Category: Housing Market

Housing Predictor Poll Results 2008

Would you make an offer to purchase real estate after only seeing it online? Yes   –     7% No   –   75% Only if it was cheap enough   –   18% Buyers Want to See Property First Perspective property owners are adamantly against buying real estate online without seeing it first in person unless they can get… Continue reading Housing Predictor Poll Results 2008

Fixer Upper King Reveals Secrets

Matt Stansfield is the Fixer-Upper King. He just finished his last fixer upper, and after nearly 20 years of making his living doing fixers Matt is hanging up his hammer, retiring with more than $1.5 million in cash. After a national real estate boom that has seen appreciation rise to record levels in many markets… Continue reading Fixer Upper King Reveals Secrets

Top 25 Real Estate Markets in 2007

Top 25 Real Estate Market Forecast Editors Note: Access this years Top 25 Markets through the menu on the left. Driven by strong local economies the Top 25 housing markets with the highest forecast appreciation are further proof that all real estate is local in nature, and that despite news reports that the entire nation’s… Continue reading Top 25 Real Estate Markets in 2007

Selling Your Home in Today’s Market

By Christine Hardenberger Gleaming granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, slate tiled bathrooms, and jetted garden tubs. Upgrading your home to sell used to mean sinking big money into high-end kitchen and bathroom renovations. Upgraded kitchens and bathrooms sold homes. Now, renovating your kitchen or bathroom could cost you far more than you’ll ever make back… Continue reading Selling Your Home in Today’s Market

Hottest 10 Real Estate Buyers Markets in 2009

The hottest buyers housing markets are places you may find comfort in the worst housing crash since at least the Great Depression. The top 10 buyers markets listed by Housing Predictor at mid-year are markets that aren’t necessarily big arts and entertainment centers, mostly found in smaller communities. Amarillo, Texas takes the first position as… Continue reading Hottest 10 Real Estate Buyers Markets in 2009

Mortgage Rates Results

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Housing Crisis in U.S. Worst Since the Depression

Grab a Parachute It has exploded into the worst housing crisis since the Great Depression. Home owners with near perfect credit scores are having their homes foreclosed. The subprime crisis has taken a fast leap into the conventional mortgage market, and little is being done to bring it to a halt. The infamous frauds at… Continue reading Housing Crisis in U.S. Worst Since the Depression