A report from the Berkshire Eagle in Massachusetts. "Even as local real estate values strengthened in 2018, one leading indicator of distress glowed red. The number of scheduled foreclosure auctions in the Berkshires increased last year over 2017, as borrowers' troubles continued to put home ownership at risk for hundreds."

"Last year, 277 properties in Berkshire County were set for auction due to nonpayment of loans, 45 more such listings than in 2017 — an increase of 19.3 percent. 'That's not nearly as much improvement as statewide,' said Timothy Warren, CEO of The Warren Group of the Berkshire numbers. 'Things are tough. It's the story of the country as a whole — unequal distribution of pain.'"

The Baltimore Sun in Maryland. "Who doesn’t love a good discount? Late author Tom Clancy’s former penthouse at the Ritz-Carlton Residences in Baltimore is now on the market for less than half its original asking price. The 12,000-square-foot condo is currently listed for $5.9 million."

"The home was first put on the market in October 2015 for $12 million by TTR Sotheby's International Realty. The price dropped in February 2016 to $10.9 million and again in May to $8.7 million, Shawn Breck, vice president of Sotheby's, told The Baltimore Sun that year. In 2017, the asking price dropped to $7.9 million."

"Clancy and his wife first purchased the four units and combined them into one for $12.6 million in 2009. 'It’s priced to move. They want to sell,' said Angel Stevens, the agent who is selling the property."

The Edmond Sun in Oklahoma. "The total housing inventory in Edmond at the end of January 2019 rose to 1,063 existing homes available for sale versus last year’s 968 homes. The market experienced downward momentum with the decrease of median price this month. Prices decreased to $225,250 versus the previous year at $243,000. The median days on market increased to 63 compared to last year’s 61."

The Wall Street Journal on New York. "Alan Wilzig, the race car driving banker known for inspiring a character in Martin Scorsese’s film 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' is in contract to sell his New York townhouse for $12.65 million, dramatically less than its original nearly $44 million asking price."

"Mr. Wilzig admitted that the price cut had less to do with the downturn in the high-end real estate market in New York than with his 'pie in the sky' pricing strategy when he listed the property in 2014. He said at the time he hadn’t wanted to sell but had been motivated by some of the aggressive price-tags he’d seen in the area. He wanted to 'see if some Chinese billionaire wanted to live in Tribeca bad enough,' he said."

"Mr. Wilzig said he didn’t get serious about selling the property until he lowered the price to under $20 million in 2017, following his divorce. Until then, he wouldn’t have sold 'without being paid such a stupid amount of money compared to what it’s worth,' he said."

"In the end he made out okay. Mr. Wilzig paid $3.35 million for the roughly 6,500-square-foot home in the mid-2000s and put roughly $1.5 million into building out the interiors, he said."