A report from Realtor.com. "Is the party really over? Over the last decade, the seemingly unstoppable growth of the American housing market has created a bonanza for sellers, a cutthroat environment for buyers, and an endless source of fascination for…
A report from KTBS in Louisiana. "Dallas' once booming house market is slowing down, seeing high-end builders having to drop the prices on their homes-sometimes by as much as $150,000.00. But what does that mean for our current housing market?…
A report from D Magazine in Texas. "For a while now in Dallas, water cooler or bar-side conversations with new homeowners have sounded the same: the process took forever, their first and second and third choices were snapped up by…
A report from the Naples Daily News in Florida. "While buyers struggle to find inventory in other highly desirable locations across the country, this is not the case in Naples. 'We have almost 7.5 months of inventory," said Bill Coffey,…
A report from Bloomberg. "Ram Konara, a real estate broker in suburban Dallas, is raking in freebies this year: trips to Lake Tahoe and Santa Barbara in California, Cabo San Lucas in Mexico, and a dude ranch in Wyoming. The…
A weekend topic starting with Multi-Housing News. "Thanks to the lengthy economic expansion, record-low interest rates and solid fundamentals, multifamily has gained wider acceptance on the debt side, and a host of newcomers have flooded the space. Despite a lack…
A report from the Dallas Morning News in Texas. "After more than doubling local home starts in the last decade, don't expect Dallas-Fort Worth builders to increase construction by much in 2019. D-FW home starts are forecast to rise to…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "A Realtor economist said Friday, Nov. 2, not to believe those 'scary headlines' about 'plunging' home sales and stock prices. Pushing back against claims of a housing market bubble, Lawrence Yun, chief…
A report from the Detroit Free Press in Michigan. "Remember that too-hot-to-handle housing market in metro Detroit? The one where a nice, well-priced home in Ferndale could get three offers on the table in one day? Well, we're starting to…
Some housing bubble news from Wall Street and Washington, MarketWatch. "Sales of newly-constructed homes swooned to the lowest since December 2016. September’s selling pace of 553,000 was 5.5% lower than in August, and 13.2% lower than a year ago. Sales…