A weekend topic starting with Bloomberg. "For years, Fridays at Beef ‘O’ Brady’s, a sprawling restaurant chain in the Southeast, meant one thing: the steak-and-shrimp special. But in January, CEO Chris Elliott saw signs that consumers were feeling the squeeze…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Denver-area realtors are seeing something that hasn’t happened in nearly a decade: the market is starting to cool off. Sunny Banka with the Colorado Association of Realtors already seen this materialize with…
A report from the Real Deal. "More than one in four houses purchased by rental investors in the fourth quarter was a newly built home, according to data. Cash-rich investors see potential in single-family rentals, especially as mortgage rates rise,…
A report from the World Property Journal. "Based on a new report from Redfin, a fast-growing share of U.S. home-sellers are dropping their prices. 'The slowdown over the last two weeks has felt significant,' said Seattle-area Redfin real estate agent…
A report from WBTV in North Carolina. "Potential Charlotte-area homebuyer Amelia Serrano is relocating from California with her family and the interest rates are on the top of her mind. 'Now we have to look for homes in a much…
A report from The Street. "'Housing affordability keeps hitting new lows in the US... first time buyers have been priced out of the market,' investment community Wall Street Silver posted on its Twitter account. 'Investors are not likely to stay…
A report from International Business Times. "'Until recently, not many people thought that housing was in a bubble,' Tabitha Mazzara, Director of Operations at mortgage lender MBANC. But Dallas Fed researchers recently noted 'abnormal US housing market behavior,' 'reasons for…
A weekend topic starting with Reuters. "Lampooned by fiscal hawks as belief in a 'magic money tree', ever higher public borrowing and spending had seemed manageable and sensible for many years - hinged as they were on persistently low inflation…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Homeowners interested in selling are rushing to dump their domiciles before possible buyers run away. 'The thought of rising interest rates has lit a bit of fire to our timeline,' Meri Schroeder,…
A report from CBS Boston in Massachusetts. "Like the price of just about everything, the price to finance a home is going up. 'It has a lot to do with inflation,' said IND Mortgage founder Dick Lee. 'Inflation is the…