Moira Ritter

Writing about LA housing @costarnews & @homesdotcom. Otherwise, talking about the Eagles and Taylor Swift.

[Moira Ritter @ritter_moira]

@mcclatchy I'm thrilled to share I'll be joining the @CoStarNews team at the end of this month. I can't wait to get started, and I am looking forward to joining another team of inspiring reporters.

[Moira Ritter @ritter_moira]

I spent a week in LA with Altadena's top real estate agent.

“I am a 64-year-old woman who had planned maybe to work much less at 72, and my fear is I'll be an older gal pressured still to earn a living selling real estate into my 80s,” she told me. https://t.co/YTWbNqoz8m

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@riley_rogerson @kaitlancollins This season will not end without some more tears. Issuing a warning now

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Prosecutors charged Tal and Oren Alexander and Oren's twin, Alon, with operating a sex trafficking scheme.

The Alexander Brothers once (a few months ago) ruled the ultra-luxury markets in NY, FL and elsewhere. Now, they could be facing life in prison.

https://t.co/tsfZULmrvC

[Riley Rogerson @riley_rogerson]

Thank you for reading @NOTUSreports President-elect Trump.

[Moira Ritter @ritter_moira]

It's been a slow year for the housing market. That's set to change, according to @ajlamacchia, who told attendees at @NARNXT to expect the market to "take off like a jet" come January.

More from Anthony, @leopareja and @NAR_Research here: https://t.co/oVXrDq20cx

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Days after the election, real estate agents are gathered in Boston for their largest meeting of the year. For some of them, it's a celebration of what's to come.

"I really believe Trump loves America. And I think he loves real estate," one agent told me.
https://t.co/aUdctlU4G7

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@riley_rogerson Journalist Sam 👏

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.@ritter_moira with some news you can use.

How this real estate agent balances career with appearing on ‘Love Is Blind’ for Netflix

https://t.co/pGk3tLNFzr

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Moira Ritter dream crossover: real estate and Love Is Blind.

My interview with Dylan Maddox discussing similarities between reality TV and real estate and partly answering the question we all find ourselves asking: How did you take off work for this? https://t.co/yPckGGjjT2

[CoStar News @CoStarNews]

After two years of high borrowing costs, the Federal Reserve is expected to announce a rate cut Wednesday—a move that could save homeowners hundreds of dollars a month. However, industry professionals say it won’t fix the housing market.
https://t.co/s8sv1YGBSW

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Joe Biden has officially endorsed Kamala Harris to become the Democratic Presidential candidate after dropping out.

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More homebuyers are opting to assume the seller's mortgage rather than taking out their own loan due to persistently high interest rates, which have made new mortgages unaffordable.
https://t.co/sXLlDRcp3G

[Moira Ritter @ritter_moira]

This is also the longest piece I've written since college! I really missed getting to write stories with this much reporting, and I'm so excited to keep working on these deep dives!

[Moira Ritter @ritter_moira]

For the last 1.5 months, I talked to flippers about their experience in what *should* be a tough market. Instead, I learned that things are still mostly going smoothly.

(And yes, my editor and I discussed abandoning journalism to start a flipping biz)

https://t.co/VcJvQAPWLN

[Moira Ritter @ritter_moira]

@riley_rogerson @NOTUSreports @MEPFuller @reesejgorman power duo lives to see another day 👏

[Riley Rogerson @riley_rogerson]

Some news! I’m joining @NOTUSreports to cover Congress. I couldn’t be more excited about this opportunity! Plus, I get to keep working with some of the best in the biz @MEPFuller and @reesejgorman.

[Riley Rogerson @riley_rogerson]

This piece about Columbia’s student-run Varsity Show is worth a read. (I’m biased since my brother wrote the show.)

“What has been so stunning,” my brother @CrogTweets told the NYT “is the way that lines that we wrote months ago have new meaning.”

https://t.co/TbkAIuTGfC

[Moira Ritter @ritter_moira]

There's a housing shortage, affordability crisis and impending climate catastrophe. But that's not deterring older, wealthier buyers - or developers - from the coasts.

My latest (un-paywalled!) below:
https://t.co/uCxp2ODVq5