A report from Bloomberg. "Zillow has essentially dived into the house-flipping business, offering to quickly take properties off sellers’ hands. And in the process it’s helping pull Wall Street even deeper into the $2 trillion U.S. housing market. In August,…
A report from Mortgage Professional America. "With more than 20 years’ experience in the mortgage industry, Kirk Tatom, the president of Dallas-based Tatom Lending, started his company back in 2007. As for clients who were still determined to get the…
A report from the Honolulu Star advertiser in Hawaii. "A Hong Kong-based company with plans to develop an Atlantis-themed resort along with two other big hotel and residential projects in West Oahu has been trying to sell all three properties…
A weekend topic starting with the Staunton News Leader in Virginia. " According to the Greater Augusta Association of Realtors, there are 370 listings currently active. Previously, it was a challenge to sell over $350,000, but looking at the current…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The stratospheric housing market may be returning to earth. Through the first eight months of the year, 28,306 homes were listed for sale in Greater Columbus, up 13.5% from the same period…
A report from WKRN in Tennessee. "'The Hermitage market inventory has doubled in the past 12 months,' Bobby Hill with Crye-Leike Realtors said. 'What we’re seeing right now is push back in our marketplace from the buyer base toward sellers…
A report from the Coeur d’Alene Press in Idaho. "Kristen Johnson, Coeur d’Alene Association of Realtors president said there aren’t as many competitive offers on homes as there were earlier this year, so the market is seeing some price reductions.…
A report from the Austin Business Journal in Texas. "More evidence is rolling in that indicates the period of rapidly increasing monthly housing prices may be coming to an end. The Austin Board of Realtors' most recent market update, released…
A report from AZ Business Magazine. "August home sales dropped 3.5% from July’s total – and the Median Sale Price slipped 1.2% to $335,000. 'Although we appear to be past the blistering summer peak, the market is still very active,'…
A report from Banker and Tradesman. "The coming weeks and months present a challenge to reporters and editors covering the Massachusetts real estate market. After 18 months of precipitous price jumps, this summer saw hints that the speed of those…