A report from KTVN in Nevada. "Reno's Midtown area continues to grow. More housing options have become available in recent weeks. 'It was a little slow for about a month, and now the last two weeks we've had a major…
A report from Michigan Live. "An Ann Arbor condo development just up the street from the University of Michigan Hospital is on hold after the developer had trouble pre-selling units. 'Morningside has ceased Nine99 Condominium marketing due to insufficient pre-sales,'…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "I was not surprised to hear housing prices have fallen for the first time in something like a decade. I could have hazarded a guess that was the case based on nothing…
A report from the Bay Area Newsgroup in California. "Seventy-year-old Jeanine Fetterly’s dream since 1976 was to have her children build themselves a home on on a lot that she bought down the street from her house. But after the…
A report from the Denver Post in Colorado. "Listings continued to flow into metro Denver’s housing market last month, according to the Denver Metro Association of Realtors. Despite lower borrowing costs, buyers fell short when it came to absorbing the…
A report from CNBC. "A Federal Reserve economist says the current housing backdrop is similar to recent economic slumps, with several metrics 'consistent with the possibility of a late 2019 or early 2020 recession. 'Data on single-family home sales through…
A report from the Times Free Press in Tennessee. "The median rent quoted for a typical two-bedroom apartment in Chattanooga jumped 9.9% in the past year as housing prices continued to outstrip the gains in income. But with an abundance…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Wu Xiaohui was shopping in New York. For buildings. 'He didn’t really care — he’d point out the window and say, ’That one!’ recalls a real estate executive. These days Wu is…
A report from National Real Estate Business. "Lenders are understandably exercising caution when it comes to financing multifamily housing development projects, says Robert Murray, chief economist for Dodge Data & Analytics, which tracks construction starts across commercial real estate. 'Notwithstanding…
A report from the Wall Street Journal on New York. "Property investors have spent billions of dollars on apartment buildings for what has been one of the most reliably profitable bets in New York City real estate: converting rent-regulated apartments…