20th July, 2009 - Posted by admin - No Comments
We like to see justice done, don't we? We want to see our villains caught, given a fair trial and locked away. We like the thought of Bernie Madoff in jail for the rest of his life. Unfortunately… Read More
17th July, 2009 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Is the long housing slump nearing an end? I suppose that depends on whom you ask. But there are a growing number of signs that, while things definitely still are not rosy in the housing industry, we m… Read More
16th July, 2009 - Posted by admin - No Comments
The first-time homebuyer tax credit of $8,000 isn't permanent. It was designed to provide a short-term boost to the housing market. Did it do this? There's some debate on that point, but sprin… Read More
15th July, 2009 - Posted by admin - No Comments
It seems as if we've all been waiting since 2007 for the housing market to hit its bottom. I know I'm tired of watching my home's value continually go down. I'm also tired of all those… Read More
14th July, 2009 - Posted by admin - No Comments
Maybe there is something to that old "American Dream," after all. How else to explain that even as the residential real estate industry suffers through a catastrophic slump, U.S. residents s… Read More
13th July, 2009 - Posted by admin - No Comments
If you're a first-time homebuyer, there's probably one factor that's preventing you from buying a home: the downpayment. It's always been a struggle for buyers to scrape together enou… Read More
10th July, 2009 - Posted by admin - No Comments
I happily voted for Barack Obama last year. I was thrilled to see George Bush and his cronies swept away. But I had no illusions: I knew that fixing the country's problems, especially its strugg… Read More
10th July, 2009 - Posted by admin - No Comments
When you get ready to build your new home you might be surprised to find out that buying new grass is a part of it. When homes are built new for customers the land has to be brought down to the dirt b… Read More
9th July, 2009 - Posted by admin - No Comments
You might not want the federal government to bail out your neighbors who took out bad mortgage loans and now can't pay their monthly bills on time. Most of them were greedy, you might say. They … Read More
8th July, 2009 - Posted by admin - No Comments
If you own a home in Los Angeles, watch out for the scammers. Your city leads the nation in mortgage fraud, according to the FBI's annual mortgage fraud review. The FBI's Los Angeles field of… Read More