A report from CBC News in Canada. "Chris Drinkwalter's newly-renovated condo in southeast Edmonton has been on the market for more than seven months without a single offer. The two-bedroom, two-bathroom property in the Silver Berry neighbourhood, constructed in 2007,…
A report from the Acadiana Advocate in Louisiana. "When Jose and Angie Medina got married in 2007 the 33 lots in the Gideon Grove subdivision outside Youngsville were still mostly empty. But the developer, Roderick Cawthorne, persuaded them the sparse…
A report from the Seattle Times in Washington. "Since the local market peaked last spring, single-family home prices have fallen twice as fast in the Seattle metro area as in any other region in the country, according to the monthly…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "The federal agency that insures mortgages for first-time home buyers is tightening its standards, concerned it is allowing too many risky loans to be extended. The Federal Housing Administration told lenders this month…
A report from ABC News on Australia. "We are witnessing more naked developers as half-finished projects dot the landscape of our major cities. As the year progresses, many more operators who've pushed the boundaries will join them. 'Areas of oversupply…
A report from the Union Tribune in California. "San Diego County had the second-most home price reductions in the nation so far in 2019, said Trulia. San Diego County hasn’t seen as many cutbacks since 2014 when the market was…
A report from the Sydney Morning Herald in Australia. "Every day there are Melbourne and Sydney property owners who put houses and units up for sale in the hope they can quickly find a buyer and the dream of the…
A report from Bloomberg. "The real estate frenzies in West Coast cities have become the stuff of lore: buyers jostling at open houses, homes getting offers sight unseen, bids coming in hundreds of thousands of dollars over asking. That’s all…
A report from the Globe and Mail in Canada. "A prominent Vancouver immigration lawyer and other experts are praising the surprising amount of information that the province has demanded on the declaration form for its new Speculation and Vacancy Tax…
A report from Bloomberg. "Toll Brothers Inc.'s new home orders dropped 24 percent in the fiscal first quarter, the steepest annual decline for the biggest U.S. luxury homebuilder since the depths of the housing crash in 2010. Orders fell 62…