A report from Bloomberg. "What’s flown largely under the radar amid the central bank’s efforts to bolster the economy, is the Fed’s role in pushing the $6.8 trillion mortgage-backed securities market to extremes. The Fed has bought more than $1…
A report from Mortgage News Daily. "Extremely serious delinquencies, those loans 150 days or more past due, reached historically high levels in August. Corelogic said the rate of delinquencies among those loans spiked to 1.2 percent, the highest level since…
A report from the Los Angeles Times in California. "In the 90210 ZIP Code, based on 30 sales, the median price for single-family homes in September was $4.518 million, down 27.1% year over year, according to CoreLogic." The San Diego…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "Mariano Rivera, the retired Major League Baseball pitcher, is listing his home in Rye, an affluent community in Westchester County, N.Y., for $3.995 million. Mr. Rivera and his wife bought the property in…
A report from Forbes on New York. "'This certainly doesn’t look good,' Victor Rodriguez tells me. Rodriguez is Director of Market Analysts for real estate intelligence firm CoStar Group. 'The problem for New York City’s office and residential markets is…
Two reports from the Real Deal on Florida. "Ed Brown, former Patrón Spirits CEO, sold his oceanfront Hillsboro Beach mansion at a loss, for $16.5 million. Luxury spec home developer Mark Timothy built the home in 2017, the same year…
A report from Boston.com in Massachusetts. "'The Boston condo market is a great example of what’s happening nationally,' said Kiernan Middleman, an agent with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Warren Residential. Buyers are simply leaving the city and heading to the suburbs.'…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "Signs of stress in New York City’s commercial properties are fueling investor bets that trouble in the nation’s largest real-estate market could spread pain nationwide. 'Distress in financial markets was all about residential…
A report from People Magazine. "San Francisco has seen a massive drop in apartment rental prices, a new report shows. Many other big cities across the country are seeing similar trends. According to Bloomberg, studio rents in Manhattan fell 15…
A report from National Mortgage Professional. "'Four months into the pandemic, the 120-day delinquency rate for July spiked to 1.4%,' said Dr. Frank Nothaft, chief economist at CoreLogic. 'This was the highest rate in more than 21 years and double…