A report from the Dallas Morning News in Texas. "North Texas home sales fell by 8 percent in November. It was the biggest year-over-year sales decline in more than seven years. Ted Wilson, principal with Dallas housing analyst Residential Strategies…
An editorial by Robert J. Shiller in the New York Times. "We are, once again, experiencing one of the greatest housing booms in U.S. history. How long this will last and where it is heading next are impossible to know…
A report from ABC News in Australia. "The tide is turning on Australia’s $7.6-trillion property market. Home prices in more than four out of five council areas have reached their peak and are sliding towards an unknown nadir, according to…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "Small-time investors who flooded into real estate in the past decade to take advantage of low borrowing costs and rising home values are starting to cut back." "The number of new home loans…
A report from Domain News in Australia. "Sydneysiders who snapped up off-the-plan apartments at the peak of the property boom are now short-changed, with banks valuing their properties well below the agreed price." "Buyers unable to borrow the required amount…
A weekend topic starting with Kiplinger. "Debt pricing looms as the largest multifamily market mover in the coming year. Inexpensive debt capital and plenty of equity seeking placement in the multifamily market have supported rising property values in recent years.…
A report from the Seattle Times in Washington. "For years, the dreaded bidding war was a depressing rite of passage for anyone entering the Seattle-area real-estate market. But with the market turning, those days are gone. The number of buyers…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "New data from Realtor.com offers the clearest sign yet that home price relief might finally be on the way for prospective homebuyers on the West Coast. Median listings prices in markets across…
A report from Forbes. "In mid-2015, New York City made headlines for hosting two condominium developments offering, in addition to a variety of ultra-luxurious amenities, the extremely rare bonus feature of on-site parking. The price tag attached to what DNAinfo…
A report from the Seattle Times in Washington. "The cool-down in the King County real-estate market has now reached six months, and the drop in home prices over that span is among the largest on record. King County’s median single-family…