A report from Arlington Now in Virginia. "This regularly-scheduled sponsored Q&A column is written by Eli Tucker, Arlington-based realtor. Question: Did the volume of homes listed for sale recover after a slow spring/summer? Answer: There has been a surge of…
A report from Bloomberg. "What’s flown largely under the radar amid the central bank’s efforts to bolster the economy, is the Fed’s role in pushing the $6.8 trillion mortgage-backed securities market to extremes. The Fed has bought more than $1…
A weekend topic starting with the Enterprise Record in California. "Building housing 'is not affordable,' said Kate Leyden of Chico Builders’ Association. In order to make housing 'affordable' for the county, (costing only one-third of the average monthly income) or…
A report from the Los Angeles Times in California. "In the 90210 ZIP Code, based on 30 sales, the median price for single-family homes in September was $4.518 million, down 27.1% year over year, according to CoreLogic." The San Diego…
A report from Arlington Now in Virginia. "The number of condos listed for sale in Arlington during September (261) ranks as the 2nd most in any month over the last 10+ years, trailing a record-setting April 2016 volume (268) by…
A report from Arlington Now in Virginia. "This week’s key figure is… 20 percent. During the last week, we’ve seen approximately a 20 percent increase in local listings spanning single-family homes, townhouses and condominiums. Spin it however you’d like folks,…
A report from Forbes. "A startling number of homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages aren’t sure if they’ll face eviction soon. Some 16% of Americans who responded to the latest Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey—that’s a whopping 1.34 million people…
A report from Arlington Now in Virginia. "The numbers don’t lie, folks. In our Just Reduced world, where just months ago, there were a dozen (at the most) homes with reduced prices each week in Arlington County, we’re now seeing…
A report from Arlington Now in Virginia. "What a difference a few months can make. We’ve certainly seen the COVID-19 pandemic make its mark on the Just Reduced column. At the beginning of the year we were seeing only a…
A report from Yahoo Finance. "A potential housing crisis is on the way for millions of Americans whose mortgage and rent deferrals are about to sunset. 'There are millions of Americans now unemployed due to the pandemic with greatly reduced…