Top 5 Investing Stories From 2013

This New Year is gearing up to open on a financial world that looks very different in some ways from the one just ending. Throughout 2013, we’ve been following the financial and investing stories that change our world and rock our assumptions. Here’s a year-end recap...

New Dodd Frank Changes Affect Borrowing

The New Year is just around the corner, and so are new provisions of the sweeping Dodd Frank Act. And while those new rules are designed to protect borrowers – and in some ways, lenders too – the changes coming in 2014 may make it tougher for those hoping to qualify...

A New Mortgage Picture for 2014

As the housing collapse recedes into memory, the housing market is finding new footing in a very different world dominated by a changed mortgage lending landscape. And, according to some economists, those changes are leading to a very different – and more...

Vampire Properties Chill the Housing Market

Halloween is over, but zombies and vampires continue to plague the housing market. Those are the names given to problematic foreclosures that can’t be turned into assets by the lending institutions that hold them. And because these properties can’t be sold, financial...

Online Real Estate Auctions: Good Deals for the Cautious Investor

It’s one thing to by vintage baseball cards or a new bicycle on an online auction site, but – houses? Over half the real estate transactions conducted today involve the Internet in some way, from posting a listing to texting an agent. Now, online auctions can make it...