It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Taylor Denchfield says he has been flipping homes since he was 17 (he is now 25). Data from the first three months of this year suggests the flipping market has already begun…
A report from the Palm Beach Post in Florida. "South Florida is the nation’s capital of mortgage fraud, CoreLogic says. The metro area of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties had the highest levels of home-loan chicanery in the nation…
A report from Bloomberg. "The trustee representing bondholders who invested $250 million in a luxury dorm at the University of Oklahoma accused the college Monday of breaking a promise to lease retail and parking spaces over the 40-year term of…
A report from the New York Times. "The US luxury condominium and apartment market is in the midst of an amenities war. Prices for ultra-luxury condos in New York have been declining since peaking in 2016, according to StreetEasy. The…
A report from the Sun Sentinel in Florida. "Homeowners: Had enough of those pesky, disruptive storm seasons? Is a new job forcing you to relocate to another region of the country? Two national real estate firms are descending into South…
A weekend topic starting with the Globe and Mail in Canada. "In the leafy Vancouver west side neighbourhood of Kerrisdale, there is a lot at W. 35th Avenue that has sat overgrown and empty for several years. A City application…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "'The slow-down in the New York market can be attributed to the glut of high-end apartments in New York City, which have sat longer on the market as foreign investments in New…
A report from Go Local Prov in Rhode Island. "For nearly three years, the proposed 46-story Fane Tower has been meandering its way through a complex web of Rhode Island’s overlapping regulatory structures. Across the United States -- and including…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "A strong appetite among foreign investors for office buildings, apartments, malls and other real estate has in part fueled the long-running bull market in U.S. commercial property. Now, amid a maturing property market…
A report from the New York Times. "Prices for ultraluxury condos in New York have been declining since peaking in 2016, according to StreetEasy. The site found a mismatch between decisions by developers to keep building bigger, better condos and…