A weekend topic starting with National Real Estate Inventor. "The average cap rate in the multifamily sector remained flat at 5.4 percent in the fourth quarter, after falling in previous quarters, according to Barbara Byrne Denham, a senior economist at…
A report from the Press Democrat in California. "Sonoma County’s housing market started the year the way it finished 2018 — in decline as buyers remain content to sit tight as sellers reduce home prices. In February, 227 single-family homes…
A report from the Naples News in Florida. "The year is off to a good start for homebuyers. Visitors looking to purchase a home in the Naples area during January were pleasantly surprised with their options as inventory levels increased…
A weekend topic starting with the Miami Herald in Florida. "Most real estate developers will cite scarcity of land as one of the biggest hurdles to building affordable housing around Miami-Dade County. But according to a new GIS mapping tool…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Realtor Kim Trouten said the Charlotte market is starting to shift. Buyers are getting more picky, especially with higher interest rates, and sellers have had to change their expectations, Trouten said. 'They’ve…
A report from CNBC on California. "'The housing markets are softening in California, and it’s not just the tony neighborhoods of San Francisco, Silicon Valley and West LA,' said Jerry Nickelsburg, an adjunct professor at UCLA and director of the…
A report from Michigan Live. "When Carl Calfin bought Geddes Hill Apartments in 1989, rent for a four-person unit was $895. Today, that unit goes for $2,600. Luxury high-rises have dramatically changed Ann Arbor’s student housing market in recent years,…
Two reports from CBC News in Canada. "'Long gone are the days of speculative selling where you could put your house on the market at a price and if somebody falls in love, they'll pay it,' said Jason Yochim, CEO…
A report from Curbed on Texas. "Candy Evans, a Dallas real estate writer who runs a local site called CandysDirt.com, says the naysayers, including the author of a recent Wall Street Journal piece identifying Dallas real estate as a 'canary…
A report from Wink News in Florida. "A few high rises overlook the Caloosahatchee. But lots bought for condominium have been sitting vacant for years. 'Build it and then if its gonna sit there vacant because they can’t occupy because…