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Alena Botros is a former reporter at Fortune, where she primarily covered real estate. Alena was an editorial fellow at Fortune for a year prior to joining as a staff writer. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California.

Mortgage costs are so expensive some home sellers have no choice but to cut prices, and an ‘unseasonably high’ 22% are doing so, Zillow says
Finance
Mortgage costs are so expensive some home sellers have no choice but to cut prices, and an ‘unseasonably high’ 22% are doing so, Zillow says
By Alena BotrosDecember 12, 2023
Home prices will fall for the first time since 2012, Redfin’s chief economist predicts. Here’s why they will still be ‘out of reach’ for many buyers
Finance
Home prices will fall for the first time since 2012, Redfin’s chief economist predicts. Here’s why they will still be ‘out of reach’ for many buyers
By Alena BotrosDecember 6, 2023
Father and young son looking out a window
Finance
Older millennials are ‘feeling the hit’ in this housing market, BofA finds—and a lot of it has to do with student debt
By Alena BotrosDecember 4, 2023
Buying a typical home now takes up a record 40% of your income, but Zillow expects that to ease ‘just a bit’ in 2024
Finance
Buying a typical home now takes up a record 40% of your income, but Zillow expects that to ease ‘just a bit’ in 2024
By Alena BotrosDecember 1, 2023
Cadre CEO Ryan Williams speaks at a conference in Las Vegas in May 2019.
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The CEOs of Yieldstreet and Cadre detail how the acquisition came together and their combined growth plans
By Alena BotrosDecember 1, 2023
Cadre CEO Ryan Williams speaks at a conference in Las Vegas in May 2019.
Finance
Exclusive: Yieldstreet to acquire real estate tech startup Cadre
By Alena BotrosNovember 30, 2023
The high mortgage rates locking you out of the housing market aren’t going away, top economist says. ‘Everybody should get used to 5.5% to 6%’
Finance
The high mortgage rates locking you out of the housing market aren’t going away, top economist says. ‘Everybody should get used to 5.5% to 6%’
By Alena BotrosNovember 28, 2023
‘To buy or not to buy, that is the question’: BofA reveals rent is cheaper than mortgages in all but two of 97 major metros
Finance
‘To buy or not to buy, that is the question’: BofA reveals rent is cheaper than mortgages in all but two of 97 major metros
By Alena Botros and Nick LichtenbergNovember 25, 2023
RE/MAX chairman on his 8th housing recession and settling out of the $1.8 billion antitrust verdict: ‘I’ve never seen this before in my career’
Finance
RE/MAX chairman on his 8th housing recession and settling out of the $1.8 billion antitrust verdict: ‘I’ve never seen this before in my career’
By Alena BotrosNovember 22, 2023
Housing market analyst ‘Poison Ivy’ Zelman, who called the 2008 bust that led to the Great Financial Crisis, sees ‘extremely depressed levels’ of existing home sales for years
Finance
Housing market analyst ‘Poison Ivy’ Zelman, who called the 2008 bust that led to the Great Financial Crisis, sees ‘extremely depressed levels’ of existing home sales for years
By Alena BotrosNovember 21, 2023
Happy couple moving into their new home
Finance
The housing market is crazy expensive, but ‘an improvement in affordability that we have only seen a handful of times over the past ~35 years’ is coming, says Morgan Stanley
By Alena BotrosNovember 20, 2023
Mortgage rates have been falling for weeks as inflation fades—but the housing market may still struggle with affordability and high home prices
Finance
Mortgage rates have been falling for weeks as inflation fades—but the housing market may still struggle with affordability and high home prices
By Will Daniel and Alena BotrosNovember 17, 2023
This chart shows why millennials, the biggest generation in American history, will keep housing prices sky-high for years to come
Finance
This chart shows why millennials, the biggest generation in American history, will keep housing prices sky-high for years to come
By Alena BotrosNovember 13, 2023
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Personal Finance
The cracks in the housing market are growing larger as sellers slash prices, Redfin says. But beware the all-cash bids
By Alena BotrosNovember 10, 2023
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WeWork’s $18 billion bankruptcy is the last thing the reeling commercial real-estate sector needed
By Sydney Lake and Alena BotrosNovember 7, 2023
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