A weekend topic starting with the Capital Gazette in Maryland. "The Annapolis City Council is once again plunging into the morass of short-term rental legislation … and is once again stubbornly refusing to recognize the difference between owner-occupied and non-owner-occupied…
A report from the Sun Sentinel. "The one-two punch of the post-Surfside law designed to require condominium associations to set aside sufficient reserves for structural repairs combined with Florida’s unending increases in insurance costs is threatening to produce a wave…
A report from the Advocate in Louisiana. "When David LeBoeuf listed his Gentilly house for sale in May, he thought the newly renovated, two-bedroom cottage would move quickly with a price tag of $315,000, or roughly $190 per square foot.…
A report from Mansion Global. "What goes up, must come down. That’s apparently the motto of the current U.S. housing market, which, after a wildly prosperous peak-pandemic run, is now seeing values plummet. Homeowners across the country have collectively lost…
A report from the San Francisco Chronicle in California. "Ben Jiang retrieved a key from a lockbox and worked to untangle a mass of chains securing the front gate of his house. Inside, raunchy graffiti covered several walls and doors,…
A weekend topic starting with The Atlantic. "Timing isn’t the only external factor determining whether homeownership 'works' for Americans. Paying off a mortgage is a form of 'forced savings,' in which people save by paying for shelter rather than consciously…
A report from the Bozeman Chronicle in Montana. "Marc Parent, a broker with Bozeman Brokers Real Estate who has been in the real estate industry for nearly two decades, said his year started off hot. But when reached last week,…
A weekend topic starting with Bloomberg. "The US mortgage industry is seeing its first lenders go out of business after a sudden spike in lending rates, and the wave of failures that’s coming could be the worst since the housing…
A report from the News Sun in Indiana. "Larry Doyle, president of Campbell & Fetter Bank, ran some sample numbers to illustrate. 'That’s a $318 increase. Same dollar amount. Same dollar amount borrowed,' Doyle said. 'We had nine price reductions…
A report from the San Diego Reader in California. "Like a flock of birds changing flight abruptly and in unison, so could go the real estate market. One Sunday, a few months ago, I held an open house for one…