A weekend topic from the Tacoma Daily Index. "Home ownership is not for the faint of heart. If you have an older home, you will never lack projects to keep you busy – and you could easily spend every penny…
A report from the Vancouver Courier in Canada. "The dramatic slowdown in the detached home resale market combined with the introduction of the speculation and vacancy tax and other demand-side measures have prompted a host of owners of pricey houses…
A report from the Associated Press on California. "Salinas is one of America's least affordable places to live, exemplifying a housing crisis that plagues California's rural and urban areas alike. Salinas families earn a median income of $69,000, while the…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Denver epitomizes the slowdown taking hold this year in the nation's housing market. Until summer, broker Van Lewis in Aurora, Colo. was having his best year ever. Since then, he says, monthly…
A report from the North Bay Business Journal in California. "Real estate experts around the North Bay are getting early inklings that housing markets in the region are cooling after several years of rapid appreciation in sale prices and rents.…
A report from the Mercury News in California. "There’s new hope on the horizon for harried renters struggling to afford the Bay Area’s astronomical prices — rents have started falling. Median rents dropped in September and August compared to the…
A report from the Atlanta Journal Constitution in Georgia. "The retreat in Atlanta’s housing market is becoming a rout: the number of home sales last month took a double-digit tumble from a year ago, according to two reports issued this…
A report from the Bellevue Reporter in Washington. "Julia Nordby, office leader of John L. Scott’s Bellevue-Main office, said that in the current market, brokers have had to brush up on handling difficult pricing conversations with sellers, particularly those who…
A report from the Austin American Statesman in Texas. "Flat home sales last month lowered the temperature a bit in Central Texas’ long-hot housing market, according to new data from the Austin Board of Realtors. Local real estate agents have…
A report from the Washington Post. "While home sellers may enjoy the feeling of having the upper hand in the local housing market, buyers have been frustrated for several years by the limited number of homes for sale, rising prices…