It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Coshocton County is low on housing in a lot of key areas with a need for more construction. Phil Hunt recently sold his mother's condominium, part of The Oaks subdivision, after she…
A report from the Wall Street Journal on Florida. "Ivan Rodriguez leapt at the chance to buy a unit at the Cricket Club, an exclusive bay-front condominium in North Miami. In 2019, he liquidated his 401(k) retirement account to purchase…
A report from Sarasota Magazine in Florida. "The latest report showed that the median price for a single-family home is now $500,000 in Sarasota County and $485,861 in Manatee County, reflecting increases of more than 52 percent and almost 41…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Economists now project 2023 will mark the slowest year for home sales since 2008, when the housing bubble burst. This is the seventh week in a row that rates have risen, marking…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "U.S. existing-home prices posted their biggest year-over-year decline in more than 11 years last month. The national median existing-home price fell 3.1% in May from a year earlier to $396,100, the largest…
A report from KING TV in Washington. "'January 1, of 2022 was a high water mark, the real estate market was red hot. Houses were selling for a half million bucks over the asking price. January 2023, is a whole…
A report from Business Insider. "Home rehabbers are quickly finding that the once-reliable method known as 'BRRRR' — short for buy, rehab, rent, refinance, and repeat — has become much riskier as home prices in hot pandemic markets fizzle out…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Raymond Martin and his wife listed their home in Austin, Texas, for sale for $1.1 million in early May. They figured selling the four-bedroom, three-bath house would be 'a walk in the…
A report from Banking Dive. "Wells Fargo has begun laying off an undisclosed number of its home lending employees, little more than a week after reporting mortgage origination volume had dropped 33% year over year, the bank confirmed Friday. Anonymous…
A report from Yahoo Finance. "DLB Financial Services CEO Debbie Boyd joins Yahoo Finance. 'I'm a mortgage broker by trade. So I do believe the Fed is going to raise rates. We've already seen almost a point raise since the…