It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The local housing market is not 'crashing at all,' said King County Assessor John Wilson. 'But the fact is, it’s finally kind of peaked.' In Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood, values declined 8%…
A report from the Idaho Statesman. "For the first time since the years after the Great Recession, city officials project that Boise homeowners will see decreases in their property taxes. The same trend is happening across most of Ada County,…
A weekend topic starting with Suncoast News in Florida. "More dramatic will be changes to large commercial tracts on the highway, such as the moribund Universal Plaza in Holiday, which recently showed up on a video with human excrement dotting…
A report from KIII TV. "Despite the economic downturn and sky-high inflation, the number of home foreclosures in our area is level, or even slightly lower than past years. Corpus Christi mortgage banker Claudia Mostaghas said people in the Coastal…
A report from Go Banking Rates. "What goes up must come down. The market’s downward shift is most apparent in the properties on the high side of the median. According to Redfin, luxury home sales fell by a record 45%…
A report from Reuters. "First Republic Bank faces dwindling and tough options to turn around its business with the creation of a 'bad bank' or asset sales possibilities, a source familiar with the matter said, after the lender disclosed it…
A report from Sarasota Magazine in Florida. "Not only did Manatee County see the first year-over-year increase in sales since February 2022, but the area also had the first year-over-year decrease in median prices since February 2019. At the end…
A weekend topic starting with Market Watch. "Home prices are falling, but the housing market is still too expensive for most Americans. The median price of a home in the U.S. was about $400,000 — about 5.6 times the real median…
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 Hawaii Tribune Herald. "'I’m telling sellers that if they get an offer that’s even slightly acceptable, they should take it,' said Jen McGeehan, Realtor with Coldwell-Banker Island Properties. 'My sellers are starting to price themselves a…