Online real estate transactions now account for over half of all housing purchases in the US alone. The Web offers a place for buyers, sellers, agents and investors to do business that bypasses the traditional “brick and mortar” style of doing business – and it’s...
It’s practically a given in American society that owning a home is the key to stability and success. But although the US government has spent more than two decades drafting a variety of policies to create that “homeownership society,” the percentage of homeowners has...
The future looks bright for solar energy. And that’s good news for real estate. Once viewed as nothing more than a pricey plaything for well off environmentalists, solar power is going mainstream, achieving “grid parity” with the giants of conventionally energy in...
Got an iPhone? Want to buy a house? Or, maybe you have an iPad, or an Android device. The owner of a severely troubled house in Detroit doesn’t really care. This individual, who’s now living abroad, just wants to unload the property. That owner isn’t alone, either. In...