A report from the Pueblo Chieftain in Colorado. "New residential real estate figures released this week indicate Pueblo's market is not showing signs of significant improvement during the first three months of the year. The median sales price fell 4.7%…
A weekend topic starting with the Pagosa Daily Post. "As Colorado policymakers step up their efforts to address the state’s housing shortage, they’re encountering a similar problem: Colorado’s housing market, and the state and local policies that shape it, don’t…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Mortgage rates again rose to nearly 7%, a key psychological threshold that threatens the housing revival that many had hoped for this year. Catherine Hicks purchased a three-bedroom home in St. Petersburg,…
A report from the Bangor Daily News. "This time last year, Jordan Stolt would have had no problem finding an eager buyer for her $310,000 listing in central Maine. It’s a solid starter home on Winslow’s Roy Street. The 1,000-square-foot…
A report from the Mercury News in California. "In an opportunity most would-be Bay Area homeowners can only dream about, a handful of buyers snagged nine condominiums in a downtown San Jose housing tower at auction — paying an eye-popping…
A report from NBC 2. "The housing market has slowed considerably this winter, a time when sales increase in Southwest Florida. It seems to have gone from a seller's market to a buyer's market almost overnight. Currently, in Lee County…
A report from Lew Sichelman. "If you have a fixed-rate mortgage, your payments will always stay the same, right? Wrong. Maybe you’ve heard the term PITI, which stands for the main components of a typical mortgage payment: principal, interest, taxes…
A report from the New York Post. "Some of the Big Apple’s ritziest ZIP codes are seeing home values plummet amid the sustained exodus from the city caused by the pandemic, spiraling crime and ballooning taxes, experts told The Post.…
A weekend topic starting with the Globe and Mail. "A short three-hour flight from Vancouver, it’s possible to walk off the plane and glide into vacation mode within minutes. The B.C. connection with Palm Springs, Calif., is a long-standing one,…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Mountain Green condo owners voted in favor of a $50 million assessment to bring the building into the 21st Century, but some longtime owners said their quarterly payments will be so high…