Economy
The real estate landscape is constantly changing, thanks to a regulatory environment that is learning from its past. After the housing bubble burst, fueled by the sub-prime lending market crash, lawmakers were in a frenzy to control the damage. The question is, though, with regulatory belt-tightening, will there be unintended consequences? How can this actually…
Mortgage rates are rising, the Fed is going to ease out of bond purchases and choke back on the reins. What does this mean for our real estate market, specifically, home mortgage rates? I grabbed Guardian’s Marcus McCue fresh out of a meeting with the Mortgage Bankers Association. In fact, he wrote his response while in…
Let me tell you, folks, working from home is awesome. Sometimes I don’t change out of my pajamas until I have to leave the house, which can often be sometime in the afternoon, guys. I thank my lucky stars for this career option, which has made being a mother so much easier. But while I…
A few months ago, my son bought a home in the Peninsula area of San Francisco, home of the priciest real estate in the country. I assumed they were getting a shack, but paying for a mansion. The equivalent of our M Streets homes or 1950’s mid century moderns go for $800,000 plus on the…
Robbie Briggs, whose firms Briggs Freeman Sothebys, is marketing Museum Tower, is also disappointed that the Nasher has turned down Museum Tower’s offer to completely redo the Nasher roof and move on so he can move some properties. MT’s offer is one he called “generous”. “It would be a lot more fun if the whole Arts…
