From WGLT on Illinois. "For years, Illinois State University has been knocking down old dorms and nudging its sophomores, junior, and seniors into off-campus apartments. Developers and landlords looking to make a buck responded by building more and more apartment…
A report from the Post Independent in Colorado. "Fewer homes are being bought, so there's a softening in the housing market. Since the 2008 Financial Crisis is still very much in living memory, many of us think we hear ominous…
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 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 the Houston Chronicle in Texas. "While most of the nation saw home foreclosures decrease, Texas saw a spike in bank-owned properties. The lingering effects of Hurricane Harvey are partly to blame, ATTOM Data Solutions explained. 'Some of…
A report from Inside Indiana Business. "After a record-setting 2018, what does 2019 hold for the Indiana housing market? F.C. Tucker Co. Chief Executive Officer Jim Litten says it can be another banner year for housing. Litten cautioned that tight inventories,…
A report from Mansion Global. "With a slowdown anticipated for luxury real estate markets in 2019, it’s possible that home flipping, too, could begin to taper off. ' Buyers and sellers are adjusting their expectations,' said Javier Vivas, director of…
A weekend topic starting with KSL in Utah. "Jim Wood, Ivory-Boyer Senior Fellow at the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, said housing prices in Salt Lake County have climbed 80 percent since 2005. 'That (housing price increase) includes a period…
A report from CBS News. "Home affordability has been worsening since the real estate market bottomed in 2012. The recovery in home values has easily surpassed gains in typical paychecks. In the Dallas area, just 55 percent of the listings…
A report from Attom Data. "ATTOM’s year-end foreclosure report provides a unique count of properties with a foreclosure filing during the year based on publicly recorded and published foreclosure filings. 'Plummeting foreclosure completions combined with consistently falling foreclosure timelines in…