A report from the Daily Mail. "New York City real estate developer Nir Meir and other industry executives were indicted for stealing $86 million from investors through a failed luxury apartment development. Meir, 49, and several other executives from HFZ…
A report from Patch. "An Upper East Side man who was previously accused of sexual assault at the East Village bar he owned now refuses to leave his apartment after it was foreclosed in 2022, according to a new report…
A weekend topic starting with the New Yorker. "Jay Peak sits at the northern end of Vermont, twenty minutes from the Canadian border, and has one of the heaviest snowfalls in the region. It was, for many years, an obscure…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Real estate agents and mortgage lenders who spoke to The Post said that underwriters in the Sunshine State are forcing would-be buyers to look for cheaper dwellings. Meanwhile, existing HOA fees for…
A report from the Courier Journal in Kentucky. "In the greater Louisville area, December 2023 marked the 24th consecutive month of year-over-year declines in existing home sales. 'Brutal,' Mike Frank, a senior mortgage broker at Homestretch Mortgage in Louisville, said…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The expanding choices of new homes appealed to Steve Hawthorne, a co-owner of a shoe store in Hudson, Ohio. After owning older homes for most of his life, he said, he was…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Seattle-area home prices dipped last year at levels unseen in more than a decade, signaling the hit the region’s housing market has suffered since high mortgage rates dampened buyer and seller enthusiasm.…
A report from Island News in Hawaii. "Oahu's housing market has started to cool down, and there are areas such as the North Shore where prices have dropped dramatically. The Honolulu Board of Realtors tells Island News that single-family homes…
A report from the Durango Herald in Colorado. "Dave Bowman is starting to reconsider his choice to buy a home in Durango Hills. He and his wife bought the four-bedroom home at the end of September. It is nestled in…
A report from Motley Fool. "By mid-2022, when my good friend had started to look for a house to buy, mortgage rates were already much higher. Not only did she have cash in a savings account to put toward a…