A report from Boston Real Estate Times in Massachusetts. "The 2019 Greater Boston condominium market stabilized from what has been a five-year run of price escalation, absorption and diminished supply, according to a report from the Collaborative Companies. The current…
Two reports from the Wall Street Journal. "A flock of vulture investors is circling China: large money managers including Blackstone Group, Lone Star Funds and Oaktree Capital as well as Bain Capital. In the past few years global investment firms…
A report from Point 2 Homes on Texas. ""Q: Would you recommend buying or renting in the largest cities in Texas this year? Shannon Cornelison-Brown Assistant Professor of Accounting Austin College: 'In the largest cities in Texas, investor funds have…
A report from the Los Angeles Times in California. "Neal Baer, the pediatrician-turned-TV-writer is asking less than he paid for his Brentwood home. The charming Midcentury just hit the market for $3.35 million — or $150,000 shy of what he…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "During the fourth quarter of last year, 2,404 sales closed in Manhattan, a 1.2% dip year-over-year. The median sales price, meanwhile, remained flat at close to $1 million, according to a report…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The figures from the Greater Boston Association of Realtors point to a market that, while certainly pricey, is significantly less frenzied than it was a year or two ago, when buying a…
A report from Inc Magazine. "To find the most overpriced cities, GOBankingRates combed through data on the nation's 722 biggest housing markets, comparing median listing prices in 2019 (through November) to Zillow's estimate of median home value, which is based…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Four Bay Area cities got ranked among the weakest real estate markets in the nation. Some experts say this cooling of the market is all part of a normal stabilization period that…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The median price for a single family home in the nine-county region fell nearly 3 percent to $805,600 from the previous October, according to Zillow. The median price of a home in…
A weekend topic starting with two reports from 7 News in Australia. "CoreLogic reports that 2599 homes went under the hammer across all capital cities this week, returning a preliminary auction clearance rate of 72.9 per cent. It believes 'fear…