A report from NBC Bay Area in California. "If there's ideal timing when buying a home in the expensive Bay Area, it's now. It's the best week of the year to buy, according to Realtor.com. In the Bay Area, there…
A report from Yahoo Finance. "Homebuilding last month leapt to its highest rate in 12 years, newly released construction data says. But the havoc wrought by last decade’s housing bubble has buyers wondering how to protect themselves if the market…
A report from the Globe and Mail in Canada. "1225 Barclay St., No. 802, Vancouver. Listing price: $1.388-million. Selling price: $1.160-million. Previous selling price: $1,230,000 (2018). The sellers had purchased the condo as a flip, but after completing major renovations,…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "We Co. Chief Executive Adam Neumann likes to say that office space is for WeWork what books were for Amazon Inc.—just the beginning. He even boasted that his rental-apartment venture WeLive would become…
A report from the Seattle Times in Washington. "Every year, the Urban Land Institute and the consultancy PwC publish their Emerging Trends in Real Estate report. 'As this economic cycle entered the history books as the longest in U.S. history,…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "We are entering new territory when it comes to home sales by the Bay East Association of Realtors. According to data from 34 East Bay cities, many of them had more homes…
A report from the Real Deal. "Three years later, Tom Barrack has buyer’s remorse. As his firm, Colony Capital, embarks on a $325 million venture into digital infrastructure, it first needs to offload much of its real estate portfolio from…
A report from the Miami Herald in Florida. "In the wake of the Great Recession, when traditional development loans were in short supply, local condo developers shifted financing onto buyers by requiring 50% deposits. Now, more and more developers are…
A report from the Oregonian. "It appears a relatively good time to be a homebuyer in the Portland area. Mortgage rates have fallen to near-record lows, and more houses are listed for sale. Bidding wars are mostly a thing of…
A report from the Philadelphia Inquirer in Pennsylvania. "Sales in Philadelphia, declined 15.4% from the year before, though they remain much higher than the historic average. 'I haven’t noticed any acute response or panic from the market — no one…