It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "'The phone’s barely ringing,' said real estate agent John Silva of John Silva Realty & Associates in Orlando. 'Those high, skyrocketing prices we saw months ago, they aren’t moving anymore. They’re just…
A report from The Hill. "A series of layoffs at America’s major technology companies could put pressure on local housing markets. San Jose and San Francisco are among five U.S. metros that have already experienced year-over-year price declines. Prices fell…
A weekend topic starting withe the Washington Post. "When the Federal Reserve raised interest rates yet again this week, the central bank’s case for how it would tackle inflation without causing a recession boiled down to: It’s unclear. What are…
A report from ABC News. "Wesley and Kimberly Robinson, both elementary school teachers, started building a new home for themselves and their two daughters in Rogers, Arkansas, last year, when interest rates were close to 3%. But their mortgage rate…
A report from Honolulu KHNL in Hawaii. "The good news is that the supply chain disruptions that was causing havoc in the building industry will likely ease over the next year. 'We had a big spike because you could gouge…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Southern California's cutthroat housing market has cooled in recent months. Price drops became more common. 'We were expecting at some point this buyer frenzy is going to cool off. We are seeing…
A report from Fox Business. "Zillow reached a deal to sell about 2,000 homes from its ill-fated house-flipping program. The company said it intends to sell roughly 9,800 homes it owns, plus another 8,200 it had been in the process…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The streets aren’t being easy on Zillow, which is reportedly losing money on homes it bought to flip, but are instead proving flops. The winners of the real estate fumble include seller…
A report from Mortgage Professional America. "Potential home buyers are being edged out of the house market because of high property prices, mortgage brokers have told MPA. Figures show that new home sales fell to the lowest level in more…
A report from the News Observer in North Carolina. "'There is a negative mood in the market,' said Stacey Anfindsen, a Cary-based appraiser with Birch Appraisal, who puts together the monthly Triangle Area Residential Realty Market Report. The buzz kill,…