A weekend topic starting with Fox. "Since mortgage rates will continue to rise but are not expected to increase considerably, experts suggest it may be worth it to wait until there is more supply or choices available later in the…
A report from WGHP on North Carolina. "Investment firms are scooping up more and more homes for sale in the Triad. Diane Spivack, a resident of Brightwood Farm, started asking herself who her neighbors were when she saw some people…
A weekend topic starting with Yahoo Finance. "The Federal Reserve’s top figure said Thursday that the central bank should have acted sooner to pull back on its pandemic-era stimulus and get ahead of rising inflation. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell told…
A report from the Mercury News in California. "Investors bought up just 4% of the homes sold in the San Jose metro area, and 6% in San Francisco and the East Bay last year – about the same level as…
A weekend topic starting with the Vancouver Sun in Canada. "'The real-estate development business is very much about market timing,' said Arny Wise, who spent his career planning and developing scores of housing projects in Toronto and Vancouver. 'They want…
A weekend topic starting with the Idaho Press. "The typical price for Idaho starter homes has increased almost 80% since 2019, from around $171,000 to $306,000 as of January 2022. The problem: Homes are where jobs sleep at night, as…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Here are some examples, followed by a breakdown by neighborhood, of recent price cuts on homes, condos, apartments and other Eastside properties. How Low Will They Go? $109k chop on Glassell Park…
A report from the Review Journal on Nevada. "The last time Las Vegas had a major housing bubble, things didn’t end well. Here’s hoping it ends differently this time. It’s not fun to think about, but there are many signs…
A report from The Daily News in Washington. "What goes up, must come down — except for the housing market, experts say. Longtime loan officer and Longview native Jon Trussell oversaw the opening of a national mortgage lender branch in…
A report from The Daily Ardmoreite. "The quick sales and higher costs have led broker Marcus Cunningham to notice an interesting new quirk in the market. That is the number of people who back out of purchasing after getting an…