A report from Reporter Newspapers on Georgia. "The white-hot housing market in Buckhead and top end Perimeter neighborhoods may be hitting its peak as prices rise above salaries, two experienced local real estate agents say. Kelly Marsh of Brookhaven’s Keller Williams Realty says the housing market has come back to where prices are even a little higher than they were in the boom of 2006, before the bubble burst in the global financial crisis. Newer homes built in the last 10 years and priced at more than $750,000 are slowing in sales, creating a buyer’s market."

"These home buyers seem willing — at least for now — to pay a premium for relief from the bumper-to-bumper grind. 'The commute is now a major factor (in home-buying) that I haven’t seen before,' says John Mason of Harry Norman Realtors. 'Commutes in metro Atlanta are getting worse. We’re hearing of two hours one way.'"

"The median price in outside-the-Perimeter Sandy Springs is $570,000. 'I see buyers reluctantly paying these prices,' Mason says, adding that salaries in the Atlanta job market might not allow the numbers to go too much higher. 'I think we saw a bust in the fourth quarter of last year,' he says."

The Daily Mail on New York. "A luxurious New York City mansion has had its price slashed by $26 million as it continues to look for a buyer after six years on the market. The six-floor, six bedroom Manhattan townhouse owned by Virtu Financial CEO Vincent Viola is now $88 million after initially hitting the market at $114 million in 2013."

"Real estate agents nearly secured an $80 million sale with a Chinese buyer in December 2017, according to The Real Deal, but the deal reportedly fell apart in its final stages."

The Arlington Times in Washington. "I’m tired of the real estate 'Chicken Littles' you hear who analyze using fear mongering. Justified or not it can create a collective response called the Chicken Little Syndrome, which can exploit horrible conclusions that stop people from doing anything."

"The supply of homes locally has doubled compared to last year at this time. It’s easy to understand why home prices have seen a measly increase of .6 percent year-over-year from the median sales price of $375,000 to $377,250."

"Our area remains the hottest spot in Snohomish County for affordable housing. Just south of us the median sales price around Bothell is $675,000 and Lynnwood comes in at $496,000. Some parts of Snohomish County have employment that provides a higher wage than others. For example the average salary in Bothell is $60,134 a year compared with Marysville at $40,386."

"The sky is not falling on your real estate dreams of buying or selling. We are experiencing a balancing of our market. Mortgage interest rates are stable, we have a nice supply of homes and prices are not bottoming out."