A report from WTBW in South Carolina. "An off-campus student apartment complex near Coastal Carolina University could be foreclosed on after a bank accused it of owing more than $24 million. One of the newer off-campus housing options is The…
A report from ABC News in Australia. "Doc Davey purchased his home in a booming West Australian mining town for $560,000 in 2009, but today the same home is close to worthless after ongoing vandalism by local youths. 'I've rebuilt…
A report from Westword on Colorado. "Over the past year or so, there's been debate aplenty about whether Denver's real estate market has finally started to cool off after being red-hot for the past few years. Megan Aller, a sales…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "The aging-in-place technology trend marks a challenge to the numerous real-estate developers who have been rushing to build senior housing to accommodate the roughly 72 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964. Developers…
A report from KCRA in California. "California is at the epicenter of a housing crisis. Thousands of people are fleeing the state, and many of them say they can no longer afford to live here. But today there’s help, and…
A report from the Sunday Times. "The housing crisis in Silicon Valley has reached new heights. Police officers in San Mateo, priced out of a market where the median house price has surged to $1.3m (£1m), have taken to sleeping…
A weekend topic starting with the Charlotte Agenda in North Carolina. "Jonathan Osman points to a one-story, brick house in Camp Greene. A little more than a decade ago, the home sold for $38,500. Now, it’s listed by another Realtor…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Here are some of my observations from Mortgage Bankers Association convention I attended in Austin last month. One exhibit hall lender offered primary residence mortgages void of any income information or any…
A report from Bisnow. "A strong jobs report, the stock market performing at record highs and low interest rates continue to fuel U.S. commercial real estate’s prolonged growth cycle. But overall economic growth has fallen as the year progresses, raising…
A report from the New York Post. "The Long Island mansion from the 1986 flick 'The Money Pit' has become a real-life money pit. This Nassau County home has sold for $3.5 million after five years on the market. That’s…