A report from Mortgage News Daily. "Locks are certainly not repeating 2021 levels for January, with initial anecdotal pipeline numbers down 30-40 percent. Are you reducing costs accordingly? When the residential lending market is good, owners think they’re the smartest…
A report from Mediafeed. "One longstanding guideline for property investors that has been the subject of countless articles is 'the 1 percent rule in real estate.' The 1 percent rule is a formula that says the monthly rental should equal…
A weekend topic starting with the Washington Post. "After steadily growing for a decade and a half, the District of Columbia shrank this year by around 20,000 residents, or 2.9 percent. The sharp drop in the District’s population was no…
A weekend topic starting with Quartz. "The press has noted that more than 6 million homes may be sold this year, more than any time since 2006. For those familiar with real estate busts, this may be an ominous sign.…
A weekend topic starting with the Northwest Florida Daily News. "The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metropolitan area saw a massive increase in permits for new single-family homes in the past year. Alan Baggett, VP of The Building Industry Association of Okaloosa…
A weekend topic starting with the Staunton News Leader in Virginia. " According to the Greater Augusta Association of Realtors, there are 370 listings currently active. Previously, it was a challenge to sell over $350,000, but looking at the current…
A report from WKRN in Tennessee. "'The Hermitage market inventory has doubled in the past 12 months,' Bobby Hill with Crye-Leike Realtors said. 'What we’re seeing right now is push back in our marketplace from the buyer base toward sellers…
A report from Banker and Tradesman. "The coming weeks and months present a challenge to reporters and editors covering the Massachusetts real estate market. After 18 months of precipitous price jumps, this summer saw hints that the speed of those…
A report from the Fort Myers News Press in Florida. "In a nutshell: 'The peak insanity is over,' said Denny Grimes, president of his team at Keller Williams Realty. That's bad news for sellers. 'We are starting to see prices…
A holiday topic starting with VOA News. "In the latest sign that corporate debt levels in China pose a threat to the broader economy, Chinese regulators on Friday were forced to halt trading in bonds issued by Evergrande, the country’s…