Ditch Your Agent and Make a Private House Sale
With the current property market dropping fast, minimizing your selling costs is a great way to boost your profits. Getting rid of your agent and opting for a private house sale is the biggest cost cut you can do, and selling house by owner is not as hard as you might think.
Ditch Your Agent and Make a Private House Sale
February 27, 2009 By
New home construction drops to record low
February 27, 2009 By
New home construction drops to record low
Construction of new homes plunged to a record low in January as all parts of the country showed big declines in building activity.
Investor Report: Mixed 1031 Signals
February 27, 2009 By
Investor Report: Mixed 1031 Signals
When it comes to Section 1031 (ten thirty one) tax-deferred real estate exchanges, investors are getting some decidedly mixed signals.
Investor Report: Mixed 1031 Signals
February 27, 2009 By
Investor Report: Mixed 1031 Signals
When it comes to Section 1031 (ten thirty one) tax-deferred real estate exchanges, investors are getting some decidedly mixed signals.
Mortgage rates rise slightly as home prices fall
February 27, 2009 By
Mortgage rates rise slightly as home prices fall
Rates on 30-year-fixed mortgages rose slightly this week amid sagging consumer confidence and lower sale prices for existing homes, Freddie Mac said Thursday.
Green Property Developers Make Higher Profits
February 27, 2009 By
Green Property Developers Make Higher Profits
Today, land developers are turning to environmentally friendly methods to keep construction costs down and still provide quality construction.. This technique is referred to as conservation land development. Conservation land development is a combination of developing the land while conserving and protecting natural resources yet still generating revenues.
Homebuilder sentiment up from historic low
February 27, 2009 By
Homebuilder sentiment up from historic low
The NAHB says its market index climbed one point off an all-time low this month as improved traffic by prospective buyers helped raise confidence in their sales outlook.
Success Requires Discipline
February 27, 2009 By
Success Requires Discipline
Most of us look at success as a very complex combination of skills, abilities, attitudes, and actions joined together in a magical or secret formula to achieve grand results. Recently, in evaluating success, columnist Dirk Zeller realized that one thing reigns supreme.
No ‘magic bullet’ in Obama housing relief plan
February 27, 2009 By
No ‘magic bullet’ in Obama housing relief plan
President Obama’s multi-pronged, $75 billion foreclosure relief plan is an acknowledgment that no single solution will stop the ongoing housing meltdown. By John W. Schoen.
CNBC: How housing boom was a house of cards
February 27, 2009 By
CNBC: How housing boom was a house of cards
In a special two-hour report, CNBC’s David Faber takes an in-depth look at the causes of the ongoing collapse of the housing industry.