Sizzling real estate markets begins to cool (Brandon Sun)

Sizzling real estate markets begins to cool (Brandon Sun)
Brandon s hot housing market is beginning to cool as the temperature drops, mirroring a trend across Manitoba and the country. Brandon Real Estate Board president Brad Hardy said the average selling price for Brandon homes has dropped six per cent recently.

Pop Goes the Real Estate Bubble (The Nation via Yahoo! News)
The Nation -- The Big One isn't the long-predicted California earthquake or even a hurricane named Katrina. The genuine big one will arrive with a deafening pop, the sound of the real estate bubble bursting. In the past few years there have been plenty of false sightings, but now comes something truly ominous: a 13 percent drop in Manhattan real estate prices in a mere three-month period ending

Coachella Valley real estate to have "soft landing" (Desert Sun)
With fears of a real estate bubble being discussed around the country, the Coachella Valley real estate market should see a "soft landing" in 2006, with appreciation rates between 10 and 18 percent as local home pricing trends continue to moderate, an economist with the California Association of Realtors told a breakfast gathering in Palm Desert Thursday.

Alabama residential real estate market keeps humming (Birmingham Business Journal)
On a year-to-date basis, the Alabama housing market remains strong, but the past couple of months have been flat or down slightly, according to data released today by the University of Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center. The center stresses in a written statement that year-to-date figures more accurately reflect market trends.