A report from the Orange County Register in California. "Real estate agents report some of their clients have decided to wait it out. Home prices are due to go back down, those buyers say. This doesn’t mean the sky is falling, said real estate consultant Pat Veling, president of Brea-based Real Data Strategies. 'The market is correcting to a more normal condition,' Veling said. 'The problem is, we haven’t seen a normal market in so long, people don’t know what it looks like.'"

"And yes, a recession could be on the horizon, but not before 2020, most economists agree. 'The very idea of asking when a recession is going to occur is silly,' said economist Christopher Thornberg. 'You need to ask why (it would occur). If you don’t have a why, no recession.'"

The Wall Street Journal. "Lindsey Gudger, a real-estate agent in Seattle, which has experienced one of the country’s sharpest drops in buyer demand in recent months, said many clients are using stock in locally based tech companies like Amazon to help them come up with down-payment money to buy a home, so recent market declines have had an outsize impact on their appetite."

"'We have Amazon employees that say, ‘I feel 25% to 30% poorer than I did six months ago. I’m going to pause this' home search, he said."

From Curbed Atlanta in Georgia. "Even as reports claim Atlanta’s housing inventory is shrinking—and at above-list prices—some properties across the intown landscape just can’t seem to land a solid offer. Take these five listings: All are in sought-after locations and offer modern updates. And, the longer they linger on the market, the more their prices come down. At what point do they finally garner a committed buyer?"

The Orange Observer. "Winter Park continues to see its niche market thrive, according to experts and local real-estate agents — even if it isn’t thriving as much as last year. But the market still remains healthy, and it’s not a bad sign to see things slow down slightly, Orlando Regional REALTOR Association President Jeffrey Fagan said."

"'Everything’s in context — if you look at the growth that occurred in 2015, 2016 and 2017 in price and units being sold, we necessarily have to slow down a little bit,' Fagan said. 'A thriving recovery is one that’s more balanced as opposed to something skyrocketing. If something skyrockets too fast or too long, it suppresses the total long-range growth.'"

The Mountain Xpress on North Carolina. "Like an airplane leveling off after a rapid ascent, local Realtors believe the strong upward climb in property values in the Asheville housing market could be giving way to a more relaxed rate of growth."

"'I think that is a trend we’re going to see continue as the appreciation rates are cooling a little bit, says Beverly-Hanks & Associates President Neal Hanks. 'But I don’t think they’re going to go negative.'"

"At the moment, David Bluth, the owner of the BLUEBLAZE Real Estate Group, is seeing a gradual increase in housing inventory, but demand is still strong enough to sustain healthy growth in the market for homes between $250,000 and $500,000. Bluth believes demand for homes in the range of $1 million to $2.5 million, however, could diminish. 'There’s just not much inventory turn in that market,' he says."

"Bluth thinks the moderation of Asheville property values could be tied to changes in the area’s feeder markets. 'Florida is one of our big feeder markets and as Florida has slowed down, and Floridians have struggled a little bit with their house sales, then they tend not to purchase here,' Bluth says."

"Bluth encourages his clients to negotiate with forethought about how much the value of their home will change in the years after the purchase. 'You don’t want to overpay in this environment,' he says."