Archive for the 'Real Estate' Category

Adding Value to Your...

Yesterday, we reviewed the do’s about adding value to your home in a troubled market.  Today, we’ll examine the don’ts.  These are the real estate industry’s version of “old wives’ tales”. - in ground swimming pools – unless you want...

Adding Value to Your...

Investing Answers – it’s no secret that the housing market in the US is in dire straits.  We’ve reported previously about the huge number of homes that are currently under water, in foreclosure, could be in foreclosure but the banks can’t afford to take any...

Home Prices Not Expe...

Investment U (Alexander Green) – He says “residential real estate right now is the equivalent of a thousand-year flood.”  It’s the end of the year and here is the prediction of the housing market in 2011.  As you know, we previously reported that approximately...

Tips to Selling Your...

Gone are the days when you could just list your home and in all likelihood sell it, no matter the condition.  With the huge number of homes in foreclosure and a skittish buyer’s market, you have to take every step possible to ensure a successful sale. Here are a few tips to...

First time Buyers in...

 New  home buyers frequently find themselves between a rock and a hard place: if they can even find a mortgage that requires a small deposit, the interest rate is usually punitively high; if they need a more affordable repayment level, they have to find a much larger deposit, which...

US Housing Foreclosu...

The Huffington Post released more devastating news with respect to the US housing market this week.  Depending on the reports you read, anywhere between seven and eight million homes are either vacant or in foreclosure.  Eight million homes! That’s a huge number, in anybody’s...