A report from the New York Post. "Better.com became a pandemic darling as city dwellers sought to flee to greener and larger spaces in the suburbs, fueling a boom in the housing market and associated lenders. CEO Vishal Garg laid…
A report from WPTV in Florida. "The large selling off of homes owned by Zillow is also happening on the Treasure Coast. As many as 20 homes in St. Lucie County are listed on the Zillow website. Earlier this week,…
A report from the Idaho Statesman. "Broker Kristin Scanlon predicts we will see home prices decrease again as existing home prices follow the decline of new home prices heading into winter. 'There are huge subdivisions going in left and right,'…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "An unusually high number of homes across the country are being appraised below their agreed-upon sales prices, causing a number of deals to collapse. In recent months, during the height of the boom,…
A weekend topic starting with two reports from the Globe and Mail. "Berkeley Loh, 29, and Tom Holmes, 35, have been together a few years and living in their 800-square-foot Olympic Village rental, but they always had a plan to…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The number of active listings in the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors region at the end of September was down 5.6% from a year ago, but an encouraging sign for potential buyers…
A report from the Port Charlotte Sun in Florida. "Matthew Harden turned himself in to law enforcement Monday in Hamilton County, Florida. Harden, 53, and his partner Stephen Dukes, 47, owned the now-defunct HD Custom Homes in Englewood. Charlotte County…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "When William Mark decided to get back into investing after the 2008 financial crisis, he looked past stocks and bonds. Needing to play catch-up with his retirement portfolio, the piping engineer decided to…
A report from the Mortgage Reports. "A new study indicates that first-time home buyers are having more mortgage delinquency problems than they have since 2010. Black Knight’s most recent Mortgage Monitor report had some alarming findings: Nearly 1% of mortgage…
A report from Curbed San Francisco in California. "Earlier this month, UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and law firm Allen Matkins released their survey of California developers and found that those with a stake in building housing are feeling gun…