Real Estate Marketing & Beyond

Investing, US Real Estate

Why Housing Needs Higher Interest Rates

By Donna S. Robinson | February 17, 2014

Featured News, Residential, US Real Estate

African-Americans Getting a Rough Deal in Housing

By Mike Wheatley | January 31, 2014

There's bad news for racial equality when it comes to housing, with a new study showing that African-Americans are being squeezed out of the market far more often than people from other races.

Real Estate, US Real Estate

Short Sale Bargains Are A Thing Of The Past

By Guest Author | January 12, 2013

The idea that a buyer is going to purchase a short sale significantly below market value should be dismissed; those days (if they really existed) are long gone. The reasons vary but the one constant is that lenders are not going to absorb the loss of a single dollar more than required.

Investing, US Real Estate

Someone Is Stealing Your Money - How The Fed is Picking Your Pockets

By Donna S. Robinson | December 31, 2012

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke frequently points to "low inflation" as justification for a continuation of his current policy of Quantitative Easing (QE1, QE2, QE3, QE4). Simply put, Bernanke believes, (or is betting), that he can continue to flood the economy with newly printed, nearly worthless dollars because inflation is still low and deflation is supposedly the real problem.

Real Estate, US Real Estate

A Look At The 2013 Housing Market

By Guest Author | December 18, 2012

Certainly the housing market is one of the most watched of all economic indicators. Strong home sales trigger other economic activity from increased labor requirements to furniture sales. While the housing fiasco of the previous decade was the driving force for the Great Recession it’s quite possible that 2013 will provide perhaps a taste of housing recovery.

Featured News, Real Estate, US Real Estate

Why The Housing Market "Recovery" May Be Nearing It's Peak

By Donna S. Robinson | December 13, 2012

I was reading a very interesting article on one of my favorite research blogs, when I noticed a striking correlation between employment and housing prices that would seem to indicate that the housing market has "recovered". However, as Bill Clinton might say, "this depends on your definition of "recovery"."

Featured News, Investing, US Real Estate

Real Inflation Likely To Undermine A Housing Recovery

By Donna S. Robinson | October 19, 2012

The idea that home prices benefit from inflation is a long held tenet of real estate investing. This belief originated in the 1980's during the first era of creative finance. Most investing "gurus" of that period taught seminars in which they said that home prices were rising because of the inflation which occurred in the […]

Featured News, Real Estate, Residential, US Real Estate

April 2012 Case Schiller Index -- Depends On Your Definition Of "Improvement"

By Donna S. Robinson | June 29, 2012

While the mainstream media seems to be taking to the idea that the April 2012 Case-Schiller index is showing that housing is improving, the report is a mixed-bag at best. Yes it is good news that about half of the cities in both the 10 city and 20 city composites are showing a modest 1.3% average improvement in prices, is hardly an improving housing market...

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