A report from the Globe and Mail in Canada. "A prominent Vancouver immigration lawyer and other experts are praising the surprising amount of information that the province has demanded on the declaration form for its new Speculation and Vacancy Tax…
A weekend topic starting with Gothamist in New York. "Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city had issued a subpoena against the home-sharing giant Airbnb, demanding information on approximately 20,000 Airbnb listings in New York City. Chris Lehane, the…
A report from Bloomberg on Australia. "Australia’s worst property slump in a generation has created some obvious losers. Investors who bought at the top of the market are underwater; homeowners looking to sell are having to slash prices and developers…
A report from Boise Dev in Idaho. "First they planned 126 apartments. Then, after pushback, 47 homes. Finally, after more changes and hearings, a plan for 42 homes won approval. A year later, the project is stopped, and the property…
A weekend topic starting with Market Watch. "There’s new hope to phase out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from the housing sector, a Heritage Foundation research fellow said at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. Heritage’s Joel Griffith said while…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Last year, 20,648 single-family and multifamily existing homes sold in Lee County and 10,527 in Collier — a 49 percent decline over 2017 when Hurricane Irma hit, slowing the market. There are still plenty of interested…
A report from the Union Tribune in California. "New home sales in San Diego County fell 20 percent in January from a year earlier, hitting an 11-year low, CoreLogic reported. 'We seem to be reaching that point at which housing…
A report from Commercial Property Executive. "An inverted yield curve and forecasts of a dropoff in job growth are among the signals that the industry’s long, great ride may soon be ending, says economist Hugh Kelly. Lenders have generally been…
A report from the Wall Street Journal on China. "On a recent winter workday, investors and representatives from private fund companies in Shanghai and elsewhere descended on Sandu, a county in the deep south where tens of thousands of locals…
A report from the Los Angeles Times in California. " The sluggish Southern California housing market took another hit in January, with sales plunging 17% from a year earlier, according to a report released Wednesday. The median is now $32,000…