A weekend topic starting with the Wall Street Journal. "Even the coronavirus hasn’t stopped the world’s biggest asset bubble from getting bigger. After a brief pause during coronavirus lockdowns in February, a Chinese property boom in some megacities that many…
A report from the Globe and Mail in Canada. "The condominium market in Calgary remains mired in a lengthy slump that has resulted in falling prices and a growing glut of new units that are sitting empty. 'The condo sector’s…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The figures from the Greater Boston Association of Realtors point to a market that, while certainly pricey, is significantly less frenzied than it was a year or two ago, when buying a…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "For the fifth time this year, home prices in Ada County have reached record-setting highs. Even if it benefits him with higher commissions, Rick Gehrke, a real estate agent who sells in…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "In China, a crowd of startups is looking to cash in on a hot real-estate market by disrupting the way apartments are rented. In some ways, their business model resembles that of U.S.…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "John Bryan was one of dozens of investors spending thousands of dollars to buy properties from a Florida-based company that flipped homes in Johnstown, promised to manage the properties and pay them…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "Thirty floors above the showroom of a Chinese developer, a 29-year-old woman stood on a small rooftop ledge, threatening to jump and declaring that her recent home purchase had ruined her life. Ms.…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "In September, prices in the housing sector fell 1.6% — the largest single-month drop for the sector since Zions Bank began measuring consumer prices along the Wasatch Front in 2010. Prices for…
A report from CBC News in Canada. "According to the latest statistics from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Regina was $1,130 in October 2018, compared to $1,116 in October 2017. This…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Year-over-year median sale prices for existing homes fell 5.9% in Santa Clara County, 3.2% in Alameda County and 1.5% in San Francisco in May, according to CoreLogic. 'After several years — six,…