A report from the Dallas Business Journal in Texas. "Today, we’re focusing solely on areas in DFW where homes sold for an average of $1 million or more in the third quarter. In the million-and-up category in DFW, the second…
A weekend topic starting with Go Banking Rates. "A housing bubble can cause property prices to soar to unrealistic levels, leading to an eventual crash that can have detrimental effects on homeowners and the economy. Seth Jacobs, an experienced mortgage…
A report from the Ventura County Star in California. "When developer Shangri-La Industries stopped paying its bills and stopped its state-funded work turning motels in Thousand Oaks and other cities into housing for the homeless, one of the big unanswered…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "Danielle Tantone and her soon-to-be ex-husband, Michael Tantone, bought their Mesa, Ariz., area home in July 2022 with a mortgage of about $600,000 that carried an interest rate of 5.62%. Both planned to…
A report from Bloomberg. "Starwood Capital Group, led by Barry Sternlicht, is exploring a sale of more than 2,000 single-family rental homes. SREIT owned 3,210 single-family rental homes valued at $1.26 billion as of March 31, according to a filing.…
A weekend topic starting with Fox Business. "St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard agrees with Powell that it’s time to start reducing its $120 billion monthly purchases of Treasury and mortgage-backed securities. 'At this point, I'm not sure these…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "'I don't see a crash in prices coming, but I do see that our prices could level out in the coming months,' says Jena Turner, owner of Houston's Found Realty. 'I see…
A report from Mortgage News Daily. "Mortgage delinquencies spiked in June and the serious delinquency rate, loans 90 or more days past due but not in foreclosure, reached its highest level in more than five years. CoreLogic predicts that, barring…
Two reports from the Wall Street Journal. "The FTSE Nareit Equity Apartments index, which tracks the stock prices of publicly traded apartment landlords, is down more than 21% year to date. A big reason: Dramatic cuts in rents in coastal…
A report from Go Local Prov in Rhode Island. "For nearly three years, the proposed 46-story Fane Tower has been meandering its way through a complex web of Rhode Island’s overlapping regulatory structures. Across the United States -- and including…