It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "To sweeten a recent offer on a small house with a few acres here in Texas, near Austin, I pledged to keep Jenny and Jeremy—two aging donkeys the seller no longer had…
A weekend topic starting with the Washington Post. "After steadily growing for a decade and a half, the District of Columbia shrank this year by around 20,000 residents, or 2.9 percent. The sharp drop in the District’s population was no…
A report from News Corp on California. "The secluded longtime home of Arnold Schwarzenegger has hit the market, with $15 million (US$11m) price hopes. In 2013, the house was sold for US$12.9 million. The home is now being sold by…
A report from the New Hampshire Bulletin. "There are some signs that the mania may be starting to diminish, housing experts say. There are little signs that the market could be nearing a turning point. The average number of days…
A report from KTSP in Minnesota. "The housing market has been red-hot during the pandemic, but it could be cooling off. Existing U.S. homes sales rose 2% in July. For comparison, sales in June jumped about 23% from a year…
A report from For Construction Pros. "July’s drop in U.S. housing starts outstripped forecast declines as consumer sentiment toward financed purchases faded to the lowest level since 2011. 'There is no question that home building has hit some sort of…
A report from Mother Jones on California. "By the time Dominique Walker started squatting in an Oakland home with her five-year-old daughter and one-year-old son, she’d exhausted all other options. Walker, who had fled domestic violence in Mississippi, knew it…
A report from Forbes. "Knock’s 'top ten markets with the most current listings predicted to sell below original list prices' include in descending order Miami, Chicago, Hartford, Houston, New Orleans, Tampa, Pittsburgh, New York, Jacksonville, and St. Louis. In Miami,…
A report from the New York Times. "By nearly any measure, this city is booming. There is so much construction that a local newspaper started a 'crane watch' feature. Yet, Denver’s once-soaring housing market has run into turbulence. Sales and…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Home buyers took a breather in August, a month when the typical price of a Palm Beach County house slipped to the lowest level since January. The median price of single-family homes…