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…
A report from the Longmont Times-Call in Colorado. "Even as data shows Boulder and its surroundings are experiencing a 'much-needed' housing market correction, the city last week for the fifth straight year landed atop a national finance researcher’s list of…
A report from Westword in Colorado. "The real estate scene in Denver hasn't fully transitioned into a buyer's market. But it's shifting in that direction, as indicated by how many more concessions metro-area sellers are willing to grant now as…
A report from Sonoma News in California. "Build 3.5 million new dwelling units by 2025 and California’s housing shortage will be solved, Gov. Gavin Newsom prescribed during his campaign last year and several times since. But the simple formulae peddled…
A report from USA Today. "In a stealth aftershock of the Great Recession, nearly 100,000 loans that allowed senior citizens to tap into their home equity have failed, blindsiding elderly borrowers and their families and dragging down property values in…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "In Seattle and King County, home prices in May were down substantially from a year ago. The price of the median home in Seattle dropped 5.4 %, to $784,925, compared to May…
A report from Market Watch. "Pending home sales fell a seasonally adjusted 1.5% in April and were 2% lower than a year ago, the National Association of Realtors said. The trend is solidly downward. April marked the 16th-straight month of…
A report from Bowery Boogie on New York. "For many on the Lower East Side waterfront, Extell’s purported woes are a lesson in schadenfreude. Especially given the years of construction hell endured by those in the vicinity. No sooner do…
A report from the Orange County Register in California. "Last month saw Southern California home sales fall 11.7 percent from February 2018 levels, with just 13,466 houses, condos and townhomes changing hands, CoreLogic reported. That’s the smallest sales tally for…
Two reports from the Orange County Register in California. "There might be some good news for Californians stretching to buy a home. The statewide median home price declined to $538,690 in January. The statewide median price was down 3.4 percent…