Functional Obsolescence May Stall Housing

We expect computers, televisions and other kinds of devices to become obsolete. But what about houses? It turns out that the problem of “functional obsolescence” may be haunting the housing recovery, as potential buyers – and renters – are put off by homes...

Is The Housing Market Slumping?

In the years since the massive housing collapse of 2008, it seemed that the housing market was recovering nicely, with more homes purchases and rising prices every year. By 2013, some market watchers were going so far as to speak in terms of a “robust” recovery. But...

International Students: Another Rental Opportunity

International relations may ebb and flow, but one thing seems constant: students from all over the world still travel abroad to study and experience new cultures. Just as American college students eagerly plan for semesters abroad in Paris or Milan, their counterparts...

Bitcoin CEO’s Suicide: Another “Bankercide”?

More evidence that the Bitcoin is running with the big dogs of the finance world: the CEO of major Bitcoin exchange First Meta has joined the growing list of suicides and other mysterious deaths that have cast a long shadow over the international financial community...

Can the Dodd Frank Act Crush Banking’s Little Guys?

And then there were . . . none? The nation’s small banks and independent financial institutions seem to be disappearing at a rapid rate. While the demise of these regional and local banks may be nothing more than a blip on the financial industry’s radar, market...