A report from the San Francisco Business Journal in California. "The pace of change sweeping across the Bay Area housing market spurred one brokerage to issue a 'special report' this month on the Bay Area housing market. 'Dramatic changes abound,'…
A report from The Olympian in Washington. "The Thurston County housing market cooled in November — just as it did in October — as some buyers stayed on the sidelines because of seasonal factors or slightly higher mortgage interest rates,…
A report from My Northwest on Washington. "You may have heard that the big chill has suddenly hit the Seattle housing market. According to the Case-Shiller home-price index, Seattle home prices are falling faster than the rest of the country.…
A report from the Dallas Morning News in Texas. "North Texas home sales fell by 8 percent in November. It was the biggest year-over-year sales decline in more than seven years. Ted Wilson, principal with Dallas housing analyst Residential Strategies…
An editorial by Robert J. Shiller in the New York Times. "We are, once again, experiencing one of the greatest housing booms in U.S. history. How long this will last and where it is heading next are impossible to know…
A report from ABC News in Australia. "The tide is turning on Australia’s $7.6-trillion property market. Home prices in more than four out of five council areas have reached their peak and are sliding towards an unknown nadir, according to…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "Small-time investors who flooded into real estate in the past decade to take advantage of low borrowing costs and rising home values are starting to cut back." "The number of new home loans…
A report from Domain News in Australia. "Sydneysiders who snapped up off-the-plan apartments at the peak of the property boom are now short-changed, with banks valuing their properties well below the agreed price." "Buyers unable to borrow the required amount…
A weekend topic starting with Kiplinger. "Debt pricing looms as the largest multifamily market mover in the coming year. Inexpensive debt capital and plenty of equity seeking placement in the multifamily market have supported rising property values in recent years.…
A report from the Seattle Times in Washington. "For years, the dreaded bidding war was a depressing rite of passage for anyone entering the Seattle-area real-estate market. But with the market turning, those days are gone. The number of buyers…