It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The Chicago City Council enacted the COVID-19 Eviction Protection ordinance in June. After selling two single-family homes to financially maintain his remaining portfolio, Derrick Rowe, a landlord on the South Side, now…
A report from the Star Tribune in Minnesota. "On a good month, the upper floor of Michael and Krista Browne’s Minneapolis duplex near the University of Minnesota could pull in $2,750 to $3,000 as an Airbnb rental. For the Brownes…
A weekend topic starting with the Wall Street Journal. "Protesters frustrated that marches on the streets haven’t resulted in more dramatic police reforms have found a new stage: the homes of big city mayors. In San Jose, Calif., a group…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The contours of the ruin caused in New York City are emerging. City unemployment rate climbed to nearly 20 percent in July with nearly a fifth of jobs wiped out, year-to-year. Many…
A report from Patterson Press on New Jersey. "Burned-out and abandoned, the Victorian house at the corner of Auburn and Fair streets symbolized Paterson’s drug scourge so much that three years ago someone sprayed-painted 'Crackadopia' across its side wall. Brian…
A report from the Star Advertiser in Hawaii. "Munro Murdock, Hawaii Legal Short-Term Rental Alliance (HILSTRA) president, said owners and operators across the isles are feeling the pain from delays in reopening Hawaii tourism through a pre-arrivals testing program. 'First…
A report from Arlington Now in Virginia. "The numbers don’t lie, folks. In our Just Reduced world, where just months ago, there were a dozen (at the most) homes with reduced prices each week in Arlington County, we’re now seeing…
A report from Business Insider. "Overall mortgage delinquencies rose a seasonally adjusted 8.22% in the second quarter, according to the MBA. That marked a nine-year high, and a nearly 4% increase from the previous quarter, the largest quarterly jump in…
A report from Geekwire. "'We’re running naked through the jungle with a Bowie knife clenched between our teeth, which is the way Redfin was born to be,' CEO Glenn Kelman told analysts. 'We’re omnivorous. We’re going to try to take…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Credit tightening is becoming more evident according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Joel Kan, MBA's Associate Vice President of Economic and Industry Forecasting explained. 'Mortgage credit supply dropped again in June, as…