A report from the Orange County Register in California. "California ranks high on a national scoreboard of yet another unflattering real estate trend: rapidly cooling home appreciation rates. Source: My trusty spreadsheet filled with Federal Housing Finance Agency data. California was home to three of the four biggest coolings among 232 metropolitan areas studied. The No. 1 cold spot was found in the San Jose-Santa Clara market. There, a 10.7-point drop wiped out gains and translated to last year’s 1.88% price loss. Next was San Francisco, which turned 10.4 points cooler to a 1.12% price loss. No. 4 San Rafael was 8.2 points cooler to a 1.93% loss. Cooling appreciation was the norm across Southern California, too."

"Nothing goes up forever and this cooling may just be much-needed relief. Plus, California and the Western region are, by no means, the only spots for price softness. Appreciation rates were down in 31 of the states and 129 of the 232 metros studied. Meek appreciation, or even price declines, can be good AND bad. It does improve house hunters’ 'affordability' challenges. But those same housing 'bargains' can scare off some shoppers, folks who may fear they’d be buying at another market peak."

From News 4 Jax in Florida. "A 275-acre development with close to 1,000 new houses could be on the way in Yulee. The Army Corps of Engineers said it's received an application for a housing project proposed for west of Old Nassauville Road to be known as Amelia Passage. Vincent Faviano, who lives in Amelia Concourse, bought his house not too long ago and is worried about Amelia Passage affecting property value. 'You know you have a buyers' market and a sellers' market and this is going to end up being so many additional homes in this area that property value has to go down,' Faviano said."

From Forbes on Florida. "Grammy award winner DJ Khaled recently lowered the price of his Miami mansion by $600,000, bringing the listing down to $5.99 million. This is the second price drop for the three-story waterfront estate since he put it on the market in December 2018. The ultramodern 6,697-square-foot home is in the prestigious gated community of Island Estates in the suburb of Aventura. It was listed at $7.99 million last December. Since then, it has taken a 25% price cut. Khaled purchased the mansion in December 2015 for $3.84 million. The record executive and producer spent more than $2.5 million remodeling the Mediterranean-style estate."

From Curbed Boston in Massachusetts. "Unit 1 at 201 Marion Street in busy, busy East Boston hits a kind of modern Boston real estate trifecta. It’s effectively new—the product of a recent gut-renovation that left it with fresh appliances and central air and heat—as well as near the T (in this case the Blue Line’s Airport stop) and relatively affordable. The 690-square-foot two-bedroom, one-bathroom with a patio is asking $449,999. A washer-dryer is included in the price."

"That asking pencils out to $652 a square foot. Both that per-foot price and the total tag are below the latest going-rate measures for Boston condos. The median condo sales price citywide was $700,000 at the end of January, according to the Greater Boston Association of Realtors. And the average price per square foot was $812."

From Mansion Global on New York. "Affluent Manhattan house hunters signed 27 contracts for homes priced at $4 million or more in the week ending Sunday, the busiest week for the luxury housing hub so far this year, according to the latest report from Olshan Realty. Sellers of multimillion-dollar homes have had to take a more realistic approach to pricing over the past two years, as changes to federal and city taxes caused sales to slump. Last week, the average home to find a buyer went into contract with a 10% price cut, according to the Olshan report."

The Denver Post in Colorado. "Above-average snowfall and rising concerns about the coronavirus didn’t put a damper on local home sales last month, according to the Denver Metro Association of Realtors. 'While the stock market struggled with fears of the spreading coronavirus, real estate stayed strong,' said Jill Schafer, chair of the DMAR Market Trends Committee and a local Realtor. Sellers in metro Denver listed 5,122 properties in February, up 5.6% from January and on par with year-ago levels. Buyers closed on 3,429 homes in February, up 3.16% from January."

The Houston Chronicle in Texas. "While most of the nation saw home foreclosures decrease, demonstrating a housing market recovery, Texas saw a spike in bank-owned properties. Some of these are concentrated in Houston's suburbs, where vast square footage meets desirable school districts. Take a look at some bank-owned homes for sale south of town."

"Kingwood: 14 Golf Links Court / list price: $699,000. Built in 2002, this 6,193-square-foot Kingwood home was formerly valued as a million-dollar property, according to a Houston Association of Realtor listing. Sugar Land: 3506 Alcorn Bend Drive / list price: $655,000. This dwelling will need some improvements, but the five-bedroom, 5,181-square-foot interior still has its original bones intact."