A report from the Santa Barbara Independent. "'We’re seeing a shift in the market here in the Santa Barbara area. There are more price drops, and inventory has slowly increased month after month. Right now, I’m telling my sellers that…
A report from WHSV in Virginia. "As we enter into the last three months of the year, what had hopeful signs of declines in interest rates is no longer the case throughout this year. 'We had heard from a lot…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "'Buyers are using things like inspection negotiations and high insurance premiums to back out of deals,' said Jacksonville Redfin Premier agent Heather Kruayai. 'They’re holding a lot of the cards; today’s sellers…
A report from the East Valley Tribune in Arizona. "Butch Leiber, president of Phoenix REALTORS' board of directors, said inventory in Chandler this summer climbed by 500 homes from July to August. Listings Valley-wide were around 7,100 last month, the…
A report from the Orange County Register. "Surviving the slowdown was a key theme at the California Association of Realtors conference last week in Anaheim. Helen Jeong’s most prosperous year as a real estate agent occurred in 2020, when five…
A weekend topic starting with Oregon Public Radio. "Just before Portland’s City Council approved a ban on public drug use last week, Mayor Ted Wheeler described what he’d observed on his way to work that afternoon: 'The last time I…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "'The sharpest price decline in Utah’s real estate history occurred from May 2022 to January 2023,' wrote the report’s authors, housing researchers Jim Wood and Dejan Eskic. In those eight months, the…
A report from Vail Daily. "Mark Weinreich, a broker associate with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Colorado Properties’ Beaver Creek in the Villa Montane office, notes that for the resort and luxury market, there are more choices. Good properties priced to fair…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Austin, Phoenix and San Jose have seen home prices fall since the beginning of the year, but those markets were already among the most expensive in the nation. But now price declines…
A holiday topic starting with the Dallas Morning News in Texas. "In 2021 the city’s office of homeless solutions launched an initiative to house 6,000 individuals, and despite the aggressive plan and $72 million, the office’s director said she doesn’t…