It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Last fall, Natalie Peitsmeyer sold her house in Colorado, said goodbye to a community she’d known for decades and started a dream education job in Kansas. She became a park guide at…
A report from the Baltimore Sun. "Baltimore City resident Jeanne Hyatt was surprised to see a sudden 30% surge in her condominium fees after three decades of only gradual increases. 'Who can afford this?' asked Hyatt, a retired school teacher,…
A report from CNBC. "Robert Giametta, 33, and Christopher Luquer, 31, were living in a two-bedroom apartment in Kingston, New York, and paying $850 a month in rent when the covid-19 pandemic struck. Interest rates were low and 'I thought…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Seattle-area home prices dipped last year at levels unseen in more than a decade, signaling the hit the region’s housing market has suffered since high mortgage rates dampened buyer and seller enthusiasm.…
A holiday topic starting with the Herald Tribune in Florida. "After back-to-back double-digit yearly growth coming out of the pandemic, real estate prices in Sarasota-Manatee will round out the year mostly flat. Robert Goldman, a local Realtor with Michael Saunders…
A report from WHSV in Virginia. "As we enter into the last three months of the year, what had hopeful signs of declines in interest rates is no longer the case throughout this year. 'We had heard from a lot…