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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.

Photo of Flatiron Building bidders.
Finance
The guy who bid $190 million for the Flatiron Building didn’t show up with the money
By Alena BotrosMarch 30, 2023
Elon Musk says the state of the commercial real estate debt market is ‘by far the most serious looming issue’
Finance
Elon Musk says the state of the commercial real estate debt market is ‘by far the most serious looming issue’
By Alena BotrosMarch 27, 2023
The big winners of the pandemic: 2% mortgage rate holders
Finance
The big winners of the pandemic: 2% mortgage rate holders
By Alena BotrosMarch 21, 2023
A construction worker frames a house.
Finance
Housing market ‘desperation’ drives the rise of teardowns
By Alena BotrosMarch 20, 2023
NYC-based content creator Caleb Simpson
Finance
‘Let’s do a house tour’: This NYC-based TikTok creator built a following of 7 million and became a modern-day ‘MTV Cribs’
By Alena BotrosMarch 16, 2023
Homeowners who held onto a 3% mortgage rate are becoming ‘accidental landlords’
Finance
Homeowners who held onto a 3% mortgage rate are becoming ‘accidental landlords’
By Alena BotrosMarch 13, 2023
Biden proposes eliminating real estate investor tax break, while Republicans discuss cuts to housing programs
Finance
Biden proposes eliminating real estate investor tax break, while Republicans discuss cuts to housing programs
By Alena BotrosMarch 10, 2023
The ongoing housing market slump brings back 2-1 mortgage rate buydowns—here’s how it works
Finance
The ongoing housing market slump brings back 2-1 mortgage rate buydowns—here’s how it works
By Alena BotrosMarch 8, 2023
Britney Spears during the WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU: A GRAMMY SALUTE TO WHITNEY HOUSTON in London
Finance
The housing correction is toxic for Britney Spears: She’s taking a $1.7 million loss on a Calabasas house she bought less than a year ago
By Alena BotrosMarch 3, 2023
‘I can’t afford to sell because I don’t want to lose that rate’: 3% mortgage rates will loom large over the U.S. housing market for years to come
Finance
‘I can’t afford to sell because I don’t want to lose that rate’: 3% mortgage rates will loom large over the U.S. housing market for years to come
By Alena BotrosMarch 2, 2023
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Finance
It’s bigger than the housing crisis: An influential economist just blamed NIMBYs for American decline, and Elon Musk agrees
By Alena BotrosFebruary 28, 2023
Housing in Irvine.
Finance
The housing crisis’s Hamlet moment: To Airbnb or not to Airbnb?
By Alena BotrosFebruary 25, 2023
America’s most expensive zip code is taking a stand against ultrawealthy NIMBYs like Steph Curry and Marc Andreessen—in the smallest possible way
Finance
America’s most expensive zip code is taking a stand against ultrawealthy NIMBYs like Steph Curry and Marc Andreessen—in the smallest possible way
By Alena BotrosFebruary 23, 2023
The housing market has cooled so much that even deep-pocketed investors are backing off 
Finance
The housing market has cooled so much that even deep-pocketed investors are backing off 
By Alena BotrosFebruary 17, 2023
‘A big thunderstorm, but then it’s followed by a little drizzle’: Experts unpack Canada’s ban on foreign real-estate purchases
Finance
‘A big thunderstorm, but then it’s followed by a little drizzle’: Experts unpack Canada’s ban on foreign real-estate purchases
By Alena BotrosFebruary 16, 2023
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