A report from North Fort Myers Neighbors. "The real estate market for manufactured homes has been declining the last few years in Southwest Florida. In Lee County – from the end of January to end of February – there are 600 available manufactured homes on deeded land. There were 51 pending sales. Mobile Home Lady Owner Antonette Fazlic said homes are still selling and there is an abundance of inventory – a great time to look to purchase. 'It’s a buyer’s market. It has definitely cooled off – the market is correcting itself,' Fazlic said. Homes are not selling, she said, because people may not have a reality check that the market has shifted – changed. 'We see a lot of sellers chasing the market. If you price the home according to market conditions that day, then your house is going to sit. There are a hundred other homes at the same price point,' Fazlic said. 'It has to literally be the best house at the best price to get it moved. My job is not to be unrealistic and paint a picture that the market is not. A lot of people decide to rent because they can’t sell their home.'"

9 News in Colorado. "While sites like Zillow pull information from public databases, they cannot account for interior conditions or renovations, according to real estate expert Lane Lyon of Caldwell Banker. Zillow claims its Denver estimates are within 5% of actual sales prices 92% of the time, which can still represent a $20,000-$30,000 difference in home value. The Denver housing market is experiencing significant inventory growth, with single-family home listings up 66% compared to last year and condo/townhome listings up 81%, according to Lyon. Lyon also highlights an important trend not reflected in basic statistics. 'Many sellers are paying out concessions, helping buyers with interest rate buy-downs,' potentially reducing sellers' proceeds."

From 12 News. "In Arizona, just over 30,000 homes are on the market, a number not that high since November 2016. In Metro Phoenix alone, just over 22,000 homes, condos and apartments were listed in March, the highest number in more than a decade. Affordability for many buyers remains a concern. The median price of homes in Maricopa County was $534,900 in March, down from a high of about $563K in May 2023. In Pinal County, it was $400K in March, down from $411K in May 2022. 'It’s a good time to be in the market so you can negotiate with the seller,' said Sindy Ready, president of Arizona Association of Realtors. 'For sellers, we’re talking to them about buyers covering closing costs which a couple of years ago they wouldn’t have had to do.' Ready said many snowbirds leaving the state are deciding to sell their property, which is at least in part a seasonal trend. Property owners outside the U.S. are also deciding to sell, concerned about the future of the U.S. economy. 'A lot of the international owners who rent property here are starting to list their properties. That’s ticked up a little bit the inventory numbers overall,' Ready said."

The Marina Times in California. "The tariffs landed with whiplash speed and shook up the field earlier in April. So what does this all mean for the real estate market? Of course, the most immediate consequence is felt in the financial markets with the rise and fall of the Dow Jones and S&P depending on daily news from Washington. The housing inventory is finally being rolled out, but some home buyers in the Bay Area dependent on stock assets for their purchase end up pausing on whether to make an offer if they encounter the long-anticipated 'perfect' home when pressed to make a decision. Mike Annunziata, the founder of North Point Real Estate, summed it up, 'Buyers are active but more cautious. The days of jumping in with little hesitation seem to be behind us. People are weighing value and long-term implications much more carefully.'"

Multi-Housing News. "Despite high construction costs and interest rates, increasing inflation and pockets of oversupply, the U.S. multifamily sector has shown resilience, according to Legacy Partners CFO Robert Calleja. Active in all major branches of the sector, from acquisitions to property management and asset repositioning, Legacy Partners manages 50 communities and more than 12,000 units across six states. What would you say is the main challenge in the sector today and how are you addressing it? Calleja: Generally, the biggest issue facing multifamily today is excess supply. We are addressing that by meeting the market on our lease-ups and stabilized properties, as well as being patient for the supply overhang to be absorbed."

Building Salt Lake in Utah. "Data is out for Q1 2025 market performance across multiple product classes, including retail and multi-family. Not surprisingly, along the Wasatch Front, asking rents in residential multi-family projects have declined for a full year, as absorption struggles to catch up to record production in apartment inventory. Multi-family vacancy rates are hovering around 10% on the Wasatch Front, which signals a decline in vacancies in both the Utah County and Davis/Weber contexts. Salt Lake County remained at 10% vacancy over the last year. In addition, absorption was weaker across the Wasatch Front in Q1 2025 than in Q1 2024. Unit deliveries were down significantly in Salt Lake and Utah Counties, and up dramatically over the last year in Davis/Weber."

The Abbotsford News in Canada. "It's a perfect storm for potential home buyers in the Fraser Valley as home listings continue to become more abundant and prices are on the decline, especially in Abbotsford. As the total listings continue to climb, home sales are experiencing the opposite, with all three property types suffering massive year-over-year drops in April sales. Despite this sizable drop in home sales, FVREB chair Tore Jacobsen said that this doesn't mean that potential buyers aren't as interested in buying local properties. 'Buyers are out viewing homes and attending open houses,' Jacobsen said. 'What’s noticeable in the current market is the level of choice. A buyer might see a home they like and then have an opportunity to tour five or ten more just like it, without feeling rushed to make an immediate offer.' When homes are selling, they are starting to sell for cheaper as both monthly and year-over-year benchmark prices fell in April across the board."

The Weekly Voice on Canada. "In Toronto, condominiums dominated the sales landscape, accounting for more than 65% of property transfers. This dominance came despite a lackluster resale market, with much of the activity driven by a flood of 15,000 newly completed condo units—a 78% increase from the previous year. Meanwhile, signs of financial strain emerged across Ontario. Power of sale activity increased, with regions like Peel and Middlesex showing a disproportionate share of distressed sales relative to their total transaction volume. This growing financial pressure was especially visible among homeowners who bought at the 2022 peak: roughly 25% of those who purchased homes under $1 million and sold by 2024 suffered losses. The average loss province-wide was $45,000, rising to $56,000 in the GTA and a staggering $240,000 in Muskoka."

Domain News in Australia. "Buyers priced out of the Mornington Peninsula market during the COVID-era boom may find the door is ajar, after price falls in desirable areas. Upmarket Sorrento recorded the steepest annual drop of 23.9 per cent, to a median house price of $1.75 million, the latest Domain House Price Report shows. Sam Danckert, director of Mount Martha’s Danckert Real Estate, says the broad range of price movements reveals the micro-dynamics of the peninsula market. 'At the extreme, where Sorrento is concerned, it is holiday-orientated, and the headwinds of vacant land tax and Airbnb tax are really harming the market,' he says. 'The demand side of the market is not there because people are not relocating out of Melbourne to live in Sorrento.'"

The Vietnam Express. "An average worker in HCMC needs 34 years’ current income to afford a home in the city, according to cost of living database Numbeo. This marks an increase from last year’s 32.4 years and is the fifth highest figure globally. The ratios are 24.7 for Hanoi and 25-26 across Vietnam, up from 20.6 and 23.7 and far above the global average of 15. A report by property consultancy CBRE shows the average apartment price in HCMC is currently close to US$3,000 per square meter while the average per capita income is $7,500 per year. Given this disparity, workers in the city may have even less access to housing than their counterparts in Singapore."