A report from Deseret News. "More than a month after the failure of the Silicon Valley Bank, Moody’s Investors Service downgraded 11 investors. Moody’s research released on Friday suggests that the industry is experiencing greater instability from several bank failures…
A report from CBS Bay Area in California. "Oakland is one of the last cities in the Bay Area hanging on to its eviction moratorium. Many mom-and-pop landlords claim their tenants are taking advantage of the policy, leaving them at…
A report from the Boston Globe in Massachusetts. "The median sales price of a single-family home in Greater Boston dropped nearly 8 percent year over year to $700,000 in February, according to the Greater Boston Association of Realtors. 'People who…
A report from Salt Lake City Weekly. "As Utah's real estate market sizzled during the COVID pandemic, Matthew Borsodi, a compliance officer at one of Utah's largest mortgage lenders, filed a federal complaint alleging that his former employer skirted rules…
A report from the Los Angeles Times in California. "Industry experts generally agree that L.A.’s luxury market has slowed down this year, and the data agree. 'I’ll do anything to sell,' said the owner of one home in Brentwood who…
A report from the Mercury News in California. "'Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse is good for real estate,' said Chris Thornberg, an economist and founder of Beacon Economics. 'I mean it. If it forces the Federal Reserve to truly sit on…
A report from Business Insider. "Home rehabbers are quickly finding that the once-reliable method known as 'BRRRR' — short for buy, rehab, rent, refinance, and repeat — has become much riskier as home prices in hot pandemic markets fizzle out…
A report from Fox 13 in Utah. "Matthew Clewett bought his first home in Kaysville back in 2021. Since May, the board says those prices have dropped 22 percent. 'It was an offer that I actually had to pay above…
A weekend topic starting with Real Clear Markets. "Arthur Burns, Chair of the Federal Reserve from 1970 to 1978, publicly regretted afterward that he had lacked the spine to do what was necessary to get the Great Inflation of the…
A report from Mansion Global. "What goes up, must come down. That’s apparently the motto of the current U.S. housing market, which, after a wildly prosperous peak-pandemic run, is now seeing values plummet. Homeowners across the country have collectively lost…