In today’s housing market, green upgrades mean better prices and quick sales, and solar adaptations lead the way in eco friendly alterations. But as incentives and credits help homeowners install rooftop solar panels, utility companies around the country are starting...
Jason Hartman just returned from his second real estate scouting trip to Belize and doesn't have much to show for it in terms of cash flowing income properties. In this episode you'll hear his discussion from the beach in Ambergris Caye, San Pedro, Belize with a...
The latest wave of foreign investment in US real estate comes from China. Chinese investors backed by government funds are pouring money into a variety of projects and properties around the country – and they’re being welcomed with open arms by many US sellers and...
Short sale. It even sounds ugly. Since the housing collapse of a few years ago, the short sale has been the lesser of two evils for homeowners struggling with mortgage debt – and a signal to the world that the loan can’t be salvaged. But a new report by MarketWatch...
It’s summer in Washington, and, as we’ve been reporting, housing reform is in the air. The bipartisan Corker-Warner bill and the Republican-backed PATH (Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners) Act are aiming to revamp government housing policy, and both bills...
Capitol Hill is taking aim at housing finance reform. With not one, but two new bills in contention for reforming the government’s role in home loans and homeowner bailouts, legislators on both sides of the aisle are competing to form a new, but not necessarily kinder...
As the Federal Reserve prepares to wind down its bond buying stimulus plan, policymakers in Washington are debating proposals to make drastic changes to the whole housing finance system – changes whose impact isn't yet clearly understood. That’s why Fed Chairman Ben...
Once the edgy digital darling beloved by cybergeeks around the world, the Bitcoin has gone – well, a little too mainstream for some tastes. Eagerly traded in standard stock exchanges and used for well-publicized purchases such as in vitro fertilization, the virtual...
The ups and downs of a volatile housing market create fertile ground for opportunists trying to make buck –or several – from all sides of a real estate transaction. Though not actually illegal, practices like the “pocket listing” end up putting more money into the...
Mortgage rates are still low and the housing recovery still appears to be moving along. But in many markets around the country, fewer potential buyers are making that first step toward buying a home. Although the reasons for their absence from the housing scene is as...
