It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Thousands of people in Los Angeles County have lost their homes. Beverly Allen’s condominium, Dove Creek Condos, located across the street from Eaton Canyon, was one of the many properties destroyed in…
A report from the Wall Street Journal on California. "The Los Angeles wildfires destroyed thousands of structures across residential havens of the city. Kristen Addy and her husband, both 55 years old, intend to keep making the roughly $4,000-a-month payment…
A report from WPBF in Florida. "Rebecca Giacobba, a realtor with LPT Realty, said the need for relief is in high demand as insurance and condo association fees skyrocket. 'Some of the condo fees that were in the two and…
A report from the LA Daily News. "The economic impact of the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires grows larger by the day. Homeowners, many of them underinsured, face years of anguish as they struggle to find temporary shelter and get…
A report from Architectural Digest. "Before the devastating Los Angeles fires this week, California already had a looming insurance crisis on its hands. In one particularly heartbreaking example, ABC 7 reported on a nonagenarian couple whose fire insurance was canceled…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Wildfires spared Tim Scanlon’s Altadena home as of Wednesday afternoon. But the music licensing executive worried that the firestorms rampaging across Los Angeles County still will affect his pocketbook, pushing already rising…
This month marks the 20th year for us at this blog. What are your housing bubble predictions for the new year? Six months ago: "'I predict lots of victim sob stories among rate daters who didn’t anticipate rates would stay…
A report from the Daily Journal in Indiana. "Homebuyers and sellers are moving into good positions to buy and sell homes in Johnson County next year, local realtors say. Over the last year and a half, said Greg Leugers, the…
A report from Sarasota Magazine in Florida. "Earlier this month, Debi Reynolds was installed as the 2025 president of the Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee. Reynolds has seen a psychological shift in buyers. 'Sellers, too, sometimes have unrealistic expectations…
A report from the Los Angeles Times. "The Southern California housing market is downshifting. 'There is really no urgency from buyers,' said Mark Schlosser, a Compass agent in the Los Angeles area. 'They are waiting.' In the last year, asking…