A weekend topic starting with WTMJ in Wisconsin. "Lou Ann Brandstetter moved into her new home Thursday, which she bought sight unseen to beat out the competition. She learned about the home in Waterford from some good friends in the…
A weekend topic starting with the Globe and Mail. "Jerome Powell and his colleagues at the U.S. Federal Reserve placed their bets this week with an oversized half-point cut to interest rates. Amid considerable uncertainty about the direction of the…
A report from the Star Tribune in Minnesota. "Jordan Maetche and Alyssa Budion bought a townhouse in Plymouth two years ago — when mortgage rates were at record lows, and sellers called the shots — making their offer quickly and…
A report from the Providence Journal. "The price of a single-family home in Rhode Island has nearly doubled since 2019. In June, the median price for a single-family home hit $494,000. Five years ago, in the pre-pandemic days of 2019,…
A report from Vail Daily in Colorado. "If Eagle County’s 2023 real estate dollar volume had immediately followed 2019, it would have been a new record. Instead, it represents a significant drop from the pandemic years. Meanwhile, the number of…
A report from the Philadelphia Inquirer in Pennsylvania. "Student loan payments resume this month, and millions of borrowers across the region are rearranging their budgets. Kenneth Blair Jr. is increasingly anxious as his payment due date approaches. 'My payments are…
A weekend topic starting with Yahoo Finance. "At an event this week at a swanky restaurant atop the Equinox Hotel in Hudson Yards, New York City — the firm's CIO Tony Roth opened evening discussions by arguing '3% is the…
A report from WINK in Florida. "'People are still trying to get the price their neighbor got in maybe March. And they’re not getting it. But they’re still listing it as if that’s the market,' said broker Jason Jakus. 'Where…
A report from Business Insider. "'Someone turned out the light on our sales in June,' an Atlanta homebuilder said in the survey. Meanwhile, a homebuilder in Austin said, 'Sales have fallen off a cliff. We're selling one-third of what we…
A report from Newsday. "After offering protection for homeowners for nearly two years, New York state’s moratorium on foreclosures is set to expire Saturday, and data show 14,500 Long Island borrowers are seriously behind on their mortgages. Nick Sakalis, a…