It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Last quarter, the number of homes for sale grew at double-digit rates in all five boroughs for the first time ever. In Manhattan, sales inventory rose 15.4 percent year over year, the…
A report from the Tampa Bay Times in Florida. "Builders are offering bigger price cuts for new homes in the Tampa Bay area even though the demand for homes is said to outpace the supply. In the first quarter of…
A press release from the California used house salepeople. "California home sales declined for the eighth straight month in December, and a stagnating market for much of the year pushed sales lower in 2018 for the first time in four…
A report from the Wall Street Journal on New York. "Gary Barnett was sitting in his Manhattan office one morning in the fall when his old-fashioned flip phone started to buzz. On the line was a real-estate agent who was…
A Q and A from Willamete Week in Oregon. "How many apartments are under construction and expected to come online in 2019? I see their unoccupied, half-finished bulks everywhere and wonder: Are we about to see a glut and resulting…
A report from Skift on Vietnam. "Massive hotel and resort construction in Vietnam can easily elicit disbelief, and the ensuing dubiety or distrust. The view from Halong Bay until recently was still pristine. Today it’s a huge building site. The…
A report from Bloomberg. "Home sales in the U.S. slumped in December, while prices inched up slightly, marking the smallest annual increase since the end of the last housing crash in 2012, according to data from brokerage Redfin. Previously hot…
An editorial by Aaron Layman in the Denton Record Chronicle in Texas. "Home sales in Denton took a big dive in December. Some Denton-area home sellers have had to do something unusual during the past several months to get offers…
A report from Bloomberg on Canada. "Canada’s home sales skidded to the lowest level since 2012 last year after dropping for four straight months through December. Nationwide, sales totaled 458,442 for the year, a drop of 11 percent which was…
A report from GlobeSt on Florida. "Not everyone but a majority would probably agree that Miami’s condo market is full — even a Brickell headquartered company that has long been known for its successful developments here. Key International Co-President Inigo…