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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.

Oceanfront home in Seacrest Beach, Florida
Finance
Trouble awaits Florida’s housing market as the state just lost another home insurer
By Alena BotrosJuly 22, 2023
An empty office space overlooking New York City.
Finance
Office real estate values are moving down so fast that banking giants like Wells Fargo are already bracing for losses
By Alena BotrosJuly 18, 2023
‘We definitely think the office sector is crashing’: Inside an economist’s stunning prediction of a 35% price decline in 3 years and slow 17-year recovery
Finance
‘We definitely think the office sector is crashing’: Inside an economist’s stunning prediction of a 35% price decline in 3 years and slow 17-year recovery
By Alena BotrosJuly 17, 2023
A millennial entrepreneur who’s raised over $1.5 million for his 2 small businesses says he lives in his parents’ basement because nobody will give him a mortgage
Finance
A millennial entrepreneur who’s raised over $1.5 million for his 2 small businesses says he lives in his parents’ basement because nobody will give him a mortgage
By Alena BotrosJuly 15, 2023
Housing market shortage is so acute and the office glut is so big that Boston will offer 75% tax breaks on office-to-residential conversions
Finance
Housing market shortage is so acute and the office glut is so big that Boston will offer 75% tax breaks on office-to-residential conversions
By Alena BotrosJuly 13, 2023
How a 24-year-old saved enough money to buy a $250,000 house by living in a tiny home her parents built for her in their backyard
Finance
How a 24-year-old saved enough money to buy a $250,000 house by living in a tiny home her parents built for her in their backyard
By Alena Botros and Rachel ShinJuly 8, 2023
A top NYC commercial real estate CEO says the buildings hurting from remote work are the same ones he warned about 6 years ago
Finance
A top NYC commercial real estate CEO says the buildings hurting from remote work are the same ones he warned about 6 years ago
By Alena BotrosJuly 5, 2023
Incentives give builders a 2023 housing market advantage—here’s how much they are forking out on the deals
Finance
Incentives give builders a 2023 housing market advantage—here’s how much they are forking out on the deals
By Alena BotrosJuly 3, 2023
Morgan Stanley says commercial real estate will crash harder than during the Great Financial Crisis. Here’s how 5 other top institutions see it playing out
Finance
Morgan Stanley says commercial real estate will crash harder than during the Great Financial Crisis. Here’s how 5 other top institutions see it playing out
By Alena BotrosJune 26, 2023
The office real estate crash will be so sharp and deep that Capital Economics thinks office values are unlikely to recover by 2040
Finance
The office real estate crash will be so sharp and deep that Capital Economics thinks office values are unlikely to recover by 2040
By Alena BotrosJune 23, 2023
This family lives in a RV and travels across the country—and they’ve built a following of over 2 million on TikTok
Finance
This family lives in a RV and travels across the country—and they’ve built a following of over 2 million on TikTok
By Alena BotrosJune 20, 2023
YIMBY momentum: Over 80% of Americans support building more homes in their local neighborhood
Finance
YIMBY momentum: Over 80% of Americans support building more homes in their local neighborhood
By Alena BotrosJune 16, 2023
Texas commercial real estate mogul Ross Perot Jr. says a CRE recession looks likely: ‘It’ll be years before we really understand the damage the pandemic did to the world’
Finance
Texas commercial real estate mogul Ross Perot Jr. says a CRE recession looks likely: ‘It’ll be years before we really understand the damage the pandemic did to the world’
By Alena BotrosJune 16, 2023
Jerome Powell just admitted that some banks are in trouble with their commercial real estate holdings: ‘We do expect that there will be losses’
Finance
Jerome Powell just admitted that some banks are in trouble with their commercial real estate holdings: ‘We do expect that there will be losses’
By Alena BotrosJune 14, 2023
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had a secret real estate billionaire benefactor. We just got a look at the other justices’ holdings
Finance
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had a secret real estate billionaire benefactor. We just got a look at the other justices’ holdings
By Alena BotrosJune 14, 2023
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