A report from the American Statesman. "Just as it is a buyer's market in Central Texas' single-family housing market, so too is it a renter's market in the Austin-area apartment market. Likely to the dismay of landlords and delight of…
A weekend topic starting with Bloomberg. "The surge in immigration will help bolster the US economy by about $7 trillion over the next decade by swelling the labor force and increasing demand, the Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday. The…
A weekend topic starting with the New Yorker. "Jay Peak sits at the northern end of Vermont, twenty minutes from the Canadian border, and has one of the heaviest snowfalls in the region. It was, for many years, an obscure…
A report from the Washington Examiner. "The price of everything is up since 2020, but in absolute terms nothing has gone up more than mortgages. With the 2024 presidential contest coming into focus, housing affordability will be among the economic…
A report from Curbed New York. "If you want views of Central Park and at least 6,000 never-before-lived-in square feet from which to admire them, you’ve got a lot to choose from right now: Central Park Tower’s 17,545-square-foot penthouse —…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Economists now project 2023 will mark the slowest year for home sales since 2008, when the housing bubble burst. This is the seventh week in a row that rates have risen, marking…
A report from US News and World Report."It was a case of good news, bad news as new home sales increased by 12.3% in September while prices dropped sharply from a year ago, the Census Bureau said on Wednesday. Builders…
A report from the Marin Independent Journal. "The median price of a detached home in Marin has declined nearly 7% over the past year. The median figure for last month was $1.65 million, down from $1.77 million in September 2022,…
A weekend topic starting with the Denver Gazette in Colorado. "'Spring felt like a failure to launch, which has led to a summer kick-off where the natural rhythm of the Denver real estate market simply feels off,' said DMAR Chair…
A report from the Colorado Springs Gazette. "Home sales fell in March on a year-over-year basis, continuing a downward trend that began in the second half of last year, while prices last month dropped for the third time since December,…