A weekend topic starting with the Globe and Mail. "A short three-hour flight from Vancouver, it’s possible to walk off the plane and glide into vacation mode within minutes. The B.C. connection with Palm Springs, Calif., is a long-standing one,…
A report from NBC 2. "The big boom of 2020 is over. In fact, Zillow predicts the Florida Housing Market will slow down in the coming years. Sharyn Olander's waterfront home in Old Bridge Village in North Fort Myers is…
A report from News 4 Jax. "St. John’s County is one of the fastest-growing counties in Florida and the United States, but home prices are historically unaffordable and average rent is more than $2,000 a month. Right now, the average…
A weekend topic starting with the Los Angeles Times. "The recent mayoral election in this sleepy, conservative town nestled in the foothills outside Boise didn’t hinge on which Republican candidate was a fiercer supporter of former President Trump, or who…
A report from the Washington Examiner. "The price of everything is up since 2020, but in absolute terms nothing has gone up more than mortgages. With the 2024 presidential contest coming into focus, housing affordability will be among the economic…
A report from the New York Times. "In the class-action suit, a federal jury in Missouri ruled that the National Association of Realtors and several real estate brokerages had conspired to fix prices. 'Brokers are nervous that they won’t make…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "More builders are offering new incentives to keep buyers on the hook in a tough housing market. How about free mortgage payments? That’s what one builder is doing. 'Right now, we’re offering…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Economists now project 2023 will mark the slowest year for home sales since 2008, when the housing bubble burst. This is the seventh week in a row that rates have risen, marking…
A report from the Pueblo Chieftain in Colorado. "Pueblo's real estate market remained stagnant in August with overall sold listings down 18% when compared to August 2022. Year-to-date residential home sales are down 25.5%. The length of time a home…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "Some of the biggest names in commercial real-estate lending have all but turned off the spigot. Blackstone Mortgage Trust and KKR Real Estate Finance Trust, two of the biggest mortgage real-estate investment trusts,…