Jeff Collins

Freelance housing and real estate writer, formerly with the Orange County Register and the S. Calif. News Group. Email: [email protected]

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#NAREE2026 Breaking news: The Washington Post reports that FHFA director Bill Pulte -- grandson of Pulte Homes founder William J. Pulte -- is getting a new job on top of his mortgage monitoring duties: Director of National Intelligence. https://t.co/lzDqHZB28m

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"We have learned that people shop more for a television than they do for a mortgage product." -- Nicole Booth of Zillow said at the #NAREE2026 conference.

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The US residential real estate market totals $65 trillion, up 71% since 2016, Cotality data/analytics guru John Rogers told #NAREE2026 conferees on Monday, June 1. That’s an increase of almost $27 trillion in collective home values in one decade.

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#NAREE2026: South Florida iguanas, one of many exotic groups taking up residence in the Miami real estate market.

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#NAREE2026: One of the most curious sites in South Florida is Pegasus and Dragon in Hallandale Beach, the third-tallest statue in the U.S. When I visited in March, the site was abandoned by all but a colony of large iguanas — Miami’s new plague of dragons.

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Getting psyched about attending #NAREE2026 — a conference for real estate journalists — starting Monday June 1 in downtown Miami. One of my favorite spots in Miami is South Point Park, at the southernmost tip of Miami Beach and a beautiful 20-minute walk from South Beach.

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@ocbiz. Have you bought a home in the past 10 months? If so, the #SouthernCaliforniaNewsGroup wants to hear from you.
Please take our survey describing how new home buying rules adopted last August are affecting you: https://t.co/tYesSgbEVQ

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#NAREE2025 Dog parks are the most important amenity to new housing development clients these days, said Homes Build for America's Scott Menard. "It's all about the pets," he said.

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#NAREE2025 Bearish on breweries -- Red Oak Development's Thomas Staub said Gen Z less into drinking and drugs than Boomers. So, including micro breweries in new developments, not a good idea. Said Staub: I'd be very cautious about investing in anything having to do with alcohol.

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Kicking off today in New Orleans: #NAREE2025

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How hard is it to find Student Housing in SoCal? Please take our survey: https://t.co/zENouflEs4

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How hard is it to find #StudentHousing in #SoCal? Waiting lists exist at half of Southern Calif's public universities. Have you (or your children) been able to get into the dorms? Please take our SURVEY: https://t.co/zENoufl6Cw

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SoCal property owners: Have you been impacted by the insurance crisis? Please take our survey: https://t.co/WHx7lg3wEO

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SoCal homeowners: Have you been impacted by the #InsuranceCrisis? If so, we'd like to hear from you. Please take our short survey: https://t.co/UxzrWxJFjp

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Southern Calif. home buyers and sellers: Are you ready for the new house hunting rules? Please take our survey: https://t.co/Nbq1jnwfGp

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Southern California home buyers/sellers: Are you ready for new house-hunting rules? Please take our survey: https://t.co/PX8cYkmZX7

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Southern California home buyers/sellers: Are you ready for new house-hunting rules? Please take our survey: https://t.co/PX8cYkmZX7

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Southern California home buyers/sellers: Are you ready for new house-hunting rules? Please take our short survey: https://t.co/PX8cYkmZX7

[Jeff Collins @RegJeffCollins]

Southern California home buyers/sellers: Are you ready for new house-hunting rules? Please take our survey: https://t.co/PX8cYkmZX7

[Jeff Collins @RegJeffCollins]

Southern California home buyers/sellers: Are you ready for new house-hunting rules? Please take our survey https://t.co/PX8cYkmZX7