A report from MarketPlace. "The shift from a red-hot market has many realtors grappling with a new reality. On Tuesday, Los Angeles agent Hugo Torres was talking with his colleagues about sellers who have unrealistic expectations. 'People think, 'I’m going…
A report from the Orange County Register in California. "When 2018 started, the housing buzz was 'where’s the supply?' Now with the year almost complete, the industry now wonders 'where did all the buyers go?' Ponder that in housing-starved Southern…
A report from D Magazine in Texas. "For a while now in Dallas, water cooler or bar-side conversations with new homeowners have sounded the same: the process took forever, their first and second and third choices were snapped up by…
A report from the Orange County Register in California. "Orange County’s supply of existing homes for is up 53 percent while builders have 35 percent more unsold new homes to peddle. ReportsOnHousing tracks homebuying patterns found in real estate broker…
A report from Bloomberg. "Ram Konara, a real estate broker in suburban Dallas, is raking in freebies this year: trips to Lake Tahoe and Santa Barbara in California, Cabo San Lucas in Mexico, and a dude ranch in Wyoming. The…
A report from CNBC. "There's an oversupply of homes in most housing markets across the country and rising interest rates are making it harder for buyers to make deals, billionaire real estate developer Stephen Ross told CNBC Thursday. That includes…
A report from the Dallas Morning News in Texas. "After more than doubling local home starts in the last decade, don't expect Dallas-Fort Worth builders to increase construction by much in 2019. D-FW home starts are forecast to rise to…
A report from the Denver Post in Colorado. "After hitting severe turbulence and taking a dive in September, metro Denver’s housing market stabilized at a lower altitude in October, according to the Denver Metro Association of Realtors. Agents report more…
A report from CNBC. "Builders warned of a slowdown in home sales. And they were right – except the numbers are even worse than expected. 'This number really sucked,' wrote Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer at Bleakley Advisory Group, noting…
Some housing bubble news from Wall Street and Washington, MarketWatch. "Sales of newly-constructed homes swooned to the lowest since December 2016. September’s selling pace of 553,000 was 5.5% lower than in August, and 13.2% lower than a year ago. Sales…