A report from the LA Daily News. "The California Association of Realtors reported March’s statewide record $759,000 median sales price for an existing single-family house was up 24% in a year, the largest gain since 2013. Even crazier: It took…
A weekend topic starting with Market Watch. "Wit Solberg founded Mission Peak Capital in 2008 to snap up messy commercial real-estate assets after the last big crisis. A dozen years later, he’s looking to untangle another kind of property mess,…
A weekend topic starting with the Powell Tribune in Wyoming. "By the summer, the market was heating up — and it never slowed down. Today, the housing inventory in Powell is at lower levels than anyone can remember. John Parsons,…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Kootenai County's housing trend has become a looming menace in the area, but Jennifer Smock of Windermere/Coeur d'Alene Realty, Inc. believes that it is not a bubble waiting to pop. A sign…
A report from the Flathead Beacon in Montana. "As an affordable housing general contractor, Layne Massie is struggling to reach his goal of bringing reasonably priced homes to the Flathead Valley. The developer’s home prices have jumped an average of…
A report from TNN on Oklahoma. "Lawton real estate agent John Naberhaus said he’s been selling homes for 31 years and never seen a market quite like this one. 'What’s interesting is that used to a $300,000 house in our…
A report from Bankrate. "The U.S. housing market is on fire. Double-digit appreciation is the rule. Giddy sellers are sifting through multiple offers. Frantic buyers are forced to pay more than asking prices - sometimes by $100,000 or more. The…
A report from Westword in Colorado. "Victoria Macaskill, an independent broker and co-owner of Denver Homes, says there are things the average person can do to compete. Some of them carry a certain degree of risk, but all of them…
A weekend topic starting with Better Dwelling. "The Canadian property bubble was recognized by an unlikely entity — the Canadian government. MP Adam Vaughan dropped the b word this week. Vaughan isn’t just an elected official, but also the Secretary…
A weekend topic starting with The Intercept. "If you were reading the news back in 2008, then you probably remember how residential mortgage backed securities fueled by subprime mortgages tanked the global economy. Now John Flynn, a veteran of the…