A weekend topic starting with Fox 13. "In his State of the State address, Governor Spencer Cox reiterated something he said last month to some of Utah’s most powerful business and community leaders. 'I believe the single largest threat to…
A weekend topic starting with Strong Towns. "Between 2000 and 2005, the median home price in Southern California grew by 117% from $241,350 to $524,020, an increase of more than $280,000, or $56,000 per year. In 2005, the median household…
A weekend topic starting with Strong Towns. "In 2008, the list of investors swimming naked was long. Among them were America’s banks, big and small. Their reserves were investments believed to be the most secure, including AA- and AAA-rated mortgage-backed…
A holiday topic starting with the Herald Tribune in Florida. "After back-to-back double-digit yearly growth coming out of the pandemic, real estate prices in Sarasota-Manatee will round out the year mostly flat. Robert Goldman, a local Realtor with Michael Saunders…
What are your predictions for the housing bubble in 2024? Six months ago, "1) Global residential real estate (RRE): It’s a big fat ugly bubble. 2) U.S. RRE: It’s also a big fat ugly bubble; a microcosm of the global…
A report from Shreveport KSLA. "The real estate market in Southeast Louisiana is grappling with high interest and insurance rates, leading to a decrease in buyers heading towards the year’s end. 'The time to buy is when nobody wants it.…
A weekend topic starting with the Real Deal. "Commercial broker Jaret Turkell is ready to rock and roll. Turkell posted a GIF of Minions dancing with the tagline: 'It’s time to PARTYYYYYY!” shortly after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced…
A weekend topic starting with the Philadelphia Inquirer in Pennsylvania. "Philadelphia developer Eric Blumenfeld has lost control of the landmark Marine Club condo building at Broad Street and Washington Avenue amid an ongoing financial crisis involving upward of $200 million…
A report from Newsweek on California. "A San Francisco home has been sold at half its original listing price, crystallizing the stark real estate climate in the city and in the U.S. The home in the Russian Hill neighborhood sold…
A weekend topic starting with the Times-Independent in Utah. "For Kaitlin Myers, the developments were at opposite ends of the Moab Valley but signaled the same trend. One was a small subdivision just a mile from the San Juan County…