A report from Forbes on New York. "Though New York already has a 'mansion tax'—a 1% tax on homes over $1 million—support for the pied-a-terre bill is gaining. 'Because many of these expensive properties are effective ways for foreign buyers…
A report from the Santa Fe New Mexican. "At the beginning of 2019, there were 1,052 homes available in the Santa Fe multiple-listing service area, which includes nearby cities such as Los Alamos and Pecos. Britt Klein of Sotheby’s International…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "After two years of historic year-over-year home value jumps in the greater Nashville market, a cooling trend has taken hold. Sellers are dropping prices, buyers are getting more concessions and competition for properties has eased.…
A report from the Mercury News in California. "In another sign that the Bay Area housing market is cooling, the number of homes for sale here has spiked — signaling more options for buyers, and potentially lower prices. There were 43 percent…
A report from the Denver Post in Colorado. "For at least five years, until last summer, home sellers had a firm upper hand in metro Denver, but the power dynamic is shifting. One sign of that — more sellers are having…
A weekend topic starting with Housing Wire. "Noel Christopher, senior vice president at Renters Warehouse, warned people not to buy into the hype over the imminent real estate crash. And while 'don’t buy into the hype' is good advice in…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "A strong economy helped lift commercial real-estate sales to near-record levels last year, and many investors are counting on low interest rates to keep sales going in 2019. Now the Federal Reserve’s announcement…
A report from Hawaii News Now. "The median sales price for a single-family home on Oahu dropped again in January for a fourth consecutive month thanks to more inventory, new statistics from the Honolulu Board of Realtors show. 'We started…
A report from the Denver Post on Colorado. "Home sellers in metro Denver came out ready to play ball in a big way in January, but buyers didn’t show up to meet them in equal numbers. The number of single-family…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Nearly a quarter of Denver-area residents looking for a home on Redfin are conducting their searches outside the metro area. That probably would be just another number, except that metro Denver’s housing…