A report from KTBS in Louisiana. "Dallas' once booming house market is slowing down, seeing high-end builders having to drop the prices on their homes-sometimes by as much as $150,000.00. But what does that mean for our current housing market? Barry Rachal is an associate broker with KellerWilliams NWLA. 'One thing that's happening in Dallas is an influx of homes being built and not being sold. Rachal says we don't have that issue in Shreveport-Bossier.'

"'We have a quantity of builders who are building a specific number of homes. So we never, our inventory never reaches points like it does in the Dallas area where they are building thousands and thousands of homes and they can overbuild very quickly,' he said."

"At the root of the less than glowing housing market predictions-rising mortgage interest rates. 'Buyers are always concerned and it affects and impacts them the most because as the interest rates go up, the cost of them owning a home will also go up,' says Rachal."

"There are some other negative implications of rising mortgage rates. 'It can slow the growth of sales prices if there's a large rise in the interest rates... people who have to sell are probably going to have to sell in a little bit more depressed market.'"

The Herald Democrat in Texas. "For many communities across Texoma, the past four years have seen strong growth in the local housing market, with each year surpassing the year before. Now, as 2018 nears its end, area officials say this trend is continuing."

"With more than a month left in the year, the cities of Sherman and Denison are reporting that they have or will soon pass the number of single-family housing permits issued in 2017. This comes on the heels of recent growth as development spreads north from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex."

"'The city of Sherman has already easily eclipsed the total number of homes permitted last year and we’re on pace to break 200 by the end of the 2018, which would be the most building activity in several decades,' Community and Support Services Manager Nate Strauch said Tuesday."

"With more than a month left in the year, Denison officials said earlier this month that the city is quickly closing in on the 153 permits issued last year for single family residential construction. This is more than triple what Denison issued in 2015, when it broke a 10-year record on housing permits."

"'We are on schedule to do that again this year,' City Manager Jud Rex said, regarding breaking records. 'Typically, we do see a slowdown (in the winter), but we haven’t seen it yet this year.'"

From KIRO Radio on Washington. "Seattle is finally leading a desirable national statistic with regards to housing: Home prices in the Seattle area are falling faster than the rest of the country. We were leading only a few months ago. What’s especially striking is how widespread the drop is; it extends from Pierce to King to Snohomish counties."

"'The word has gotten out on Seattle being a really expensive place to live,' said KIRO Night’s Drew Barth. 'And I wonder how many people are just looking at Seattle as a non-starter.'"

"This appears to be the case. The housing market has seen pricing fatigue from brokers and buyers after the unrelenting price growth, which easily outpaced wage gains, reports The Seattle Times. With the increase in homes on the market, sellers have been forced to be more flexible and are cutting prices."

"Despite the decline, it’s still only a drop in the bucket for housing prices that remain up 61 percent more than inflation since 2012. For co-host Gee Scott, the increased cost of housing in city centers isn’t a sacrifice worth making."

"'Let me ask this: Would you rather save yourself $200,000-$300,000 on a house, but maybe increase your drive everyday by an hour and a half? I’m taking the drive,' he said."

From KTVU on California. "On Wednesday night, hundreds of people packed a town hall meeting in San Jose, hoping to one day own a home in the Bay Area. Santa Clara County is introducing a new county program that could help middle-income, first-time homebuyers raise the cash for a down payment."

"The new down payment program for first time home buyers is funded by Measure A, which was passed in 2016. $25 million is available now. 'This could be for two people who work at Safeway,' said Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez. 'This is really designed for families who make between $80,000 and 150,000 of area median income.'"

"The program offers up to 17 percent down payment with the buyer contributing at least three percent. It’s a 30-year shared equity loan. The maximum price for the home is $800,000. According to the Santa Clara County Association of Realtors, the median price for a single family home in the county is $1.2 million and a condo and townhome is $925,000."

"'It’s going to be a challenge, a little bit of a challenge but I think the market is softening a little bit,' said Hilda Ramirez of Keller Williams Silicon City Real Estate."