A weekend topic starting with China Worker. "The following is a document discussed at the 2015 congress of the ISA’s China, Hong Kong and Taiwan section. This appeared in our book Building the Socialist Alternative (published by chinaworker.info November 2015,…
A weekend topic starting with NBC DFW. "Invitation Homes CEO Dallas Tanner told CNBC he believes the U.S. housing market is 'extremely healthy' right now. 'I would expect that home prices stay relatively stable, if not continue to grow in…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Contrasted with the relatively healthy real estate market of May 2019, single-family sales were down 9.7 percent in Massachusetts last month. 'You have to go all the way back to 2015 to…
A report from the Real Deal. "Theresa Battle’s first thought each morning is whether today is the day she’ll lose her two-story house in Jamaica, Queens, to foreclosure. Battle runs a daycare center out of the property. Like millions of…
A report from KRON in California. "Homes have sold for over $1 million over asking price. In the Bay Area, this was the case for a house in Mountain View which sold for about $5.5 million within days of posting.…
A weekend topic starting with Forbes on New York. "A glut of continues to plague property owners, who are beginning to relist apartments they had held off the market due to low prices. In the short term, and in select…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Realtors Jera Banks and Adam Bailey said virtually every part of the Phoenix area is seeing the high demand. This demand is something we have never seen before, according to experts. But…
A report from Fox 5 Vegas in Nevada. "Assembly Bill 486 would pick up where the state eviction moratorium leaves off when it expires at the same time midnight. If signed, Nevada property owners temporarily won't be allowed to evict…
A weekend topic starting with the Laguna Beach Independent in California. "A court-appointed receiver reported Friday that debts are racking up at real estate developer Mohammad Honarkar’s portfolio of 18 hospitality and event properties in Laguna Beach, according to court…
A report from NBC News. "It's a red-hot real estate market — so why are home sales plunging? 'Given the housing shortage and strong demand — there's nothing to suggest home prices will be falling,' National Association of Realtors chief…