A report from the Herald Tribune in Florida. "One of Florida’s premier economic forecasters handed a full banquet room a bouquet of fragrant roses — that being a metaphor for a sweet future for the state. 'Florida is outperforming the national economy,' said Sean Snaith, director of the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Economic Competitiveness. 'The housing market is pretty solid. It’s not a bubble. There’s not easy money today as during the bubble. Prices are back to where they were at the end of the housing bubble, and appreciation is beginning to slow, too.'"

From ABC Action News in Florida. "According to ATTOM Data Solutions, Pasco County foreclosures in April more than doubled (up 112 percent) from the same time last year. Manatee County foreclosures were up 41 percent, Sarasota saw a 19-percent jump."

"Realtor Greg Armstrong says he is seeing a trend. The foreclosures involve more and more seniors who are losing their homes. 'I’m seeing more and more where they were just mortgaged to the hilt. They might be deceased. Or one spouse might have passed away. And they just walk away from it. And that’s concerning. I hate to see that,' Armstrong said."

The Press Democrat in California. "The incineration of more than 5,600 houses and structures in the North Bay subsequently triggered a spike in home prices during the first half of 2018, peaking at an all-time record $700,000 median sale price last June. Since then, single-family home prices steadily have declined for about nine months."

"The median home price in the county remained relatively stable, bumping up from $636,000 in March to $645,000 in April. When there are multiple offers for a house, several might exceed the asking price by a few thousand rather than tens of thousands of dollars as was the case during the first half of last year, said Juan Nieto, a Coldwell Banker real estate agent."

"'There are still multiple offers right now, but the house has to be priced according to today vs. trying to price it six months ago — buyers are very savvy,' he said. Overall, many sellers are done waiting for home values to increase further, realizing 'that prices are not going to go up more, (so) why wait the time to sell is now,' Nieto said."

The Westchester Journal News in New York. "Food Network star Sandra Lee is reportedly putting her six-bedroom Colonial on the market for $2.3 million. Lee's three-acre property in the Chappaqua school district hasn't appeared in the Multiple Listing Service as of this afternoon. But if it does, it's entering a market where luxury homes are not selling as well as lower price-range homes."

"'It’s a classic Colonial, which I think will appeal to a lot of people, said Matthew Gluck, founder of Nest-Edge Realty in Chappaqua, referring to Lee's property, which she has been sharing with her longtime partner, Gov. Andrew Cuomo. 'But how they price it is definitely going to be key. If they are trying to break $2 million, it’s going to be a much tougher sell.'"

"Another Chappaqua real estate agent, Sena Baron, agreed. She said she reduced the price of a five-bedroom Colonial on more than four acres not far from Lee's property, from $2.25 million to $1.999 million 'because we really have a very soft market here over $2 million. There are very few buyers who want to spend that in our school district.'"

The Kansas City Business Journal. "Kansas City home values fell from March to April, the first month-over-month decline in four years, according to Zillow. Sarah Mikhitarian, senior economist at Zillow said that increasing home values have outpaced income growth in the past few years, which accounts for the drop in value now. 'After such rapid value increases, affording a down payment has become increasingly difficult for many prospective buyers,' she said."

"'Month-over-month numbers are volatile, and this small decline could reverse itself before the year is out and before national home values go negative on a year-over-year basis,' said Skylar Olsen, Zillow's director of economic research. 'That said, the likelihood that home values have peaked in several local markets is real.'"

"The report said homes values probably have peaked in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Houston, Miami, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego, St. Louis, Tampa, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Portland and San Jose. Home values fell in 32 of the 35 largest housing markets in April, the report found."