It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The sale of the 851-square-foot, one-bedroom unit of the Lumina tower at 201 Folsom Street has just closed escrow with a contract price of $999,000. But as the unit was purchased for…
A report from Realtor.com on Florida. "After three years of twists, turns, and foreclosure proceedings, Birdman’s mansion was finally sold for $10.85 million. The Cash Money Records co-founder purchased the Miami Beach, Florida, mansion back in 2012 for $14.5 million.…
A report from Mortgage News Daily. "Extremely serious delinquencies, those loans 150 days or more past due, reached historically high levels in August. Corelogic said the rate of delinquencies among those loans spiked to 1.2 percent, the highest level since…
A report from Click Orlando in Florida. "For the second time in two months, an Orlando sports legend’s sprawling home has become a little more affordable. Shaquille O’Neal’s Isleworth mansion can now be had for a reduced price. Shaq first…
A report from the Daily Journal in California. "In San Mateo, rents have dropped an average of almost 15% since this time last year, according to reports from rental databases Zumper and Apartmentlist. The county’s median home sales price reached…
A report from the Los Angeles Times in California. "In the 90210 ZIP Code, based on 30 sales, the median price for single-family homes in September was $4.518 million, down 27.1% year over year, according to CoreLogic." The San Diego…
A report from Fox 4 South Florida. "Homes are flying off the market Florida real estate market, resembling the years leading to the 2008 housing market crash. Realtor Kayinah Destine with Twin Metro Realty says lenders have stricter guidelines now…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "October brought a degree of reprieve from seemingly relentless price increases for Seattle-area home shoppers, as median prices in King County dipped slightly from September. The Seattle condo market, meanwhile, is 'presenting…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "Mariano Rivera, the retired Major League Baseball pitcher, is listing his home in Rye, an affluent community in Westchester County, N.Y., for $3.995 million. Mr. Rivera and his wife bought the property in…
A report from Bloomberg on Canada. "Toronto’s condo market showed more signs of cooling in October. 'Tight downtown condo markets that previously commanded expensive rents are now thick with supply,' Robert Hogue, an economist with Royal Bank of Canada, wrote.…