It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "A bond rating agency’s downgrade of U.S. government debt roiled markets — and created just one more reason for mortgage rates to stay firmly near their highest level in two decades. 'That…
A report from Deseret News. "Utah’s housing prices are still down compared to last year. Year over year price declines span across all Wasatch Front counties — Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Tooele and Weber — but the biggest drops were…
A report from the Asheville Citizen Times in North Carolina. "It was the epitome of a hot market: Local buyers so anxious to snap up a house, they wouldn't even bother to haggle with the seller. In fact, they would…
A report from Community Impact in Texas. "The market presents a unique challenge to agents, buyers, sellers, title agents and anyone involved in real estate, said Shelby Buehler, an agent with The Buehler Group in Flower Mound and Lewisville. Buehler…
A report from KOMO-TV in Washington. "According to Redfin, luxury home prices dropped by double digits in several west coast cities. San Francisco saw the biggest loss of more than 12.7% in a year. Seattle is close behind at a…
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 weekend topic starting with Bisnow New York. "The pandemic and its associated travel bans crushed hotels across the country, but the sector has come back in force thanks to a slew of positive fundamentals for the asset class. Soaking…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "After two years of elevated home prices in Houston, prices began to decrease for the first time in February, according to a report from the Houston Association of Realtors. Local real estate…
A report from The Hill. "SmartAsset analyzed the 100 largest metro areas in the U.S. In Boise, nearly twice as many homes are being listed than sold, and the median number of days a house sits on the market is…
A report from KRDO in Colorado. "According to a broker associate at Re/Max of Pueblo Inc., Mike Pospahala, two years ago there was a lot of competition to buy a home. He said a lot of homes were sold above…