A report from the Times of London in the UK. "Alex Johnston has reluctantly cut the price of his townhouse in Maida Vale, west London, after three years with no offers. The app developer and his wife put the five-bedroom…
A press release from Redfin. "Only six of the 85 largest metro areas Redfin tracks saw a year-over-year decline in their median sale price, the biggest of which was once again in San Jose, where home prices were down 4.9…
A weekend topic starting with Good Returns in New Zealand. "As the property landscape changes, yields are, once again, starting to move to centre stage for investors. Yet Kiwibank’s latest property market report reveals that the once stellar yields available…
A report from the Sydney Morning Herald in Australia. "An Erskineville apartment development remains a ghost town more than 12 months after it was completed, with the City of Sydney refusing to allow owners to move in over fears the…
A report from The Real Deal. "Bank OZK, one of the country’s most aggressive condo construction lenders, signaled in its most recent earnings report that its real estate lending growth is slowing down. 'Lenders in certain markets are very aggressive…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Consider a few of these recent headlines from major newspapers around the state: 'Bay Area home prices fall 1.7% in May, biggest year-on-year drop in 7-plus years,' said the San Francisco Chronicle…
A report from the Irish Independent. "A glut of new houses for sale has led to builders cutting back on the construction of homes. Goodbody economist Dermot O’Leary said there is now a rising inventory of unsold stock forming for…
A report from Realtor.com. "The postcrash price growth might actually be higher than most thought. Home prices shot up a cumulative 50% over the past decade, from June 2009 through May 2019, according to CoreLogic. Wages also rose over the…
Three reports from the Times of London in the UK. "House prices in London fell by 4.4 per cent in the year to May — their sharpest fall since August 2009, according to the Office for National Statistics. It was…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "Foreign purchases of U.S. homes have dropped by half over the last two years, a fresh blow to the top end of the market in New York City, Miami and cities in California.…