A report from Mansion Global on New York. "Moneyed Manhattanites returned from their Labor Day breaks with a voracious appetite for real estate, according to the weekly report Monday from Olshan Realty. The townhouse on East 74th Street was asking…
A weekend topic starting with KERA. "If you don’t make more than $100,000 per year, you can’t afford to buy a median-priced home in three of Texas’ largest metro areas: Dallas-Fort Worth, greater Houston, and the Austin area. That’s one…
A report from 41 Kansas City. "Despite predictions of lower mortgage rates in 2024, that hasn't happened yet. Realtor Susan Huff of Huff Realty has been selling homes for 30 years. She tells buyers to bite the bullet if they…
A weekend topic starting with Fortune. "This is traditionally the time when home sales bloom. But 2023’s deep freeze begs the question of whether the warming will emerge from under an ice cube or an iceberg. Take the typical home…
A report from the Kansas City Star. "Brand new, move-in ready, maintenance-provided luxury villas in a prime Blue Valley location by award-winning builders? If you’re looking for a quality, maintenance-provided villa in one of Johnson County’s sought-after new home communities,…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "In the last 10 years, the average home price has doubled in the KC metro area, from roughly $140,000 to more than $350,000. It took six weeks, and $60,000 more than they…
A weekend topic starting with Yahoo Finance. "As Wall Street debates the cause of First Republic’s troubles, one analyst blames the nation’s top financial regulators. Fed Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen were 'advocates of the strategy called…
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A report from Seven Days in Vermont. "When Moriah Stokes and Vincent Connolly purchased a second home in Morrisville in 2017, they already had plans to list it on Airbnb. The couple were living in Colorado at the time, and…
A report from NPR. "The housing market has already slowed to a crawl, as mortgage rates top 7% for the first time in two decades. Kansas City homebuilder Shawn Woods said his company has gone from selling a dozen houses…