A weekend topic starting with KTVZ. "Gov. Tina Kotek has pulled $2.7 million of the $18.2 million in emergency homeless response funds directed to Multnomah County and redistributed them to six other counties, including three in Central Oregon, due to…
A weekend topic starting with Business Insider. "Investor Bill Gross warned of more pain for bond investors as US fixed-income assets head for an unprecedented three-year slump. 'The government first threw money out of a helicopter and almost all of…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "'Perhaps there could be some recovery taking place, but the last couple of data releases are implying no,' said Lawrence Yun, the NAR’s chief economist. 'Things are slumping down again.'" "The 10-year…
A report from KSNV in Nevada. "Housing analysts are starting to see a foreclosure uptick once again, and unfortunately, Las Vegas is at the tip of that financial spear. Veteran real estate broker Kristen Riffle says she's seeing it. 'People…
A report from Yahoo Finance. "Homebuilders are walking a fine line when it comes to new projects as high mortgage rates curb demand. New residential construction, including single-family homes and multifamily, dropped 11.3% month over month in August to 1.283…
A report from the Motley Fool. "When my friend Jane (not her real name) and her husband set out to buy a home five years ago, they weren't dealing with the same challenging housing market conditions buyers are grappling with…
A report from the Pueblo Chieftain in Colorado. "Pueblo's real estate market remained stagnant in August with overall sold listings down 18% when compared to August 2022. Year-to-date residential home sales are down 25.5%. The length of time a home…
A report from Newsweek. "New Jersey and Illinois are facing a stressed housing market, according to a new report. ATTOM revealed that nearly half of the counties most at risk are in those two states. New Jersey exhibited the highest…
A weekend topic starting with Oregon Public Radio. "Just before Portland’s City Council approved a ban on public drug use last week, Mayor Ted Wheeler described what he’d observed on his way to work that afternoon: 'The last time I…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "'The sharpest price decline in Utah’s real estate history occurred from May 2022 to January 2023,' wrote the report’s authors, housing researchers Jim Wood and Dejan Eskic. In those eight months, the…