A report from the Wall Street Journal. "More than a decade after home loans triggered the worst financial crisis in a generation, the strict lending requirements put in place during its aftermath are starting to erode. Home buyers with low…
A report from Curbed San Francisco in California. "Earlier this month, UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and law firm Allen Matkins released their survey of California developers and found that those with a stake in building housing are feeling gun…
A report from Business in Vancouver in Canada. "Metro Vancouver’s sluggish residential real estate market has caused some developers to pull the plug on projects. 'The market is totally in the dumps right now,' said Holborn Group of Cos. CEO…
A report from Bloomberg on New York. "Apartments in Manhattan’s Financial District aren’t exactly trading like blue chips on the nearby New York Stock Exchange. After a spurt of construction aimed at foreign buyers, whose numbers are dwindling, and finance…
A report from the Daily Independent in Kentucky. "The Ashland area real estate market continues to demonstrate significant strength despite coming off a record year for home sales in 2018. Veteran real estate agent Cindy Conley-Jones said sales are hot…
A report from KTVU in California. "Donald Kilmer and his wife are in the process of selling their 4-bedroom home in the Cambrian area of San Jose and moving to Idaho. But prices have dropped. According to Redfin, the San…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Look around Phoenix and you see cranes and construction sites, new buildings everywhere. New home construction in Phoenix largely came to a halt during the recession, but land speculation continued. 'In the…
A report from the Buffalo News in New York. "When Brett Barrett's husband got a surgical residency in Buffalo, the couple left Chicago for the Colvin Estates neighborhood of North Buffalo. They closed in May on their new $369,000 Marrano…
A report from the Globe and Mail in Canada. "Vancouver has come in dead last in the latest global ranking of luxury real estate by consultants Knight Frank. Vancouver luxury prices slipped 13.6 per cent in the quarter from a…
A report from CNBC. "Homebuilders and buyers alike are pulling back, even as mortgage rates fall to multiyear lows. Just 12% of adults said they plan to buy a home in the next year, according to the National Association of…