A report from the San Francisco Chronicle in California. "Bay Area home prices slumped for a sixth straight month in August, according to CoreLogic. Prices year-over-year have now been flat or falling for six consecutive months. From last fall into…
A report from the Seattle Times in Washington. "Every year, the Urban Land Institute and the consultancy PwC publish their Emerging Trends in Real Estate report. 'As this economic cycle entered the history books as the longest in U.S. history,…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "With a real estate market with a glut of inventory, it takes more than an open house with cookies or cocktails to sell a property. To market a unit at mega-tower 432…
A report from KTVU in California. "Donald Kilmer and his wife are in the process of selling their 4-bedroom home in the Cambrian area of San Jose and moving to Idaho. But prices have dropped. According to Redfin, the San…
A report from Bloomberg. "The real estate frenzies in West Coast cities have become the stuff of lore: buyers jostling at open houses, homes getting offers sight unseen, bids coming in hundreds of thousands of dollars over asking. That’s all…
A report from Home Town Station on California. "With housing prices starting to 'stall,' interest rates going up and the stock market 'going crazy,' Rich Szerman of Alta Realty Group believes now is the time to take action in order…
A report from the Boston Globe in Massachusetts. "There are growing signs that Boston’s red-hot housing market may be cooling off, at least by a few degrees, a moderation that could be good news for would-be buyers. It’s a trend…
A report from Bloomberg. "Ram Konara, a real estate broker in suburban Dallas, is raking in freebies this year: trips to Lake Tahoe and Santa Barbara in California, Cabo San Lucas in Mexico, and a dude ranch in Wyoming. The…
A report from the News Observer in North Carolina. "'There is a negative mood in the market,' said Stacey Anfindsen, a Cary-based appraiser with Birch Appraisal, who puts together the monthly Triangle Area Residential Realty Market Report. The buzz kill,…
A report from the Santa Cruz Sentinel in California. "Bay Area home buyers facing ever-escalating prices are adopting a new strategy — watching and waiting. Bay Area sales volume in September dropped nearly 20 percent, scraping lows not seen in…