A report from Fox 5 Washington DC. "Are D.C. home prices dropping? Some data indicates home prices have declined nearly 11 percent in the last 12 months. Parcl Labs, a real-time housing analytics group says the D.C. city housing market…
A report from Maryland Matters. "As the Trump administration continues slicing the federal workforce and laying off probational employees in large numbers, much of the conversation on how it impacts Maryland can center around the populous counties that lie just…
A report from WJLA. "Rent in Washington, D.C., is climbing for the first time in months, with a 2.7% increase in February, according to Redfin. Arlington, Virginia, experienced the largest year-over-year increase in asking rents last month, with a 12.1%…
A report from the Miami Herald. "The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, has reportedly recovered $1.9 billion in misplaced funds by the Biden administration. The amount originated from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)…
A report from Associated Press. "Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some laid-off federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their firing. Riley Rackliffe, who was working as an aquatic ecologist at…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Thus far, it’s unclear how many Pennsylvania feds have been laid off. 'I see lots of experience,' boomed the day’s organizer, Charlie Elison, a bearded Army veteran turned civilian public affairs officer,…
A report from Baltimore Brew in Maryland. "The Baltimore field office of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is soon to be permanently closed, along with scores of other HUD field offices across the country. As for the…
A report from WEAR in Florida. "Sellers are slowly losing their leverage in the housing market. WEAR News spoke to a Pensacola realtor about the shift. Last month, more than 40,000 home purchase agreements fell through across the country according…
A report from Florida Politics. "There were 168,717 single-family homes for sale in Florida last month, the Realtor.com report said. It’s the most homes for sale recorded in the Sunshine State in a single month. The last time any month…
A report from Market Watch. "The housing market is changing, and becoming a buyer’s market. Sellers haven’t quite accepted that yet. Real estate agents will often argue that the reason home prices are so high, is because there isn’t enough…