A report from TRNTO in Canada. "According to Toronto Regional Real Estate Board, the number of condo rental units on the market in the second quarter was up 42 per cent compared to the same period last year. Prices in…
A report from My Northwest in Washington. "Matthew Gardner, chief economist for Windermere Real Estate, says just shy of 8% of all homes with mortgages in the United States are in forbearance today. 'That number has been dropping back over…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "Forbearance allows homeowners to suspend their monthly payments when they experience a virus-related hardship without the usual consequences of delinquency or even foreclosure. The flood of requests have mortgage servicers working overtime and…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Almost one-third of households, 32%, owed money for missed rent or mortgage payments from previous months at the beginning of August, according to Apartment List. It is best to give your landlord…
A report from Habitat. "The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) implemented measures in March to ensure that millions of homeowners weren’t put out on the street in the middle of a pandemic. Protections include a moratorium on foreclosures for anyone…
A report from Arlington Now in Virginia. "What a difference a few months can make. We’ve certainly seen the COVID-19 pandemic make its mark on the Just Reduced column. At the beginning of the year we were seeing only a…
Two reports from the Wall Street Journal. "Brookfield Property Partners is canceling plans to redevelop a former Vermont mall as an office and residential development, a sign that the slumping economy could be upending the firm’s strategy of buying and…
A report from 4WWL in Louisiana. "Many operators of short-term rentals in New Orleans are seeing a dramatic drop in bookings during the pandemic. 'So that’s become a real problem especially for the host that purchased properties as a function…
A report from the Globe and Mail in Canada. "In June, the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board reported that the average price in the Greater Toronto Area sailed to a record high of $930,869. Real estate broker Farrell Macdonald says…
A report from Geekwire. "'We’re running naked through the jungle with a Bowie knife clenched between our teeth, which is the way Redfin was born to be,' CEO Glenn Kelman told analysts. 'We’re omnivorous. We’re going to try to take…