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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.

3 reasons why we aren’t in a housing emergency, according to an official at the center of the 2008 financial crisis
Finance
3 reasons why we aren’t in a housing emergency, according to an official at the center of the 2008 financial crisis
By Alena BotrosFebruary 20, 2024
Did Wall Street kill the American Dream of homeownership? It depends on where you live
Finance
Did Wall Street kill the American Dream of homeownership? It depends on where you live
By Alena BotrosFebruary 18, 2024
California Highway 101
Finance
The comfort of 4,000 people in one of California’s wealthiest towns outweighs a rail project connecting San Diego to the country, some residents say
By Alena BotrosFebruary 14, 2024
View of Gordon Pointe from the water
Finance
A Florida family that bought a fishing cottage for $1 million in the 1980s is selling it for $295 million now that it’s a 20-bedroom compound with its own yacht basin
By Alena BotrosFebruary 12, 2024
Lake Tahoe
Finance
Airbnb investor rips South Lake Tahoe short-term rental ban, saying it just lets ‘wealthy people get good deals on second homes that mostly sit around vacant’
By Alena BotrosFebruary 9, 2024
The AI hypefest might just save San Francisco from its office space doom loop
Finance
The AI hypefest might just save San Francisco from its office space doom loop
By Alena BotrosFebruary 7, 2024
America’s falling out of love with its California dream—and housing costs are a major reason why, report says
Finance
America’s falling out of love with its California dream—and housing costs are a major reason why, report says
By Alena BotrosFebruary 6, 2024
Luxury home prices are hitting all-time highs, too, and all-cash bids are driving up the market, Redfin finds
Finance
Luxury home prices are hitting all-time highs, too, and all-cash bids are driving up the market, Redfin finds
By Alena BotrosFebruary 1, 2024
‘The office market has an existential crisis right now’: Billionaire Barry Sternlicht joins chorus warning of $1 trillion correction, but insists ‘nobody knows exactly where it all is’
Finance
‘The office market has an existential crisis right now’: Billionaire Barry Sternlicht joins chorus warning of $1 trillion correction, but insists ‘nobody knows exactly where it all is’
By Alena BotrosJanuary 31, 2024
Elizabeth Warren
Finance
Elizabeth Warren is furious about the ‘full-blown housing crisis’ and she’s targeting Jerome Powell’s ‘troubling rate hikes’
By Alena BotrosJanuary 30, 2024
Photo of a person entering a tiny house
Finance
How tiny homes went from a millennial lifestyle fad to a Hail Mary shot at solving the homeless crisis
By Alena BotrosJanuary 28, 2024
Leif Jonasson
Finance
28-year-old first-time homebuyer says ‘it’s a little bit of a crash course’ going from having roommates to being a landlord
By Alena BotrosJanuary 27, 2024
Compass CEO says housing market is poised for a rebound after 2023’s ‘modest buyer strike’ caused 39% of all listed home prices to drop
Finance
Compass CEO says housing market is poised for a rebound after 2023’s ‘modest buyer strike’ caused 39% of all listed home prices to drop
By Alena BotrosJanuary 23, 2024
The least affordable housing market in more than a generation is facing another threat: Uninsurable properties
Finance
The least affordable housing market in more than a generation is facing another threat: Uninsurable properties
By Alena BotrosJanuary 20, 2024
House for sale covered in snow
Finance
Did the housing market just hit a bottom? New data reveals home sales hit their lowest point in 28 years in 2023
By Sydney Lake and Alena BotrosJanuary 19, 2024
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