A report from CNBC. "The Federal Reserve now owns more than a third of the agency mortgage-backed securities, or MBS market. At the start of 2019, the Fed held $1.6 trillion in agency MBS. It tapered that down to $1.37…
A weekend topic starting with NPR. "VANEK SMITH: 'Who are these people with this cash?' He says all this started some years back.' A handful of, like, ski bum, techie startuppy types moved into Bozeman from big cities, and they…
A report from the Herald Tribune in Florida. "It is time to address the elephant in the room – are we in the midst of a housing bubble? While home prices have climbed at an accelerated pace over the recent…
A report from ABC 7 News in California. "San Francisco had the biggest drop for a one bedroom apartment in the entire country. Rents are down 23 percent. Oakland is down 19 percent and 15 percent in San Jose. Jenny…
A weekend topic starting with the Globe and Mail. "Breather Products Inc., the Montreal startup that raised more than US$150-million to build a global flexible workspace operator, is abandoning hundreds of leases in an effort to reboot the pandemic-stricken company.…
A report from DS News. "Delinquencies are at an all-time high— 'that's the headline,' Rick Shagra, SVP at RealtyTrac said but suggested that listeners consider some factors before panicking or view this like we would have viewed serious delinquencies a…
A report from the Commercial Observer. "New York is going to need a long time to recover from 2020. Exhibit 1: Givenchy and its parent company LVMH just paid a whopping $24.5 million to not finish their leaseat Jeff Sutton’s…
A report from Insauga in Canada. "With more condos being listed and prices dipping month-over-month, should condo owners in Mississauga be worried? 'Condos are selling for under-asking, but the overinflated market we had is correcting so we can have stability…
Two reports from the Globe and Mail in Canada. "This two-bedroom, two-bathroom 811-square-foot unit is in a 21-year-old building in South Vancouver, overlooking the Fraser River. The seller was moving out of town and the property was originally listed for…
A report from Global News in Canada. "'Starting really around March 11, the second week of March, pretty much everything on the calendar through spring and the summertime, June 15th really, evaporated overnight,' said AirDNA CEO Scott Shatford, adding that…