A report from the Orlando Sentinel in Florida. "Home foreclosures in Orlando grew by 60 percent in the first quarter compared with the year before, even as foreclosures nationwide are falling. Lenders foreclosed on 2,049 homes in the first three…
A report from My Folsom in California. "The Folsom Housing market started out the first quarter of 2019 with a somewhat-expected whimper. We typically see a dip in prices too, and the average price per square foot was down to…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "'About 15 years ago – this is before the housing bubble burst – we had a similar situation where affordable housing was an issue,' said Marty Olejniczak, community development director for the…
A report from the Dallas Morning News in Texas. "Is Dallas-Fort Worth becoming a buyers' market? With more properties on the market and sales beginning to slow, things are starting to change. Half of the country's largest housing markets —…
A report from the Orange County Register in California. "House prices fell last month in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties and in half of all counties included in the California Association of Realtors’ latest housing report. It’s the…
A report from the Idaho Statesman. "The median house price in Ada County jumped $10,000 from February to March to $335,000, the Intermountain Multiple Listing Service reports. That’s the highest median price since a record $334,400 last August. 'You’d better…
A report from the Dallas Morning News in Texas. "Homebuilders eased back on Dallas-Fort Worth construction in the early months of 2019. North Texas builders started 8,439 homes in the first quarter, down 4.4% from a year ago. It was…
A report from the Daily Republic in California. "The Solano County home market continues to be challenged by the lack of inventory – creating a sellers market that the president of the Northern Solano County Association of Realtors said has…
A report from Bloomberg on Florida. "A housing slowdown is taking hold in some Florida markets, where a growing share of properties sold only after the seller cut the asking price. Miami leads the nation in both the size and…
A report from the Seattle Times in Washington. "Renters looking for something that might qualify as a deal by Seattle standards are in luck as a record number of new apartments spring up. And with new housing openings scheduled to…