THIS ARTICLE ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2025 FOR INMAN SELECT: https://www.inman.com/author/america-foy/
Recently, I joined the ranks, 55 this year, of what some consider senior citizens. In addition to getting discounts at some major retailers and the chain where I get my haircut, I really started paying attention to [...]
THIS ARTICLE ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 2026 FOR INMAN SELECT: https://www.inman.com/author/america-foy/
The Housing Crisis Gets Political
Housing affordability isn't just a financial issue anymore. It's a political one that I’m predicting will motivate congressional races in ways our congressional representatives can't [...]
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED FEB 2026 @REALTIMES.COM
The days of agents teasing writing offers "all cash, no contingencies, five days close" are, almost, officially over.
Starting March 1, 2026, every all-cash residential real estate purchase flowing through a legal entity (any type of corp) or trust will require reporting to the Financial Crimes [...]
The Significance of Infrastructure
As some of you may remember Piedmont, an Aquarius, just had its 119th birthday last month and the department of public works (DPW) has been quietly “glowing up” the infrastructure throughout 2025 for the celebration—like Rome in the lead up to Jubilee year but in Alameda [...]
Call the Landscaper or The Bear Gets Teeth
Every July 4th, Smokey Bear rides the fire truck down Highland telling us only we can prevent wildfires; last year, Piedmont started acting like it believes him. January 1, 2026, Smokey got [...]
The Long and Winding (Moraga Avenue) to Affordable Housing
Imagine if you will a middle school classroom, warm, smells of chalk, sunny. Young teacher, looks up from their desk, smiles, and says, “Affordable housing… Piedmont… hot button issue. [...]
Ringing in the New Year with Celebrations & Renovations
Happy New Year, Piedmont(ers). While the sounds firecrackers and nail guns ring in 2026, some homeowners have apparently decided the porta potties and white pickup trucks with (and without) racks, which sprouted like morels last year, qualify as festive decorations worth keeping [...]
August 2024 feels like a lifetime ago. The National Association of Realtors' antitrust settlement agreement snuck in like a thief, and we, agents, scrambled to understand buyer-broker agreements, compensation disclosure, and off-MLS coordination. Seventeen months in, most of us have figured out how to keep on doing our jobs in spite of the [...]
If real estate is a theater, sweetie, hosting an open house is our stage, and you're the director, the lighting designer, the stage manager, and the lead all at once. Every detail matters—the temperature of the house, the music playing, whether the front door swings open smoothly or sticks halfway.
The MLS and NAR are in a mess right now and it’s not Realtors’® fault. We agents try to keep our heads down and get on with the work, but there’s tension brewing in the industry. And [...]
