It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Home prices slipped in some of the costliest U.S. markets in the second quarter. Prices slid 5.3% in the San Jose region. Prices slipped 1.9% in the San Francisco area and 1.2%…
A report from Forbes. "The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) warned of potential credit and market risks that market participants should definitely heed. In particular, the FDIC’s 2019 Risk Review Report released yesterday highlighted concerns in the agricultural, commercial real…
A report from This Garden Island on Hawaii. "The real estate market on Kauai remained relatively strong through the first half of 2019, but overall sales figures across the island are down from this time last year, and the market…
A weekend topic starting with Domain News in Australia. "Owners in Melbourne’s high-rise apartment towers are selling properties at a loss amid a tarnished reputation thanks to wild parties and crime. Some city and Docklands buildings are tarnished thanks to…
A report from the Wall Street Journal on New York. "Property investors have spent billions of dollars on apartment buildings for what has been one of the most reliably profitable bets in New York City real estate: converting rent-regulated apartments…
A report from the Wall Street Journal on New York. "Stock investors are dumping shares of community banks with big real-estate lending businesses that could suffer from New York’s stricter apartment-rent regulations. Since property values are often based on the…
A report from the Tennessean. "Unsustainable home-price growth and an inventory surplus helped move Nashville into the top 10 markets for home buyers in the United States, according to a new report that provides further evidence of cooling demand in the…
A report from Mansion Global. "Home buyers in Los Angeles County, once one of the nation’s most competitive housing markets, are now gaining the upper hand. The city ranked No. 6 in the nation for top buyer’s markets in the…
A weekend topic starting with Geekwire. "Q&A: Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman on competing with Zillow, and the potential of real estate tech. GeekWire: It feels like we are in the wild west for real estate technology in the middle of…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The global financial outlook 'kinda sucks,' said UC Santa Barbara professor Peter Rupert. This year, because of an 11 percent drop in the median house price, from $718,000 to $655,000, Santa Barbara…