A weekend topic starting with Arizona Family. "The Phoenix area housing market has presented a number of challenges for people looking to buy a home. Guardian Mortgage loan officer Dean Wegner said he’s starting to see more banks and credit…
A report from the Star Advertiser in Hawaii. "High interest rates continue to subdue Oahu's housing market where prices pushed down this year could remain flat in 2024, according to a University of Hawaii analysis. The Honolulu Board of Realtors…
A report from Business of Homes on California. "It’s been a gloomy few months in Silicon Valley. In the first quarter of the year, nearly every major tech company has had mass layoffs. Local architect Megan Blaine had two projects…
A report from the Ahwatukee Foothills News in Arizona. "'We’re in a unique situation in Maricopa County. Nearly 200 people daily are moving into Greater Phoenix, and the inventory is still limited while demand is strong,' said Butch Leiber, president…
A weekend topic starting with the Globe and Mail in Canada. "Jamie Dimon said it was over, but it isn’t. The calm lasted two days. By Wednesday, contagion fear was prevalent again. PacWest Bancorp, a small regional lender based in…
A report from the Telegraph. "Almost half of America’s 4,800 banks are already burning through their capital buffers. They may not have to mark all losses to market under US accounting rules but that does not make them solvent. Somebody…
A report from Go Banking Rates. "What goes up must come down. The market’s downward shift is most apparent in the properties on the high side of the median. According to Redfin, luxury home sales fell by a record 45%…
A weekend topic starting with Yahoo Finance. "As Wall Street debates the cause of First Republic’s troubles, one analyst blames the nation’s top financial regulators. Fed Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen were 'advocates of the strategy called…
A report from Sarasota Magazine in Florida. "Not only did Manatee County see the first year-over-year increase in sales since February 2022, but the area also had the first year-over-year decrease in median prices since February 2019. At the end…
A report from the Colorado Springs Gazette. "Home sales fell in March on a year-over-year basis, continuing a downward trend that began in the second half of last year, while prices last month dropped for the third time since December,…