A weekend topic starting with the Long Beach Business Journal in California. "The Long Beach housing market appears to be cooling slightly from its pandemic peak—at least as far as pricing goes. But lenders say interest in home finance is…
A report from Mortgage Orb. "For the fifth consecutive quarter, a plurality of mortgage lenders expect near-term profitability to decrease, according to Fannie Mae's Q4 2021 Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey. 'Mortgage lenders’ profitability outlook has significantly weakened over the past…
A report from San Diego News in California. "MARKET REPORT (single family). 92115 College Area: The median November home price dropped 7% from October to $814,125. 92119 San Carlos: The median November sales price dropped 5% from October to an…
A weekend topic starting with my comment this week. "We really need to stop playing along with the globalist scum media narratives." From Bloomberg. "On a technical basis, Bitcoin is seen by some analysts as being caught in a no…
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 the LA Daily News in California. "Rampant housing inflation means the federal government will now back almost million-dollar mortgages — including deals in Los Angeles and Orange counties. Note that mortgages made for vacation homes and second…
A weekend topic starting with a press release. "ATTOM released its third-quarter 2021 U.S. Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report, which shows that 3.59 million mortgages secured by residential property (1 to 4 units) were originated in the third quarter of…
A weekend topic starting with two reports from ERR. "Estonian construction volumes exceeded pre-crisis levels in the previous quarter with the production value of construction enterprises in Estonia and abroad increasing 15 percent year-on-year. Developers say that as long as…
A report from Bloomberg on New York. "Manhattan luxury-home sales had their best week of the year. The second-priciest home to find a buyer was a limestone mansion owned by financier Phil Falcone, at 22 E. 67th St., on the…
A report from WKRN in Tennessee. "A broken deal has left a Murfreesboro couple with a broken dream after a case of iBuying went bad. Zach Griest, Owner of Zach Taylor Real Estate, says his clients are upset, counting on…