Mortgage, Real Estate, Residential, US Real Estate

The Real Reason Why Home Prices Have Fallen And Can't Get Up

By Donna S. Robinson | February 6, 2012
There are a litany of factors that have aggravated the housing crisis since it's early beginnings in 2006 - 2007. Among the many issues cited for the ongoing crisis are the high rates of foreclosure, the resulting excess of vacant properties on the market, and the impact this has had by lowering appraised values. While all of these have definitely aggravated the problem, the data indicate that these are more the results than the fundamental cause of the housing crisis.
Featured News, US Real Estate

The Economy, Monkey See, Monkey Do, and You

By Phil Butler | August 5, 2011
The stock market plummets over 500 points, mortgage fraud, worldwide economies on the brink of chaos, jobless rate stagnant, huge corporations felling whole rainforests - global meltdown imminent. Isn't it about time someone sound the fire alarm? I mean, we are taught not to bust the glass and pull the red lever in grade school, that is, unless there is smoke - but markets are billowing smoke these days?
Real Estate, Residential, US Real Estate

Construction Could Impact Colorado's Recovery

By Allison Halliday | June 7, 2011
There are concerns about the construction industry's impact on Colorado's fragile recovery, as this sector has lost 60,000 jobs during the last three years. This is nearly half of the 130,000 jobs lost in Colorado, and recently that contraction became worse. In 2007 the construction industry and related sectors employed one in five private-sector workers, […]
US Real Estate

Large Increase in £1 million Home Sales in 2010

By Tavis J. Hampton | May 2, 2011
Apparently, the rich continue to get richer, as the UK home sales figures from 2010 indicated that the number of homes priced at £1 million or more rose 54 percent over 2009 totals.  7,185 properties over the one million pound mark were sold in 2010, indicating that the high end of the housing market is […]
Real Estate Investing

Six Florida Banks and Texas Ratio Woes

By Phil Butler | March 3, 2011
As if Florida had not been hit hard enough during this economic downturn, especially in the real estate realm, new today from the banking industry simply adds to the state's woes. The Texas Ration, a term used to basically determine bank solvency, for even banks that weathered the Great Recession - shows how fragile the economy really is in the deep South.
Featured News, Real Estate Investing

Allianz and Others Looks to Expand Portfolio Possibilities

By Phil Butler | March 1, 2011
In investment news from Europe, retail property looks like the next boom territory for investors on the continent. According to a recent Jones Lang LaSalle survey, retail investment in 2010 accounted for at least 28 percent of the total commercial property sector. And, Allianz Real Estate, a unit of German insurer Allianz SE, is actually broadcasting they intend investing €11 billion more.
US Real Estate

15 Million Americans Owe More Than Homes Are Worth

By Tavis J. Hampton | February 11, 2011
There is a pocket of Americans who have managed to make their mortgage payments and keep their homes, but who also owe more than the homes are actually worth. While some may owe $200,000 on a $198,000 home, others may owe as much as $200,000 on a home only worth $75,000.
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