A report from the Gazette Journal. "This year is shaping up to be deja vu all over again for the Reno-Sparks new housing market, with stubbornly high mortgage rates and elevated prices for buyers. '2024 will be an ugly year,'…
A report from Market Place. "On Friday the National Association of Realtors agreed to settle multiple lawsuits that accused its members of colluding to keep commission rates artificially high. Sacramento Realtor Erin Stumpf said many buyers may not be able…
A weekend topic starting with WNCT in North Carolina. "A Greene County man is moving into his home with the help of a loan program from the USDA Rural Development. Ryan Roberts applied for the Section 502 Direct Loan Program.…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Hawaiʻi’s luxury home market experienced a 22% decline in the number of sales last year compared with 2021. 'It’s not quite as doomsday as people think,' Hawaiʻi Life CEO Matt Beall says…
A report from KLAS in Nevada. "Housing prices continued to tumble in November, according to Las Vegas Realtors. Prices have nearly fallen to where they were a year ago — a median price of $420,000 in November 2021 — erasing…
A report from the Review Journal in Nevada. "Las Vegas high-rise closings set an all-time record during the first six months of 2022 but the condo market — like in the single-family home segment — has slowed with higher interest…
A report from Bloomberg. "Zillow’s market cap approached $US50 billion, making CEO Rich Barton’s stake worth more than $US1 billion. In late August 2021, he boasted to investors that customers’ biggest complaint with Zillow Offers was it was too good…
A report from Mortgage Professional America. "With more than 20 years’ experience in the mortgage industry, Kirk Tatom, the president of Dallas-based Tatom Lending, started his company back in 2007. As for clients who were still determined to get the…
A report from the Sun Sentinel. "In South Florida, there was an increase of more than 57,000 jobs in 2018 than a year earlier. At the same time, unemployment is lower than it has been in over a decade, according…
A report from GlobeSt on Florida. "Not everyone but a majority would probably agree that Miami’s condo market is full — even a Brickell headquartered company that has long been known for its successful developments here. Key International Co-President Inigo…