It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "After two years of elevated home prices in Houston, prices began to decrease for the first time in February, according to a report from the Houston Association of Realtors. Local real estate…
A report from KRDO in Colorado. "According to a broker associate at Re/Max of Pueblo Inc., Mike Pospahala, two years ago there was a lot of competition to buy a home. He said a lot of homes were sold above…
A report from 425 Business in Washington. "SmartAsset found that the Seattle area hosts three of the top 25 spots in the lineup for the nation’s most expensive housing markets. Among the priciest is the Eastside’s Sammamish area. At the…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The local housing market is not 'crashing at all,' said King County Assessor John Wilson. 'But the fact is, it’s finally kind of peaked.' In Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood, values declined 8%…
A report from USA Today. "'Prices would not have fallen if the Federal Reserve did not raise interest rates so aggressively,' says National Association of Realtors’ Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. 'One casualty of the Fed’s policy, aside from the regional…
A report from the Seattle Times in Washington. "In King County, 73% more homes were listed at the end of May than at the same time last year. In Pierce County 74% more and in Kitsap 43%. In Snohomish, more…