A report from the Daily Mail on New York. "A luxury New York skyscraper with apartments priced at as much as $59 million could be left empty as the coronavirus lockdown halts the construction industry. It is feared the slowdown…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Nonbank financial firms spent years lobbying against tougher regulation and stricter capital requirements, arguing that their emerging dominance in mortgage lending didn’t pose a risk to the financial system. Now, many of…
A report from the Wall Street Journal on Texas. "The Houston office market is poised to become the next commercial real estate victim of the economic shock waves from the coronavirus crisis. Houston’s problems also are closely watched along with…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "California home prices and sales are likely to fall as a result of the coronavirus, according to the California Association of Realtors. Kalena Masching, a Redfin agent in Silicon Valley, saw a…
A report from the Miami Herald in Florida. "Moving trucks may be parked near Virgin MiamiCentral soon. Park-line Miami at 100 NW Sixth St., the two 30-story apartment buildings for rent above the train station, opened its leasing office in…
A weekend topic starting with Catalyst. "There’s an apparent contradiction in urban America’s real estate market. On one hand there’s a general housing shortage, namely of affordable workforce housing. But there are lots of luxury condos that get built and…
A report from Morningstar. "Real Estate sales in Canada are booming and as a result, prices are being pushed higher. For those who can't afford to buy investment properties though, at these prices, does it even make sense to invest…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "Once Silicon Valley’s highest-flying darlings, companies from WeWork to Uber Technologies Inc. have collectively lost about $100 billion in value this year. Vitaliy Katsenelson, chief executive of Investment Management Associates Inc., likens the…
A report from KCRA in California. "California is at the epicenter of a housing crisis. Thousands of people are fleeing the state, and many of them say they can no longer afford to live here. But today there’s help, and…
A report from the Sunday Times. "The housing crisis in Silicon Valley has reached new heights. Police officers in San Mateo, priced out of a market where the median house price has surged to $1.3m (£1m), have taken to sleeping…