It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Real estate experts say the Nashville housing market is cooling. Entry-level inventory is up a whopping 29.5 percent. Zillow economist Skylar Olsen said, 'One of the other things that's nice and why we know things are…
A report from the Los Angeles Daily News in California. "Home sales in the San Fernando Valley hit a record low last month, even as sellers continued to flood the housing market, according to the Southland Regional Association of Realtors.…
A report from Bloomberg on Canada. "Household debt in Canada has reached levels that could be qualified as excessive. Canadians owe C$2.16 trillion—which, as a share of gross domestic product, is the highest debt load in the Group of Seven…
A report from the Seattle Times in Washington. "Since the local market peaked last spring, single-family home prices have fallen twice as fast in the Seattle metro area as in any other region in the country, according to the monthly…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "The federal agency that insures mortgages for first-time home buyers is tightening its standards, concerned it is allowing too many risky loans to be extended. The Federal Housing Administration told lenders this month…
A report from the Las Vegas Sun in Nevada. "The latest monthly update from the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors , showed the Valley had more than 7,000 listings without an offer. If you go back to last fall,…
A report from Forbes. "In the last year, national home prices have jumped just 0.6%, according to the Housing Market Tracker from Redfin. Just one year ago, annual home price gains were nearing 10%. Add in that housing inventory is…
A report from Kieth Jurow. "The 2004-07 bubble era in U.S. housing markets was a time of utter madness. Much has been written about it, but almost nothing has been said about the craziest aspect of it – the cash-out…
A report from the Buffalo News in New York. "The Monarch 716 student-housing complex that was seized by the lender in a foreclosure last year will be going on the block next month to satisfy the $44 million debt that…
A report from the Citizen Times in North Carolina. "A celebrated entrepreneur has had his real estate license stripped after keeping 'at least' tens of thousands of dollars owed to Airbnb owners whose properties he managed, state regulators said. Shawn Johnson…