A report from Bankrate. "Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are rolling out new rules covering condo loans - and critics say the stricter reviews are causing condo sales to fall apart, even in buildings with no structural issues. Because most…
A report from Market Watch. "Researchers pointed to Miami as an example for their argument. During the market’s peak in late 2006, buyers there paid nearly $340,000 on average to purchase a home. Only now are many of those buyers…
A report from the Review Journal on Nevada. "The last time Las Vegas had a major housing bubble, things didn’t end well. Here’s hoping it ends differently this time. It’s not fun to think about, but there are many signs…
A report from Mortgage News Daily. "Locks are certainly not repeating 2021 levels for January, with initial anecdotal pipeline numbers down 30-40 percent. Are you reducing costs accordingly? When the residential lending market is good, owners think they’re the smartest…
A report from Market Watch. "Airbnb had been on track for its biggest drop ever, falling more than 13% in intradrading and becoming the worst performer in the Nasdaq 100, according to Dow Jones and FactSet. Its shares have never…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "To sweeten a recent offer on a small house with a few acres here in Texas, near Austin, I pledged to keep Jenny and Jeremy—two aging donkeys the seller no longer had…
A report from the Globe and Mail. "About 500 investors, many from South Florida’s Venezuelan American community, were taken in by Efrain Betancourt Jr.’s sales pitch of high-interest returns on their investments in his short-term loan operation Sky Group USA.…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Christian Chapman, a former underwriter at Better.com, has worked in the mortgage business for almost 20 years and has been laid off by three other mortgage companies in the past. However, none…
A report from the High Point Enterprise in North Carolina. "While many real estate markets are still booming, some are seeing a recent slowdown in home sales. Insurify named Greensboro-High Point as No. 3 on the list of the nation's…
A report from the Aspen Times in Colorado. "I met a colleague of mine at an Aspen coffee shop earlier this week. We talked about the recent shift from the non-stop activity for the second summer in a row, to…