A report from the Denver Channel in Colorado. "Denver's red hot housing market is finally beginning to balance out. 'It’s still a seller’s market,' said realtor Joy Dysart. 'We’re not seeing quite as many showings. I would say that the…
A report from Motley Fool. "Redfin said that 'demand for second homes fell 21% year over year in July, the second consecutive month of annual declines in mortgage-purchase locks.'" From Reston Now in Virginia. "Sure, a lot of homes in…
A report from Seattle Met in Washington. "Who: Kim Colaprete, managing broker withTeam Diva Real Estate of Coldwell Banker Bain. Years in the business: 22. I sold something in 2016, what seemed like a pretty modest house in Bitter Lake,…
A weekend topic starting with KIRO in Washington. "Seattle police and fire investigators are searching for a known arson suspect who they believe intentionally started a fire which destroyed an abandoned housing complex in the 5200 block of University Way…
What is your mid-year housing bubble prediction? From six months ago: "I was sitting here contemplating what this new year is going to bring, and the biggest question that I have is where in the heck a frugal, cautious person…
A weekend topic starting with two reports from the Los Angeles Times. "Outreach workers on Friday wrapped up the first — and easiest — phase of the Venice Beach cleanup, persuading dozens of homeless people camped on the boardwalk to…
A weekend topic starting with China Worker. "The following is a document discussed at the 2015 congress of the ISA’s China, Hong Kong and Taiwan section. This appeared in our book Building the Socialist Alternative (published by chinaworker.info November 2015,…
A report from Toronto Storeys in Canada. "While Canadian real estate prices fell slightly in May — down 1.1% from April to an average of a little over $688,000 — Canada’s housing market is still flashing red warning signs that…
A report from the Times of San Diego in California. "Jason Elliott, Newsom’s top advisor on housing and homelessness, was joined on the virtual panel, by Jennifer Svec, legislative advocate for the California Association of Realtors, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, a…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "More than a year into the pandemic, high-rise office buildings are largely empty. About one of every two hotel rooms is unoccupied. Malls are struggling to attract shoppers. And yet by most measures,…