As the housing market in many parts of the United States struggles to rebound, it’s clear that renting is hot. The rental market continues to expand with new types of renters joining the pool of tenants for all kinds of rental properties: single-family homes,...
A sobering report by Forbes online recently reminded today’s fiftysomethings that planning for retirement isn’t what it used to be. Since pension funds in some states are collapsing and the future of Social Security is questionable, these “pre-retirees” who haven’t...
Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2012, a report produced by the Urban Land Institute, states that in most categories, land purchases are trending upward, with hope for a recovery in the housing construction industry. But Jason Hartman maintains that land purchases don’t...
In the feeding frenzy following the US real estate collapse of 2008 – 2011, house flipping made headlines around the country, as buyers seized on distressed properties being sold for rock bottom prices, repaired them and sold them quickly for higher prices. This...
Inflation. That dreaded word, feared by consumers all over the country as a messenger of higher prices, less buying power, and a struggle to keep up with the usual standard of living, rears its head nearly every year. Statistics for the third quarter of 2012 indicate...
