A report from the Naples Herald in Florida. "The Naples housing market continues to show strength after closed property sales increased by 5 percent and inventory rose 2 percent in August, according to the Naples Area Board of Realtors. 'I’m really encouraged by activity in the lower end of the market during August,' said Mike Hughes, General Manager for Downing-Frye Realty, Inc. 'Historically, August is where we begin to see an increase in inventory as sellers get ready for our busy winter season.'"

"According to Adam Vellano, West Coast Sales Manager, BEX Realty – Florida, 'One indication that homeowners were pricing homes to sell in August was apparent in the MLS as 50 percent of the inventory that sold during the month had been on the market for over 100 days.'"

"Overall median closed prices fell 3 percent in August to $319,000 from $328,000 in August 2017, and it fell 13 percent for properties above $300,000 to $446,000 from $510,000 in August 2017."

From Curbed Atlanta in Georgia. "Following a thorough renovation, this circa-1920 brick bungalow in Roseland, a community between Chosewood Park and South Atlanta, harkens back to a simpler time, but with key modern upgrades. Although the listing states this home 'won’t last in this fast growing community,' it’s actually been on the market for nearly 80 days. And that’s after a $30,000 price cut that brought the original asking price of $349,000 down to the current $319,000."

From Mansion Global on New York. "Manhattan’s luxury housing market logged a slow week as the Jewish New Year cut two business days from many people’s work weeks and children in the city were off from school, according to the Monday Olshan Report. Those homes that did trade hands also went with larger-than-usual discounts. The average property to find a buyer last week went into contract with a 9% discount."

"Case in point, the most expensive transaction was an Upper West Side townhouse with five bedrooms, an elevator and a $4.5 million price cut. The home first went on the market for $19.5 million in October 2016, but officially found a buyer last week for $15 million."

From Palo Alto Online in California. "As summer comes to a close, buyers and sellers want to know what to expect this fall. Will the market heat up, kind of like late summer temperatures often do in the Bay Area? Will home prices continue to rise, stay the same or decrease? Does a market like Silicon Valley even slow down? "

"For the majority of 2018, inventory levels for Silicon Valley have hovered around one month's supply. Historically speaking, these numbers are very low. But in July, inventory levels crept up a bit to almost one-and-a half-month's supply. This still doesn't indicate a buyer's market, but it does mean buyers had more homes to choose from in July than they've had the rest of the year."

"Accompanying the increase in supply was a drop in the median home price for single-family homes for both Santa Clara and San Mateo counties as a whole, and many of the individual markets they encompass. In July, the median home price in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties fell from second-quarter numbers of $1.4 million and $1.65 million respectively, to $1.35 million and $1.6 million. This represented a 4 percent (Santa Clara) and 3 percent (San Mateo) drop in median home prices."