A report from the Boston Globe in Massachusetts. "Greater Boston Association of Realtors noted that within the City of Boston, which accounts for about one-third of the region’s condo market, sales were up just 1 percent and the median price…
A report from the Real Deal on New York. "Ladder Capital intends to foreclose on four Harlem rental properties owned by Isaac Kassirer’s Emerald Equity, after the firm defaulted on a $32 million loan. In April, Isaac Kassirer extended the…
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 report from Realtor.com on Florida. "After three years of twists, turns, and foreclosure proceedings, Birdman’s mansion was finally sold for $10.85 million. The Cash Money Records co-founder purchased the Miami Beach, Florida, mansion back in 2012 for $14.5 million.…
A report from Mortgage News Daily. "Extremely serious delinquencies, those loans 150 days or more past due, reached historically high levels in August. Corelogic said the rate of delinquencies among those loans spiked to 1.2 percent, the highest level since…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "Mariano Rivera, the retired Major League Baseball pitcher, is listing his home in Rye, an affluent community in Westchester County, N.Y., for $3.995 million. Mr. Rivera and his wife bought the property in…
A report from CNBC. "'Everybody I know is leaving,' said Michael Kronenberg, who owns a downtown Manhattan apartment. 'It’s not just New Yorkers. My partners, long-time clients and investors of mine that live in Connecticut or New Jersey, they are…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "A wave of foreclosures is likely coming that will hit low-income homeowners. As of August, over 10% of the eight million single-family mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration were delinquent by…
A report from Forbes on New York. "'This certainly doesn’t look good,' Victor Rodriguez tells me. Rodriguez is Director of Market Analysts for real estate intelligence firm CoStar Group. 'The problem for New York City’s office and residential markets is…