A weekend topic starting with Market Watch. "We all know that house prices are rising at a record pace right now, but few realize just how far from normal this is. For the entire 20th century, the annual average increase…
It' Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "A price chop this big might cast some doubts on the world’s tallest residential tower. Gary Barnett’s Extell Development has sold a sponsor unit at its Central Park Tower at 217 West…
A report from Floor Daily. "With Millennials being young, the price point of the home is not typically up the food chain, generally in the $250,000 to $400,000 price range, depending on the market and region. The impact, says Andy…
A report from KCCI on Iowa. "Ted Weaver, the president of the Des Moines Area Association of Realtors, tells KCCI the housing market is starting to stabilize. Weaver said if someone is selling right now, the price has to be…
A report from Bloomberg. "Zillow has essentially dived into the house-flipping business, offering to quickly take properties off sellers’ hands. And in the process it’s helping pull Wall Street even deeper into the $2 trillion U.S. housing market. In August,…
A report from Mortgage Professional America. "With more than 20 years’ experience in the mortgage industry, Kirk Tatom, the president of Dallas-based Tatom Lending, started his company back in 2007. As for clients who were still determined to get the…
A report from the Honolulu Star advertiser in Hawaii. "A Hong Kong-based company with plans to develop an Atlantis-themed resort along with two other big hotel and residential projects in West Oahu has been trying to sell all three properties…
A weekend topic starting with the Staunton News Leader in Virginia. " According to the Greater Augusta Association of Realtors, there are 370 listings currently active. Previously, it was a challenge to sell over $350,000, but looking at the current…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The stratospheric housing market may be returning to earth. Through the first eight months of the year, 28,306 homes were listed for sale in Greater Columbus, up 13.5% from the same period…
A report from WKRN in Tennessee. "'The Hermitage market inventory has doubled in the past 12 months,' Bobby Hill with Crye-Leike Realtors said. 'What we’re seeing right now is push back in our marketplace from the buyer base toward sellers…