A report from KOLD in Arizona. "John Carroll is an Tucson agent with Land Advisors Organization, and recently worked on a residential market study. Carroll said right now, there is not enough land for builders to keep up with current…
A report from the Vancouver Sun in Canada. "Rental prices are softening in Vancouver and Toronto and housing prices are soon to follow as the number of new immigrants and foreign students falls sharply because of border restrictions aimed at…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "In the years leading up to the coronavirus pandemic, rental apartments were one of the hottest property types. Things are different now. Even stronger markets are seeing declines of about 5% in effective…
A report from the New York Post. "Moving trucks were out in force on Manhattan’s Upper West Side on Saturday — leaving Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa practically tripping over them. 'The mass evacuation of Upper West Siders from NYC…
A report from Patterson Press on New Jersey. "Burned-out and abandoned, the Victorian house at the corner of Auburn and Fair streets symbolized Paterson’s drug scourge so much that three years ago someone sprayed-painted 'Crackadopia' across its side wall. Brian…
A weekend topic starting with the Associated Press. "Buy a home right now. Or if you own one already, refinance it. And if you have spare cash, buy some stocks. And if there's a bubble in prices, don't worry. It'll…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "After the coronavirus pandemic shut many businesses this spring, the three major credit-ratings firms placed about 2,400 bonds tied to pools of corporate loans on review for possible downgrades. The potential wave has…
A weekend topic starting with two articles in the Los Angeles Times. "Four months into the pandemic, never has the city seemed so upside down. Parking attendants wave flags to the empty streets. Storefronts, boarded-up from break-ins, merge with stalled…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The coronavirus pandemic has weaved two opposing narratives in the U.S. housing market. On one hand, it has buoyed home prices amid extremely tight inventory and frenzied demand. On the other, it…
A report from the Globe and Mail in Canada. "When he was offered a job in British Columbia, Todd Kemper figured a potential loss on the sale of his house might be the price he had to pay to leave…