A weekend topic starting with Business Insider. "Prepare for house prices to slump, unemployment to spike, and the US economy to slip into recession, Kenneth Rogoff has said. The Harvard University economist issued his dire outlook during a Fox Business…
A report from the Center Square. "'I have to admit, even I am a little shocked at how fast the market decided to change,' said Patrick Muldoon, a realtor in Colorado Springs. 'It is like we had a really hot…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The Federal Reserve’s war on inflation and higher mortgage interest rates have hit Utah’s Wasatch Front housing market — hard. 'Like a wall,' said Steve Perry, CEO of the Salt Lake Board…
A report from the New York Post. "Better.com became a pandemic darling as city dwellers sought to flee to greener and larger spaces in the suburbs, fueling a boom in the housing market and associated lenders. CEO Vishal Garg laid…
A report from WPTV in Florida. "The large selling off of homes owned by Zillow is also happening on the Treasure Coast. As many as 20 homes in St. Lucie County are listed on the Zillow website. Earlier this week,…
A report from the Idaho Statesman. "Broker Kristin Scanlon predicts we will see home prices decrease again as existing home prices follow the decline of new home prices heading into winter. 'There are huge subdivisions going in left and right,'…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "An unusually high number of homes across the country are being appraised below their agreed-upon sales prices, causing a number of deals to collapse. In recent months, during the height of the boom,…
A weekend topic starting with two reports from the Globe and Mail. "Berkeley Loh, 29, and Tom Holmes, 35, have been together a few years and living in their 800-square-foot Olympic Village rental, but they always had a plan to…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The number of active listings in the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors region at the end of September was down 5.6% from a year ago, but an encouraging sign for potential buyers…
A report from the Port Charlotte Sun in Florida. "Matthew Harden turned himself in to law enforcement Monday in Hamilton County, Florida. Harden, 53, and his partner Stephen Dukes, 47, owned the now-defunct HD Custom Homes in Englewood. Charlotte County…