A weekend topic starting with NPR. "This week's Democratic presidential debate touched on a topic that usually doesn't get much attention in these forums. ELIZABETH WARREN: Our housing problem in America is a problem on the supply side. And that…
A report from the Urban Land Institute. "'Real estate doesn’t appear to be the sector where we are taking risks that won’t pay off,' says Sam Chandan, an associate dean of New York University’s Schack Institute of Real Estate. 'By…
A report from the Wall Street Journal on California. "Over a decade ago, Jeff Greene earned a fortune betting against risky mortgages in the last housing market crash. These days, the billionaire is finding himself less lucky in a different…
A report from the Wall Street Journal on New York. "The urgent inquiries for office space from companies aiming to do business with Amazon have long ceased. The near-constant flurry of calls from would-be investors in commercial buildings and condominiums…
A report from KCRA in California. "California is at the epicenter of a housing crisis. Thousands of people are fleeing the state, and many of them say they can no longer afford to live here. But today there’s help, and…
A weekend topic starting with the Charlotte Agenda in North Carolina. "Jonathan Osman points to a one-story, brick house in Camp Greene. A little more than a decade ago, the home sold for $38,500. Now, it’s listed by another Realtor…
A report from Bloomberg. "Financial regulators led by the Treasury's Steven Mnuchin and the Federal Reserve's Jerome Powell have been put on notice about the risk of an economically damaging cash crunch in the $11 trillion home mortgage market. Behind…
A report from Bloomberg. "The subprime mortgage-backed bond may be dead in America a decade after it helped trigger the global financial crisis, but a security with some of the same high-risk characteristics is starting to take off. It’s called…
A report from CNBC. "This oceanfront mansion in Hillsboro Beach, Florida, was on the market for $159 million in 2015. But for three years the 60,000-square-foot compound had no takers. The owner eventually decided to put the estate on the…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Jewell Handy has a steady income as a teacher, money for a down payment and even a history of successful homeownership. But when she decided to buy a house for herself and…