A report from the Wichita Eagle in Kansas. "A new study identifies Wichita as one of the most rapidly cooling housing markets in the country. The median listing price for a Wichita home actually fell by 7.28% from summer 2020…
A report from KTSP in Minnesota. "The housing market has been red-hot during the pandemic, but it could be cooling off. Existing U.S. homes sales rose 2% in July. For comparison, sales in June jumped about 23% from a year…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Median selling prices in July declined 10% from June’s record high of $812,000 for a single-family home. Multiple offers are also down, as well as the number of bidding wars, according to…
A report from Realtor.com. "The past year has been the stuff of home sellers’ dreams. It seemed they could put whatever price tag they wished on their properties and buyers would still line up around the block, many with all-cash…
A report from the Center Square on Colorado. "Denver’s housing market increased its inventory by nearly 30% last month, but experts say it won’t be enough to shift the market in favor of homebuyers. The average sale price of $625,000…
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,…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The number of new home purchases has certainly slowed amid the construction industry's struggles, though it’s not impossible for buyers to find a new home to purchase. In many cases, homebuilders have…
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 report from 9 News in Colorado. "In many of the nation’s top housing markets, including Colorado, roughly one in five houses sold is now bought by someone who never moves in. 'The fear is that the larger, corporate investors…
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,…