Tips
& Trends - June
24, 2009
Remodelers
build on spark of recovery
Drive
around the neighborhoods of the greater Washington
area and you may literally see more signs
of economic recovery... |
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Tips
& Trends - June
10, 2009
'Jumbo'
Loans, Down-to-Earth-Rates
Looking
for a mortgage that exceeds $729,750? |
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Tips
& Trends - June
1, 2009
Top
Ten Tax Deductions for Landlords
Learn about the many tax deductions available to
rental property owners... |
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Tips
& Trends - May
22, 2009
Real
Estate: City Living in the Sunurbs
New
downtowns are springing up with luxury condos, trendy
restaurants, and fashionable shops... |
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Tips
& Trends - May
8, 2009
Five
Maintenance Issues Owners Shouldn't Ignore
Consumer Reports magazine advises home owners not
to put off important maintenance projects... |
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Tips
& Trends - March
23, 2009
Existing-Home
Sales Rise In February
Existing-home sales increased in February, reversing
losses in January.... |
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Tips
& Trends - February
25, 2009
Home
Prices Post Record Annual Decline
Home prices tumbled by the steepest annual rate
on record in the fourth quarter... |
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Tips
& Trends - February
3, 2009
Homebuyer
tax credit may not need to be repaid under stimulus
package
Should you give the $7,500 homebuyer tax credit
a second look?... |
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Tips
& Trends - December
10, 2008
Foreclosure
Epidemic Infecting Rental Market
Tenants, Lenders Are Exposed to Various Scams... |
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Tips
& Trends - December
8, 2008
Keys
Now, Sale Later
Justin Sprinzen took a chance on an abandoned Capitol
Hill townhouse last spring, despite the faltering
housing market... |
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Tips
& Trends - November
20, 2008
Great
news on inflation (if you have money), but ominous
sign for the economy
I sure am tired of writing about bad news. That's
why I was happy to read this morning that the consumer
price index (CPI) tumbled by a record 1% in October... |
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Tips
& Trends - October
24, 2008
To
Avoid Sublet Headaches, Cover All Your Legal Bases
Think Like a Landlord: Don't Hand Over Keys Without
Credit Check, Security Deposit and a Written Contract... |
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Tips
& Trends - September
8, 2008
The
Luck of the Landlords
Supply of Available Rental Homes Is Rising, but
So Are the Prices
The slumping housing market hit Teresa Walsh hard... |
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Tips
& Trends - July
15, 2008
Fed
poised to curb shady home-lending practices
Confronted by record foreclosures, the Federal Reserve
is ready to give home buyers more protection from
the types of shady lending practices that have contributed
to the housing crisis... |
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Tips
& Trends - June
16, 2008
Real
Estate Issues Raised on Capitol Hill
The Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM® )
and the CCIM Institute recently joined forces to
raise awareness on Capitol Hill of key issues affecting
the commercial real estate industry... |
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Tips
& Trends - May
22, 2008
Home
Sales, Prices to Pick Up in Second Half of 2008,
Says NAR Chief Economist
Home sales and prices throughout most of the country
are poised for improvement in the second half of
2008... |
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Tips
& Trends - May
9, 2008
The
Housing Crisis Is Over
The dire headlines coming fast and furious in the
financial and popular press suggest that the housing
crisis is intensifying... |
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Tips
& Trends - April
24, 2008
Is
the Game's Economy as bad as we think it is?
For the golf industry, subprime may not mean subpar... |
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Tips
& Trends - April
17, 2008
5
Hot Legal Issues
The legal issues getting the most buzz in real estate
circles these days... |
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Tips
& Trends - April
10, 2008
7
Dos and Don’ts for Legal 1031 Exchanges
Rochelle Stone and John Mangham of Starker Services
Inc. in Los Gatos, Calif., share these tips on how
to avoid common legal mistakes in 1031 exchanges...
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Tips
& Trends - April
3, 2008
10
Tax Changes for 2008
Plan now and you’ll be in a better position to know
what you’ll owe Uncle Sam this time next year... |
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Tips
& Trends - March
27, 2008
Fundamentals
Holding in Commercial Real Estate
WASHINGTON, March 12, 2008 - Commercial real estate
market fundamentals are fairly stable, although
investment is waning following a record year in
2007, according to the latest COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
OUTLOOK of the National Association of Realtors®.... |
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Tips
& Trends - March
3, 2008
Ernst
& Young's 2008 Real Estate Forecast
Each year for the last decade or more, professionals
within Ernst & Young's Real Estate practice have
gathered informally to review the trends and issues
impacting real estate over the last twelve months
and to discuss how new trends might affect the development,
financing, ownership, operation and even re-use
of real estate in your area... |
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Tips
& Trends - January
21, 2008
Reverse
Migration Patterns Favoring Buyers
Reverse migration patterns are stacking the deck
in buyers' favor in some housing markets... |
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Tips
& Trends - November
29, 2007
NAR
Puts Housing Market in Perspective: 2007 will be
the Fifth Best Year on Record
LAS VEGAS, November 13, 2007 - What a difference
five years makes. That’s the point made by NAR economists
and practitioners in today’s Economic Issues and
Residential Real Estate Business Trends Forum at
the National Association of Realtors® 2007 REALTORS®
Conference & Expo. |
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Tips
& Trends - October
1, 2007
Each
year, our population continues to grow and with
that growth comes many changes to the average American
household. Find out how changes in our population
will affect real estate in different areas of the
United States. These factors may play an important
role in how you decide to invest in real estate
in the future... |
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