All Entries in the "Real Estate" Category
The Fed Endorses Plan to Curb Shady Mortgages
On Tuesday the Fed moved one step in the right direction towards reducing the shady lending practices that have put this country in a difficult situation. If you haven’t heard, the real estate market and financial sector has been in a lot of trouble recently due to some questionable lending practices combined with consumer greed. [...]
Santa Isn’t Coming This Christmas Because There Isn’t Any Home Equity to Tap Into
If this article at CNN doesn’t illustrate how screwed up people are when it comes to money, I don’t know what does. I keep hearing the argument that mortgage brokers are evil and have caused this real estate mess, and while that may be true, for every bad broker, there are just as many cases [...]
Poll: With More Foreclosures Hitting the Market, Do You See Any Opportunities?
It is hard to ignore all of the news surrounding real estate, subprime mortgages, and foreclosure rates, but even with such bad news, is there a bright spot to it all? You can’t deny the fact that this situation is having a significant impact on our economy and many homeowners, but as with everything, with [...]
My First Podcast About Buying a Home and Presented by Charles Schwab is Finally Live
I mentioned this quite a few weeks ago, and we had hoped to get everything finalized then, but there were a few technical difficulties that delayed the launch. That’s fine, because it is better late than never. This first podcast is just one of many in a series that is being developed by About.com and [...]
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