Joel Cone

  • Joel Cone is a freelance business writer based in Southern California. His articles have appeared in California Real Estate magazine, Real Estate Southern California, OC Metro, GlobeSt.com, Foreclosure News Report, the Los Angeles Daily Journal and the Smarter Investor blog for U.S. News & World Report, as well as many other print and online publications. Contact him at snocone1030@gmail.com.

Florida-Spotlight

Market Spotlight: Florida

Not all that long ago, a combination of risky loans and overzealous speculation by real estate investors and developers hit Florida harder than many other parts of the nation, turning it into one of the poster children for the housing crisis that followed. During its darkest hour, the number of ...
San Antonio real estate

Taste of Texas: San Antonio Real Estate Market

In this article, we pick up our Taste of Texas series, exploring the Texas real estate market at the beginning of 2019. Read the full intro here. ‘Alamo City’ Takes Aim at Housing A recent report by the San Antonio mayor’s Housing Policy Task Force claims that the home of the ...
Houston real estate

Taste of Texas: Houston Real Estate Market

In this article we pick up our Taste of Texas series, exploring the Texas real estate market at the beginning of 2019. Read the full intro here. Weathering the Market in ‘Space City’ Despite the damage inflicted when it made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in August 2017, Houston weathered ...
El Paso real estate

Taste of Texas: El Paso Real Estate Market

In this article we pick up our Taste of Texas series, exploring the Texas real estate market at the beginning of 2019. Read the full intro here. A Safe Bet in ‘Sun City’ Known as the “Sun City” for its sunny days most of the year, El Paso is a popular ...
Dallas real estate market New Home Construction

Taste of Texas: Dallas Real Estate Market

In this article we pick up our Taste of Texas series, exploring the Texas real estate market at the beginning of 2019. Read the full intro here. Going big in Dallas Known as “The Big D,” the Dallas metro area had the largest population growth of any metro area in ...
Austin real estate

Taste of Texas: Austin Real Estate Market

Everything’s big in Texas, including the foreclosure auctions. A total of 27,324 Texas properties were scheduled for public foreclosure auction in the first 11 months of 2018, the most of any state and accounting for one in 10 scheduled foreclosure auctions nationwide, according to ATTOM Data Solutions. Texas foreclosure auctions ...
Flipping Out in the Tar Heel State

Flipping Out in the Tar Heel State

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North Carolina sports fans had to be flipping out after their University of North Carolina Tar Heels won the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball championship during this year’s March Madness. This is the team’s sixth national championship, and with this win they became only the fourth team in N.C.A.A. history to come ...