A weekend topic starting with Housing Wire. "Noel Christopher, senior vice president at Renters Warehouse, warned people not to buy into the hype over the imminent real estate crash. And while 'don’t buy into the hype' is good advice in…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "The median price per square foot in all but three of the 16 price groupings in Asheville was higher in 2018 than in 2017, per Mosaic. It ranges between $105 a square…
A report from the Seattle Times. "King County’s cooling housing market has turned downright chilly as prices have dropped to their lowest point in two years — with the median home now selling for $116,000 less than last spring. Even…
A report from the Wall Street Journal. "A strong economy helped lift commercial real-estate sales to near-record levels last year, and many investors are counting on low interest rates to keep sales going in 2019. Now the Federal Reserve’s announcement…
A report from Hawaii News Now. "The median sales price for a single-family home on Oahu dropped again in January for a fourth consecutive month thanks to more inventory, new statistics from the Honolulu Board of Realtors show. 'We started…
A report from the Globe and Mail in Canada. "The psychological shift among Vancouver homebuyers threatens to prolong the city’s deep slump, Bank of Montreal warns. 'The market remains in all-out correction mode, and the psychology there is clearly shifting,…
A report from the Detroit Free Press. "The big tax question of the year: Will you get a super-sized refund or suddenly discover that you're going to end up writing one monster check? Taxpayers are getting their first look at…
A report from the Denver Post on Colorado. "Home sellers in metro Denver came out ready to play ball in a big way in January, but buyers didn’t show up to meet them in equal numbers. The number of single-family…
A report from the Globe and Mail in Canada. "Call it Exhibit A for the state of Vancouver’s slumping market for detached houses. In a gauge for rundown properties, a buyer paid $1,980,000 last month for a three-bedroom teardown in…
A report from Housing Wire. "Although several housing markets were impacted by January’s slow growth in home sales, new data from Redfin indicates the West Coast is especially feeling the slowdown. Homes in San Jose’s metro took an average of 45…