It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "According to the RMLS, the Portland market also saw its highest inventory in nearly five years. Portland-area real estate agents said much of the challenge for sellers is accepting that activity has…
A report from the Ahwatukee Foothills News in Arizona. "While the market will stabilize, it’s expected to remain challenging. The Cromford Report – a leading analyst leading analyst of the Valley housing market – said last week, 'We are seeing…
A report from CBS Colorado. "Two brothers, Grant and Greg Brunner, who died Nov. 28 in a murder-suicide case in Parker, were facing at least eight lawsuits accusing them of running a phony 'fix-and-flip' real estate scheme that cost friends…
A report from the Portland Press Herald in Maine. "Jon Fetherston looks through his neighbor’s sliding glass door at the sprawling farmland capped by a line of trees that still cling to their autumn colors. The 58-year-old was drawn to…
A weekend topic starting with Fortune. "Jim Grant has been tracking the ins and outs of Federal Reserve policy and its effects on the economy and markets in his famed newsletter, Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, for over 40 years. After…
A weekend topic starting with the Philadelphia Inquirer in Pennsylvania. "Philadelphia developer Eric Blumenfeld has lost control of the landmark Marine Club condo building at Broad Street and Washington Avenue amid an ongoing financial crisis involving upward of $200 million…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "As the years have gone by, it appears that some have lost their enchantment with Austin, to the point where companies and founders are also leaving or looking to leave the city.…
A report from the Seattle Times in Washington. "The Seattle-area housing market remained lethargic in November, as high interest rates converged with the typically slow season. A luxury Alki condo building announced in late November it would cut prices by…
A report from Newsweek on California. "A San Francisco home has been sold at half its original listing price, crystallizing the stark real estate climate in the city and in the U.S. The home in the Russian Hill neighborhood sold…
A report from the Mercury News in California. "It might be hard to fathom in this real estate market, but one in eight home sellers in San Francisco and on the Peninsula is now taking a loss. How can that…