The Housing Bubble Blog

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A report from the Seattle Times in Washington. "The result of the slower market for buyers who are still trying to make a deal? They are no longer 'making a faster decision on buying a house than you would [when buying] a pair of shoes,' said Windermere agent Cristina Ross. And for sellers? They...

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A report from KTVZ in Oregon. "The Bend home market 'finished with a stabilizing median sale price' of $678,000, down $18,000 from November and close to October’s figure. It’s also a drop of nearly $100,000 from the spring, when Bend’s median sale price hit a record $773,000, appraiser Donnie...

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A weekend topic starting with the Telegraph. "Stephen Schwarzman, the chief executive of the world’s largest private equity firm, is not someone who takes kindly to criticism. So when Blackstone was last month forced to limit investor withdrawals from its $69bn (£58bn) real estate fund, the...

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It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "When mortgage rates hit 7% in the fall, Austin-based mortgage broker Aaron Kovac was a little spooked. After a stunning rise in home sales amid ultra-low interest rates, 'the market just went absolutely silent,' the 32-year-old, who has been in the...

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A report from the Review Journal in Nevada. "With builders slashing prices and buyers pulling back, Las Vegas’ home construction market kept hitting the brakes in November. 'Over the past few months though, the conversation has changed from how high prices have gone to how far and how quickly they...

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A report from Axios Denver in Colorado. "As the market settles, so will the 'record-breaking appreciation homeowners have been spoiled with,' realtor Jeremy Kane at eXp Realty anticipates. 'This will feel like a pull-back or a loss in value, when really it is just normalizing and will provide...

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A report from KMOV in Missouri. "While winter is a slow time of year, St Louis realtor Cathy Shaw Connely said inventory remains fairly low, despite rising interest rates. 'Yes, it’s going to affect the amount of house they can buy but prices have dropped as well,' she said. Those who entered into...

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A report from Mansion Global. "2022 marked the end of a long and prosperous run in San Francisco’s luxury housing market. Patrick Carlisle, chief market analyst in the San Francisco Bay Area at Compass: it’s 'an excellent time for buyers to aggressively negotiate home purchases at prices well below...

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A weekend topic starting with Deutsche Welle. "100 years ago, prices in Germany were soaring by 50% each month, a loaf of bread cost millions of mark. How did the young republic rein in inflation? When the young republic was lagging behind with its reparations payments, French and Belgian troops...

What are your housing bubble predictions for the new year? Six months ago: "I think this will have to do primarily with interest rates – and i think that the central banks will chicken out and live with inflation (in spite of their mandate). So except for the huge bubble cities (San Fran, Boise,...

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