A report from Reuters. "In mid-April Harsh Grewal and his wife settled on a place in a San Francisco suburb and were prepping a bid, above the listed price so they'd have a chance of besting other offers. Then he…
A report from the Los Angeles Times. "Christopher Thornberg, founding partner with Beacon Economics said Orange County and the rest of Southern California are relatively inexpensive compared with other major metropolises around the world. Given the area is home to…
A weekend topic starting with Bloomberg. "For years, Fridays at Beef ‘O’ Brady’s, a sprawling restaurant chain in the Southeast, meant one thing: the steak-and-shrimp special. But in January, CEO Chris Elliott saw signs that consumers were feeling the squeeze…
A weekend topic starting with Reuters. "Lampooned by fiscal hawks as belief in a 'magic money tree', ever higher public borrowing and spending had seemed manageable and sensible for many years - hinged as they were on persistently low inflation…
A report from CBS Boston in Massachusetts. "Like the price of just about everything, the price to finance a home is going up. 'It has a lot to do with inflation,' said IND Mortgage founder Dick Lee. 'Inflation is the…
A press release from the used shack sellers. "As the final countdown begins to Realtor.com® Listapalooza, the company today released data that shows homeowners are gearing up to sell this Spring and Summer. According to the report, 64% of prospective…
A report from Bloomberg. "U.S. home prices shows signs of becoming 'unhinged from fundamentals' like they did in the housing bubble that preceded the 2008 crash, according to a blog post by the Dallas Federal Reserve bank. 'Our evidence points…
A report from Fox 5 New York. "It's news any seller would want to hear: offers on their home are pouring in, many above the asking price. 'The offers are coming in before the homes are even on the market,'…
A report from CBS News. "The average mortgage rate jumped to 4.42% for the week ended March 24, according to Freddie Mac. That's a more than a one percentage-point jump since January 2022. Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics,…
A report from The Daily Ardmoreite. "The quick sales and higher costs have led broker Marcus Cunningham to notice an interesting new quirk in the market. That is the number of people who back out of purchasing after getting an…