A report from the Daily Herald in Washington. "'I was putting listings on the market right when the interest rates increased,' said Dafna Shalev, real estate broker in Woodinville. 'The buyers stopped coming. There were no showings. Nothing.' What happened…
A report from the Everette Daily Herald in Washington. "Active listings in Snohomish County more than doubled in May to 1,182, up from 500 a year ago. Sam Mansour, a broker with John L. Scott Lynnwood, said more sellers put…
A report from BoiseDev in Idaho. "April Florczyk, the founder of 208 Market Real Estate, told BoiseDev that dynamics are shifting – especially in Ada County. 'The average active price is almost $150,000 higher than the sold price,' she said.…
A report from the Seattle Times in Washington. "In King County, 73% more homes were listed at the end of May than at the same time last year. In Pierce County 74% more and in Kitsap 43%. In Snohomish, more…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "Getting a mortgage for a resort-area condo might become more difficult after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac moved to tighten rules on buildings with many short-term rentals and hotel-like amenities, some Realtors and…
A report from Mother Jones on California. "By the time Dominique Walker started squatting in an Oakland home with her five-year-old daughter and one-year-old son, she’d exhausted all other options. Walker, who had fled domestic violence in Mississippi, knew it…
A report from the Seattle Times in Washington. "Home prices in Seattle and the surrounding counties took a dip of 1.3% in June compared to last year, according to the latest datafrom the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index. The…
A report from Michigan Live. "An Ann Arbor condo development just up the street from the University of Michigan Hospital is on hold after the developer had trouble pre-selling units. 'Morningside has ceased Nine99 Condominium marketing due to insufficient pre-sales,'…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "Almost 30% of loans that mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac packaged into bonds last year went to home buyers whose total debt payments amounted to more than 43% of their incomes,…
A report from Patch New York City. "Prices dropped on some 212 homes in the Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill area last month, the most for any neighborhood in the city, according to a report from RealtyHop. One home in the…