It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "More builders are offering new incentives to keep buyers on the hook in a tough housing market. How about free mortgage payments? That’s what one builder is doing. 'Right now, we’re offering…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "When Lindsay Mader put her house up for sale earlier this year, she braced herself. For the past two years, an influx of remote workers to Austin meant for-sale homes were in…
A report from 425 Business in Washington. "Stubbornly high mortgage interest rates, low home inventory, and fewer homes listed for sale contributed to a decline in closed and pending sales of single-family homes and condominiums last month in King and…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "This June, Golden Gate Estates-based contractor Metro Home Builders filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Out of the 64 paused home construction projects from Washington State to Marco Island, 29 are Naples-based. 'It’s…
A report from the Times Standard in California. "Garberville and Whitethorn in Southern Humboldt County saw some of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation during this year’s third financial quarter, according to ATTOM. For ZIP codes with over 1,000…
A report from Money Wise. "Home prices in 18 of the largest 50 cities in the U.S. fell between the four-week period ending Jan. 15 compared to the same period time a year before, says Redfin. In San Francisco, prices…
A weekend topic starting with Business Insider. "Investor Bill Gross warned of more pain for bond investors as US fixed-income assets head for an unprecedented three-year slump. 'The government first threw money out of a helicopter and almost all of…
A report from Business Insider. "Return-to-office mandates are forcing some people to choose between selling their home at a loss or losing their job,' Redfin said. Real estate agent Shauna Pendleton in Boise, Idaho, has clients selling their home after…
A weekend topic starting with Yahoo Finance. "Homebuyers in some cities have no choice but to buy million-dollar homes as prices near all-time highs. A report from LendingTree found that two California cities have larger shares of million-dollar homes than…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Austin, Phoenix and San Jose have seen home prices fall since the beginning of the year, but those markets were already among the most expensive in the nation. But now price declines…