The Housing Bubble Blog

It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Changing market dynamics put more power in the hands of buyers than sellers, says Stan Humphries, Zillow’s chief economist. At the end of September, there were almost 19 percent more homes on the market than last year. Nearly 37 percent of listed...

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The Merced Sun Star reports from California. "Merced County’s property value increase of 9.3 percent to $19.5 billion ranked as the second highest increase in California from the same time last year. Stanislaus County property values had the highest year-over-year increase, rising 11.4 percent to...

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The Orlando Sentinel reports from Florida. "Orlando's housing market ranked fifth for year-over-year improvement among top U.S. metro areas but the shorter-term picture for the region showed softening, according to a new report by Freddie Mac. 'The Orlando housing market is weak and declining,'...

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A report from the New Zealand Herald. "A do-up North Shore property with basic facilities, exposed plywood floor panels and an overgrown yard strewn with junk is for sale for $629,000 - $269,000 above its capital valuation. The 70sq m three-bedroom, two-bathroom fibre-cement unit in Milford sits on...

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The Almanac reports from California. "In the first half of 2014, the median price for a single-family home in every city in the Midpeninsula was above $1 million, with the exception of East Palo Alto, where the median value was $492,000. Keri Nicholas, an Atherton native and sales associate at...

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It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Markets that were hottest during the recovery saw the largest slowdown in home-value growth in the third quarter, Zillow said. The Bay Area definitely makes that list. The news gets even worse for Bay Area homeowners. Zillow expects year-ahead...

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Some housing bubble news from Wall Street and Washington. The Washington Post. "The agency that oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said this week that it might soon lower the downpayment requirements from five percent to three percent for loans backed by the two firms. The Federal Housing...

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The Palm Beach Daily News reports from Florida. "The number of demolition permits and new-home building permits issued by the town has soared over the past couple of years — and most of those are for projects on the North End. The frenzy has left many would-be home buyers and spec developers...

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The Globe and Mail reports from Canada. "An analysis of local incomes released last week by and urban planner Andrew Yan, showed that 25- to 55-year-olds with BAs in Vancouver make about $41,000 a year, $10,000 a year less than the median for Canada and $20,000 less than in top-paying Ottawa. The...