surfside condo collapse.

The condo market hasn’t been this bad in over a decade

4 min read . 02 Jan 2026

Buyers are desperate for affordable monthly payments when home prices are up more than 50% since 2019 and are near all-time highs.

Risky loan from housing-bust era is making a comeback

4 min read . 03 Nov 2025

Greg Abel’s challenge: Lead Berkshire into a new era without the Buffett touch

7 min read . 05 May 2025

Their Wealth Is in Their Homes. Their Homes Are Now Ash.

Their wealth is in their homes. Their homes are now ash.

10 min read . 13 Jan 2025

Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. The company’s HomeServices of America was the last remaining defendant in the antitrust case against NAR and four major brokerage firms.

Warren Buffett’s real estate firm settles antitrust matter for $250 million

2 min read . 26 Apr 2024

Home Buyers Are Ready to Buy. But Sellers Aren’t Selling.

Home Buyers Are Ready to Buy. But Sellers Aren’t Selling.

5 min read . 18 Dec 2023

Warren Buffett, left, and Charlie Munger at Berkshire Hathaway’s 2019 shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb. (File Photo: AFP)

What Warren Buffett said about Charlie Munger

2 min read . 29 Nov 2023

At Williams Ranch in California, about 20% of home buyers so far have picked home designs that include a so-called accessory dwelling unit above the garage.

Tiny Homes Are the Hot New Homeowners’ Accessory

3 min read . 10 Oct 2023

Despite high mortgage rates, home prices are starting to tick higher. (PHOTO: DAVID PAUL MORRIS/BLOOMBERG NEWS)

U.S. Home Prices Held Steady in June

1 min read . 29 Aug 2023

What’s going on with the housing market?

8 min read . 08 Dec 2022

The number of miles buyers moved from their previous residences hit a record in the latest National Association of Realtors data. (AP)

Home buyers are moving farther away than ever before

4 min read . 03 Nov 2022

The lack of housing inventory is one of the major reasons home prices have remained near record highs, despite seven straight months of declining sales as interest rates have roughly doubled since the start of the year. (AP)

After years of low mortgage rates, home sellers are scarce

4 min read . 24 Sept 2022

In a slowing housing market, sellers ask: why list a home when you can collect rent?

4 min read . 19 Sept 2022

Low-cost cities with strong economies remain attractive as housing market slows

3 min read . 26 Jul 2022

Delivery delays can cause a domino effect of rescheduling work crews, which is worsened by a shortage of skilled tradespeople in many markets (Photo: AP)

Supply-chain issues leave new homes without garage doors and gutters

4 min read . 09 Jan 2022

Prices have climbed from a year earlier for a record 116 straight months, with double-digit percentage gains touching every corner of the U.S. this year.

Millennials are supercharging the housing market

8 min read . 15 Dec 2021

Startup firms help home buyers win bidding wars with all-cash offers

3 min read . 21 Sept 2021

A new apartment building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. New and existing home sales in 2020 increased over the previous year, despite the pandemic's economic impact. Housing starts are set to increase by a further 3% year-on-year and house prices are expected to climb a further 2.5% nationwide in 2021, building on the strength of the second half of 2020, according to J.P. Morgan Research forecasts. Photographer: Caroline Guttman/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

Tight supply is limiting home sales at start of spring

3 min read . 23 Mar 2021