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Today's headline news as it has to do with housing in the United States and, to a (much) lesser extent, globally. Read about housing trends, regulations, and the latest the housing industry has to offer to buyers and sellers.
It’s January of an election year, meaning plenty of hot wind even in winter! Interestingly, the issues of housing such as difficulty in accessing funds and the fact that a startling number of Americans have lost their homes have not featured prominently in the recent political discourse. Perhaps that’s because none of the would-be Presidents, [...]
And they say Californians are supposed to be laid-back! Down in sunny Southern California, real estate broker Larry Roberts has been blogging about the world of real estate for over 5 years. In his own words: “I began writing about real estate because I wanted to save people from financial ruin as the real estate [...]
There was a fantastic article recently that discusses some of the biggest events in housing from the past year. To check out the article, CLICK HERE. While this time of the year gives rise to countless “year in review” articles on everything under the sun, what was particularly enjoyable about this take on the key [...]
The winter real estate market holds many joys for buyers. There are less first-time and move-up buyers in the mix, meaning that sellers are forced to get competitive with each other in order to attract interest in their homes. Below are 3 simple steps to help buyers get a great deal during real estate’s off-season. [...]
CNN money published an article recently titled Best Places to be a Landlord. The 5 most desirable places to buy and rent out a property were apparently determined by 4 factors; home selling price, average monthly rent, annual job growth, and (gulp) projected 3-year rent increase. To check out the article, CLICK HERE. Projections are [...]
The blogosphere is an interesting place. A mix of facts and opinion, over time the line between fantasy and reality can become quite blurred. Typically, we are fairly adept at separating out one from the other, and taking away what we wish. But when something as supposedly indisputable as data is manipulated to tell completely [...]
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently released their existing homes sales report for October, which was punctuated by one troubling new trend. The percentage of deals that fell through in October was up, way up. Check out this graph which says it all: So not only is the market at a loss for how [...]
Some interesting new numbers came out regarding housing, income and prices nationwide. To check out the article, CLICK HERE. To break it down for you, 72.9% of the new and existing homes sold across the nation in the third quarter of this year were affordable to families earning the national median income. While you may [...]
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently released a report claiming that they project home prices to begin to inch up next year, with an even bigger increase expected in 2013. It seems like the NAR has been announcing once every quarter or so that the worst times for housing are behind us for the [...]
Some disappointing new housing data was recently released by Zillow, a.k.a. the housing industry’s very own Angel of Death. In short, the percentage of owners who owe more than their homes are currently worth is way over acceptable levels for what any sane person would call a “healthy” housing market. Yet what is really alarming [...]
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