Troubled by the banking industry and its former appetite to take excessive risks, Delaware’s housing markets are in the midst of one of the nation’s toughest real estate crashes even after the federal home buyer tax credit increased home sales for a time. The collapse of the housing market is especially hard hit in the… Continue reading 2011 Delaware Housing Market
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Ways to Invest without Lots of Cash
By Cathy Salustri With houses, condos and apartment buildings selling for a fraction of what they did a few years back, now just might be the time to invest. But how can a potential investor take advantage of the current real estate market without plunking down a lot of cash? While buyers won’t find a… Continue reading Ways to Invest without Lots of Cash
Better Market Forecast in Housing
Housing markets will experience increasing sales in 2010 aided by the government’s extension and expansion of the first time home buyers federal tax credit, and more government-backed lending assistance, according to the new Housing Predictor national forecast for 2010. Markets will improve in most of the U.S. with average housing deflation forecast at 8.7% nationally.… Continue reading Better Market Forecast in Housing
Best Housing Markets in 2010
*Note: To access the latest “Best 25 Markets” select Top 25 Markets from the menu on the left. More housing markets are forecast to experience appreciation in 2010 as the nation’s real estate markets move closer to stabilization. The Best 25 Housing Markets named annually by Housing Predictor hold the strongest likelihood of housing inflation… Continue reading Best Housing Markets in 2010
2010 Georgia Housing Market
Home sales are sliding in Georgia and foreclosures are climbing as markets are hampered by high unemployment, despite some of the lowest mortgage rates in history. But the housing market poses the best buyers market in more than a decade for those looking to get into a home. Despite rising home sales prompted by the… Continue reading 2010 Georgia Housing Market
Action Star Loses Big On Manhattan Condo
Action movie star Bruce Willis is losing big money on his Manhattan condo bought at the height of the real estate bubble. Willis becomes the second major Hollywood star in weeks to lose big money on real estate bought at the wrong time in 2007, right behind Nicolas Cage, who lost $9.5-million on his Rhode… Continue reading Action Star Loses Big On Manhattan Condo
Buying Real Estate Can Be Easy
Buying real estate can be as easy or as difficult as you want to make it. Prospective purchasers research to gain knowledge of the local market place anywhere from a quick couple of days to more than two years. Judging from a variety of research conducted on the subject there really isn’t a dependable average.… Continue reading Buying Real Estate Can Be Easy
National Real Estate Prices Forecast to Deflate Further
Scrambling to find a bottom, the U.S. real estate market is falling further and further in most areas of the country. Home prices nationally will deflate an average of more than 8% in 2008, according to the Housing Predictor forecast. The real estate crisis, triggered by an over supply of new creative financing programs and… Continue reading National Real Estate Prices Forecast to Deflate Further
2011 Connecticut Housing Market
Battling a 20-year low mark in home sales, Connecticut is dealing with the aftermath of the real estate crash with dwindling sales after the federal home buyer tax credit expired. But Fairfield County, home to four of the state’s largest cities is seeing a rebound in sales that could usher in a change in the… Continue reading 2011 Connecticut Housing Market
2011 Idaho Housing Market
Troubled by one of the highest monthly rates of foreclosures in the nation, Idaho’s housing market is battling to find a bottom amid the worst real estate crash in U.S. history. Home sales rose while the federal government was offering a special tax credit to buyers, but then tumbled like an avalanche after the credit… Continue reading 2011 Idaho Housing Market