It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "In March 2020, Mark Joseph bought his first home: a spacious three-bedroom, 2.5-bedroom house in Saint Louis. He and his wife had recently had their second child. Joseph was convinced 'someone else…
A report from Wicked Local. "The Massachusetts residential real estate market is correcting for past excesses. 'The Massachusetts single family market finally hit the wall we’ve all been anticipating,' said Tim Warren, CEO of The Warren Group. 'For the last…
A report from Yahoo Finance. "Around 42% of homes sold in the final three months of 2022 included some kind of concession from the seller, Redfin data found. A separate study found that 13.6% of sellers also slashed their listing…
A report from Go Banking Rates. "In 2021, inflation pushed the housing market to record highs — but it wasn’t a bubble. 'It’s not like 2008, because the growth we have seen in the past few years wasn’t based on…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "'When you have a rise and increase in interest rates like we've had, that is a big problem for housing. Interest rates are like the mother's milk of housing,' Pulte Capital CEO…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "When mortgage rates hit 7% in the fall, Austin-based mortgage broker Aaron Kovac was a little spooked. After a stunning rise in home sales amid ultra-low interest rates, 'the market just went…
A report from the Review Journal in Nevada. "With builders slashing prices and buyers pulling back, Las Vegas’ home construction market kept hitting the brakes in November. 'Over the past few months though, the conversation has changed from how high…
A report from Axios Denver in Colorado. "As the market settles, so will the 'record-breaking appreciation homeowners have been spoiled with,' realtor Jeremy Kane at eXp Realty anticipates. 'This will feel like a pull-back or a loss in value, when…
A report from Mansion Global. "2022 marked the end of a long and prosperous run in San Francisco’s luxury housing market. Patrick Carlisle, chief market analyst in the San Francisco Bay Area at Compass: it’s 'an excellent time for buyers…
A report from the Union Tribune in California. "San Diego County's home price has dropped for the sixth month and is close to erasing all yearly price gains. Jeff Grant, owner and agent with Sand & Sea Investments, has a…