A weekend topic starting with a press release. "ATTOM released its third-quarter 2021 U.S. Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report, which shows that 3.59 million mortgages secured by residential property (1 to 4 units) were originated in the third quarter of…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Courtney White and her fiancé saw one house after another go under contract before even having a chance to see the property during their house hunt earlier this year. After finally buying…
A report from the Oklahoman. "Landon Whitt, CEO of OKCReal, said he's seen what may be some cooling in investor demand. 'I have had three different investors get cold feet after placing an offer, and pull out of the deal,…
A report from the High Point Enterprise in North Carolina. "While many real estate markets are still booming, some are seeing a recent slowdown in home sales. Insurify named Greensboro-High Point as No. 3 on the list of the nation's…
A report from Dirt on California. "A couple months ago, a Sunset Strip house sold for $14 million - exactly $5 million less than the sellers had paid in 2014. Months before that, another nearby house sold for $12.5 million,…
A report from The City on New York. "Christine Fife was 'speechless with joy' when she won her foreclosure case in January 2020, she recalled, believing her decade under threat of foreclosure in her Upper West Side condo was finally…
A weekend topic starting with two reports from ERR. "Estonian construction volumes exceeded pre-crisis levels in the previous quarter with the production value of construction enterprises in Estonia and abroad increasing 15 percent year-on-year. Developers say that as long as…
A weekend topic starting with Quartz. "The press has noted that more than 6 million homes may be sold this year, more than any time since 2006. For those familiar with real estate busts, this may be an ominous sign.…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "'Our housing market is showing signs of stabilizing,' says Dave Walsh, the 2021 president of the California Association of Realtors. Walsh says we now have a median selling price in Santa Clara…
A report from Bloomberg on New York. "Manhattan luxury-home sales had their best week of the year. The second-priciest home to find a buyer was a limestone mansion owned by financier Phil Falcone, at 22 E. 67th St., on the…