Developers say they’ll break ground on five — and possibly six — big condo projects next year.
The buildings will range from six to 40 stories, and all but one of the developers are from China or Canada. The one developer who says he’s still weighing whether to build a for-rent or for-sale project is domestic.
Number of investors flipping homes returns to pre-crisis levels; big banks get back in the game.
House flipping, a potent symbol of the real-estate market’s excess in the run-up to the financial crisis, is once again becoming hot, fueled by a combination of skyrocketing home prices, venture-backed startups and Wall Street cash.
