A report from AZ Business Magazine. "August home sales dropped 3.5% from July’s total – and the Median Sale Price slipped 1.2% to $335,000. 'Although we appear to be past the blistering summer peak, the market is still very active,'…
A report from Banker and Tradesman. "The coming weeks and months present a challenge to reporters and editors covering the Massachusetts real estate market. After 18 months of precipitous price jumps, this summer saw hints that the speed of those…
A weekend topic starting with Realtor.com. "In today’s wild housing market, it may seem that the only successful homebuyers are either uber-rich or now house poor after spending everything they had on an overpriced home. In the Los Angeles metropolitan…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Have Northern Virginia home sellers missed the sweet spot? The D.C. region’s red-hot housing market has begun to show signs of fatigue, and in Northern Virginia the market softened in August. 'Overall…
A report from the Wilsonville Spokesman in Oregon. "The market already has tapered a bit from its absolute highs a few months ago. 'We're seeing more price reduction come across the MLS (multiple listing service) than we've seen in over…
A report from Greenville News in South Carolina. "Denise Franklin, president of the Greater Greenville Association of Realtors said the local housing market is starting to 'soften a little bit.' Some fear the ongoing real-estate boom may lead to another…
A report from the Coeur d' Alene Press in Idaho. "The wild real estate market ride in Kootenai County might be calming down. As of Sept. 9, there were over 1,200 local MLS listings. That's more than triple the number…
A report from the Washington Post. "Q: When we bought our house nearly 27 years ago, we wondered if we were overpaying. It was the mid-1990s, and houses in our neighborhoods of choice were in extremely short supply. The math…
A report from the Fort Myers News Press in Florida. "In a nutshell: 'The peak insanity is over,' said Denny Grimes, president of his team at Keller Williams Realty. That's bad news for sellers. 'We are starting to see prices…
A weekend topic starting with Bloomberg. "Disgruntled China Evergrande Group customers staged a protest in Guangzhou demanding that the cash-strapped developer restart stalled construction work and urging the local government to intervene. More than 100 home buyers in white T-shirts…