It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The number of active listings in the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors region at the end of September was down 5.6% from a year ago, but an encouraging sign for potential buyers…
A report from National Mortgage Professional. "'Four months into the pandemic, the 120-day delinquency rate for July spiked to 1.4%,' said Dr. Frank Nothaft, chief economist at CoreLogic. 'This was the highest rate in more than 21 years and double…
A report from Insauga in Canada. "With more condos being listed and prices dipping month-over-month, should condo owners in Mississauga be worried? 'Condos are selling for under-asking, but the overinflated market we had is correcting so we can have stability…
A report from Arlington Now in Virginia. "The number of condos listed for sale in Arlington during September (261) ranks as the 2nd most in any month over the last 10+ years, trailing a record-setting April 2016 volume (268) by…
A report from Bisnow New York. "Meridian Capital Group Senior Executive Managing Director David Schechtman noted he is working on a 'broken' condominium deal in Brooklyn upon which there is a $65M senior secured mortgage with $25M of equity behind…
A report from CTV News in Canada. "Ari Newman has called Vancouver’s Strathcona neighbourhood home for the last three years, but that’s about to change. 'It’s been an increasingly bad experience living in Strathcona,' he told CTV News. 'I’m seeing…
A report from USA Today. "The housing market has been booming during the COVID-19 crisis, but America’s cities are taking it on the chin. Big cities like New York and San Francisco, in particular, are struggling with falling prices. 'Since…
A report from the Boston Globe. "Massachusetts has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, at 11.3 percent. Unemployment in the service sector is higher than in any other job category, and many of the state’s 622,000 service…
A report from the San Francisco Chronicle in California. "Sales tax data shows San Francisco’s population likely declined during the coronavirus pandemic, the city’s chief economist Ted Egan told The Chronicle. 'We’re the worst in the state,' he said. 'That’s…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Record vacancies dropped Manhattan apartment rental prices to their lowest levels in seven years as tenants continued to flee the city. The number of apartment listings tripled from a year earlier to…