A report from Boston.com in Massachusetts. "International buyers, a key ingredient in new downtown condo projects, have pulled back in the past few years. The pullback is a departure from real estate anecdotes in recent years across the country of…
A report from Realtor.com. "The nation's surging home prices don't seem to care about the recession the country is mired in. It has all led some to wonder: Are some markets getting too hot? Could we be entering the dreaded…
A report from the Pioneer Press in Minnesota. "Taylor Swartwood bought a small apartment building off Rice Street a few years ago for $157,000. He’ll pay $4,500 in total property taxes (city, county, school district and special taxing districts) and…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "Forbearance allows homeowners to suspend their monthly payments when they experience a virus-related hardship without the usual consequences of delinquency or even foreclosure. The flood of requests have mortgage servicers working overtime and…
A report from Habitat. "The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) implemented measures in March to ensure that millions of homeowners weren’t put out on the street in the middle of a pandemic. Protections include a moratorium on foreclosures for anyone…
A report from the Denver Post in Colorado. "It is unlikely that Denver Metro will experience a bursting housing bubble this year. The steady stream of demand from homebuyers should keep home prices within a healthy range. It is also…
A weekend topic starting with Senior Housing News. "Senior housing capital markets remain unstable. Titan SenQuest Management CEO Kevin Kaseff believes that, while the pandemic hastened a bear market, this is actually the beginning of a market correction. 'This [looks…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Hedge funds and mutual funds are among bond holders that could lose $2 billion as a consequence of U.S. lawmakers letting millions of homeowners delay their mortgage payments. At stake are so-called…
A report from Denverite in Colorado. "For the first time in a decade, rents went down in metro Denver. 'For rents to go down is unusual,' said Mark Williams, executive vice president of the Apartment Association of Metro Denver. He…
A report from National Mortgage News. "While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to create financial uncertainty for all Americans, it's not too early to ask how mortgage lenders can help put the nation's economy back on track. One way is to…