A report from Multi-Housing News. "Rezoning or 'upzoning' of entire neighborhoods is undertaken to, on the one hand, increase the density of housing and, on the other, provide cheaper rental units. Neighborhoods that were occupied strictly by single-family homes and…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Colorado home prices have sky rocketed, at the same time that wages have stalled. The City of Denver sponsors a program that helps fill that gap called the Metro Down Payment Assistance…
A report from the San Francisco Chronicle in California. "Bay Area home prices slumped for a sixth straight month in August, according to CoreLogic. Prices year-over-year have now been flat or falling for six consecutive months. From last fall into…
A report from the Boston Globe in Massachusetts. "The state’s housing market wrapped up the summer the same way it started: Tight and expensive. But there are signs in some parts of the market that things may be topping out.…
A report from the Globe and Mail in Canada. "Many long-time agents continue to find the unpredictability of the Greater Toronto Area market perplexing. Leslie Battle, a real estate agent with Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., had two listings…
A report from the Miami Herald. "About two years ago, Janet LeGrand — also known by her maiden name, Janet Garcia — used what Homestead police called a fake engineering firm and a falsified résumé to try to dupe the…
A report from Bisnow on Texas. "Real estate investors and developers surveyed for a PwC and Urban Land Institute study still view Dallas-Fort Worth as a Top 10 U.S. real estate investment market even though the region plummeted from the…
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,…