A weekend topic starting with Yahoo Finance. "As Wall Street debates the cause of First Republic’s troubles, one analyst blames the nation’s top financial regulators. Fed Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen were 'advocates of the strategy called…
A report from Sarasota Magazine in Florida. "Not only did Manatee County see the first year-over-year increase in sales since February 2022, but the area also had the first year-over-year decrease in median prices since February 2019. At the end…
A report from the Colorado Springs Gazette. "Home sales fell in March on a year-over-year basis, continuing a downward trend that began in the second half of last year, while prices last month dropped for the third time since December,…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Home prices continue to go down in the Boise area. The Intermountain Multiple Listing Service shows the median price of a newly constructed single-family home in Ada County dropped in March to…
A weekend topic starting with Politico. "The Federal Home Loan Banks, a group of government-sponsored lenders whose mission is to finance housing and community development, loaned tens of billions of dollars to three crypto-friendly banks before they failed last month.…
A weekend topic starting with the Telegraph. "Shadow banking is the dog that has not barked during the latest global spasm of financial stress. They behave like banks but cannot tap the emergency window of major central banks in a…
A report from Houston Agent Magazine in Texas. "Y’all, I hate to lick all the red off your candy, but the days of a super-hot real estate market are behind us (at least for now). While on the surface, that…
A report from the Orange County Register. "California's latest homebuying debacle is a pumped-up storyline we've seen before — even if each housing bubble has its own shape and size. The median price of an existing, single-family home in California…
A report from the Los Angeles Times in California. "Industry experts generally agree that L.A.’s luxury market has slowed down this year, and the data agree. 'I’ll do anything to sell,' said the owner of one home in Brentwood who…
A report from the Mercury News in California. "'Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse is good for real estate,' said Chris Thornberg, an economist and founder of Beacon Economics. 'I mean it. If it forces the Federal Reserve to truly sit on…