A weekend topic starting with US News and World Report. "What takes place in investors' minds when they buy assets, hold on to stocks, trim their positions and make other decisions with their capital? Behavioral finance explores some of the…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Economists now project 2023 will mark the slowest year for home sales since 2008, when the housing bubble burst. This is the seventh week in a row that rates have risen, marking…
A report from US News and World Report."It was a case of good news, bad news as new home sales increased by 12.3% in September while prices dropped sharply from a year ago, the Census Bureau said on Wednesday. Builders…
A report from KTVB in Idaho. "Some homebuyers in our area are losing their homes, thanks to an unpredictable market and some bad advice. That advice, 'Date the rate and marry the house.' William and Ashley Kaiser are local realtors…
A report from the Sacramento Bee in California. "A bubble in need of bursting. An overheated environment that had to be cooled. A correction for a real estate market out of balance. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has been upfront…
A report from the Marin Independent Journal. "The median price of a detached home in Marin has declined nearly 7% over the past year. The median figure for last month was $1.65 million, down from $1.77 million in September 2022,…
A report from CNBC. "'I think it's painful. I think it's ugly,' Matthew Graham, chief operating officer at Mortgage News Daily, said on CNBC. 'I don't think anybody in my community of mortgage originators would disagree that in many ways,…
A weekend topic starting with the Boston Globe in Massachusetts. "Steve McKenna, a real estate broker at Gibson Sotheby’s, said he is dealing with an elderly couple contemplating whether to sell their $1.1 million home in Arlington and whether they…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Housing inventory in the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area hit the highest levels in more than eight years in September, according to the Austin Board of Realtors. In addition to high inventory,…
A report from Alabama.com. "Huntsville Realtor Tim Knox said real estate agents are feeling a little bit nervous these days in the Huntsville area. 'We kind of got a little spoiled last year,' said Knox, who is with Leading Edge…