The Isaacs Team Blog | Real Estate In The District

Multifamily arbitrage is an investment strategy that entails capitalizing on pricing, financing, or management inefficiencies in multifamily properties to achieve higher returns than conventional real estate investing. This includes acquiring, repositioning, or structuring deals to create additio...

The U.S. real estate market has weathered many economic shifts in the past, but 2025's barrage of tariff increases, job losses, government upheaval and market volatility are introducing fresh challenges. Homebuyers, sellers, builders, investors, and policymakers are all struggling to adapt. The u...

The playbook candidate Trump insisted he'd never seen is responsible for more than half of his actions in the first 30 days of his presidency. Or, is it really Russell Vought's presidency?Vought is the Christian Nationalist 'architect' of Project 2025 and Heritage Foundation bestie, currently fun...

More Inventory, lackluster contract activityThere are 230 new Active and Coming Soon listings this week, about the same number as last week. Since January first, 1468 new listings have been added to MLS. These numbers do not account for additional, off-market inventory, or existing MLS inventory....

More than 4,000 unemployment claims have been filed in the District of Columbia alone since January 20th. Surrounding areas are also experiencing a spike in claims due to federal job losses resulting from government downsizing. Eliminated positions and terminated personnel number over 100,000... ...

When Did Housing Become A Commodity? Let's Break It DownEver wonder how we went from thinking about homes as a place to live to treating them like assets or stocks to be bought, sold and traded for gain? The ShiftOnce, a house was a place where families put down roots and made memories. Now it's ...

Today President Trump levied tariffs against Canada, China, and Mexico in the form of a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, and a 10% tariff on imported Chinese goodsThese tariffs, and the retaliatory actions from the affected countries, could have far-reaching consequences for homebuye...

Informative content on Washington DC real estate is remarkably difficult to find. If you're looking for something other than cookie-cutter, cliché explainers and 'top 5 reasons for...' pages, or gimmicky YouTube videos, you'll be hard pressed to find it. Why? Because search engines and AI portals...

Next week, the Fed will hold its final FOMC meeting to decide on policy for America's benchmark interest rate. The CME FedWatch tool puts the likelihood of a rate cut at 96.7% and most contributors are betting on a quarter-point reduction. But experts agree that future Fed policy is uncertain, as...

2025 Existing Home Sales Expected to Stay Near Historic Lows Mortgage enterprise Fannie Mae has revised its 2025-2026 forecasts for mortgage interest rates and housing sales.   Housing Sales Projections Fannie Mae lowered its expectations for existing home sales to 4% for 2025, from its prior for...