Buy vs Rent vs Invest Your Money
For years I'm asked this question: "Should I buy my own home or rent?" Well, my first answer is it depends, mostly on where you live. As a rule of thumb...
FDIC Releases Report Detailing Findings of Foreclosure Investigation
BY: CARRIE BAY 5/4/2011 | dsnews.com The FDIC released a special foreclosure edition of itsSupervisory Insights journal series Wednesday. The FDIC says the report highlights “lessons learned” from the interagency review of processes and procedures...
Condos for less than the cost of a Corolla
By Les Christie, staff writerAugust 2, 2010: 4:15 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The housing bust has made owning a home a lot more affordable -- but in some places,...
Vulture investors flipping their way to big profits
By Les Christie, staff writerApril 13, 2011: 5:26 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Even in these down times, there's money to be made buying and flipping houses. One might think this...
Real estate: It's time to buy again
Posted by Shawn Tully, senior editor-at-large | March 28, 2011 5:00 am Forget stocks. Don't bet on gold. After four years of plunging home prices, the most attractive asset class in America is...
Why You Should Buy a Rental Property
March 8th, 2011 by Marco Santarelli It is an out-of-favor asset class that has attracted the attention of David Ackman, a hedge fund manager with a fondness for contrarian investments. “The...
National Economic Outlook (February 2011)
February 16th, 2011 by Ingo Winzer Although the economy has officially been out of recession for quite some time, those aspects of economic behavior most important to the real estate markets, namely,...
Why Real Estate Investors Love Inflation!
07.03.2011
Blog, General Investing, Home Brew, Houses, Investment Properties, Mortgage, US Real Estate
February 10th, 2011 by Marco Santarelli Investors love real estate because it acts as a hedge against inflation. This occurs for several reasons: One, on an historical basis, housing prices rise just as...
Trulia report shows buying cheaper than renting in most major metro areas
28.01.2011
Arizona, Blog, Economics, Florida, Foreclosures, General Investing, Houses, Investment Properties, US Real Estate
by CHRISTINE RICCIARDI Monday, January 24th, 2011, 11:02 am It is cheaper to buy a two-bedroom home than rent one in 72% of major metropolitan areas around the U.S., according to the...
Rent vs. Buy: More Affordable to Buy in 72% of America’s 50 Largest Cities By Trulia
Trulia released the findings of its Q1 2011 Rent vs. Buy Index today. When we compared the median list price for a two-bedroom apartment, condo or townhouse with one year’s worth...