A weekend topic starting with USA Today. "Across America, investing a little sweat equity, watching the nest egg grow steadily – is in peril. The housing market is so tight that home sales in 2023 were the lowest in three…
A report from Boston.com in Massachusetts. "Temperatures, home prices, and sales did cool in September. The median sales price of $850,000 for a single-family home in Greater Boston last month still broke the record for September (by $50), according to…
A report from the Coeur d'Alene Press. "Jennifer Smock, co-owner, managing broker with Windermere/Coeur d'Alene Real Estate, said the real estate climate currently is interesting. She said values are holding stable. On most days, they see an equal number of…
A report from the Pueblo Chieftain in Colorado. "New residential real estate figures released this week indicate Pueblo's market is not showing signs of significant improvement during the first three months of the year. The median sales price fell 4.7%…
A report from NBC News. "One of the first signs Barb Carter’s move to Florida wasn’t the postcard life she’d envisioned was the armadillo infestation in her home that caused $9,000 in damages. Then came a hurricane, ever present feuding…
A weekend topic starting with the Courier Journal. "The first call came in December 2011. It was a real estate broker from Mexico offering an exciting opportunity: A buyer wanted to pay Stephen, a financial manager from the Midwest, $65,000…
A report from Fox Business. "The share of mortgages with a rate below 6% has fallen to 88.5% from a record high of 92.8% in mid-2022, indicating that some homeowners have given up their lower rate to move, according to…
A report from the Citizen Times in North Carolina. "Mike Figura, owner of the Asheville-based Mosaic Community Lifestyle Realty, told the Citizen Times that the 2023 home market felt like 'a little bit of an enigma.' 'It looked like prices…
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 San Francisco Examiner in California. "With record vacancies in San Francisco office buildings and home prices down, the number of property owners appealing to lower their property taxes has skyrocketed to the highest level since at…