It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Ada County’s median home price last month was $20,000 less than August of 2023. Housing inventory for Ada County was 1,863, which is 21.8% higher than August 2023, and Canyon County’s inventory…
A report from Island News in Hawaii. "Even before the Lahaina fires, insurance rates had been spiking because of natural disasters, global instability and other risk factors driving up costs. And now, they're going up even more. 'Anywhere from up…
A weekend topic starting with the Denver Gazette in Colorado. "'Spring felt like a failure to launch, which has led to a summer kick-off where the natural rhythm of the Denver real estate market simply feels off,' said DMAR Chair…
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 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…
A report from 5280 in Colorado. "This past summer Point2 showed metro Denver homes, on average, increased in price $94 each day between 2011 and 2021. As interest rates increased and the economy started to slow in mid-2022, real estate…
A report from the Post Independent in Colorado. "Bryan Snow and his family moved to the Roaring Fork Valley from Denver after his wife got a job in Basalt. They found a house between Carbondale and Iron Bridge. He said…
A report from Miami Community News in Florida. "It is as if the collective consciousness of anyone thinking of selling said, 'Oh, I have missed the top and I better get on market right now so I don’t lose more…