I would like to present a simple plan that will make anyone in the top income bracket an appallingly huge amount of money: Buy Detroit.
In a classic Yiddish theater song from the 1920s that is still popular today, Aaron Lebedeff, known in his day as "the Maurice Chevalier of the Yiddis...
If it's true that the husband's job loss especially increases stress on a marriage - as previous research suggests - we may yet see that emerge for the current crisis. If not, maybe something has changed.
I was on a shoot in an amazing 100+ year-old mansion in Long Island. In the hallway leading from the dining room to the kitchen, I noticed something on the wall near the butler's pantry.
Anyone who doubts in the unraveling of the middle class is welcome to join my Chanukah celebration this year. Just please bring the latkes, no-drip candles, and some presents for the kids.
In places like Phoenix, 54% of homeowners with mortgages have negative equity. That's about half a million underwater mortgages, more than the combined totals in Texas and New York state, where 10 times as many people live.
There's a middle ground to be found in letting judges consider facts and circumstances before depriving homeowners of the roofs over their heads.
The latest trend in shopping, particularly for the holidays, is temporary -- literally. Pop-up stores, retailers who open for just a few days or weeks, are cropping up all over town.
The developer Extell is quietly pushing for big changes to its Riverside Center project, enclosed by 59th and 61st Streets, West End Avenue and Riverside Boulevard.
I wanted to enjoy my fleeting feelings of karmic payback, knowing how many toxic loans were closed in these cavernous offices. Instead, I pondered: how many jobs in our altered real estate landscape were lost and gone forever?
An entire generation has been conditioned to believe economics is the fundamental nature of reality. If the Chinese government pulls a Lehman, the next chapter of history will be messy.
In my world, the best way to warm my friends' hearts and homes is through their stomach. And for a foolproof roof raiser, this means one thing: chili.
The Urban Land Institute convenes each November for its annual fall meeting. Much of this year's meeting focused on the impact of the great recession, and, of course, green and sustainability.
Last week the Urban Land Institute and PriceWaterhouseCoopers released their well-regarded annual analysis, Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2010. ...
Almost every African-American knows, is related to, or is acquainted with a Precious Jones or her mother, Mary.
If buyers can't buy, the real estate market stays in a sinkhole. Can't the assholes in Washington understand that they really, really need us to save the market?
When it is easy to make money just by buying a house and waiting, there is not much incentive to look deeper into yourself -- to find out what you were born to give, what your unique talents are.
My foray back into stores after a long, involuntary hiatus was disturbing. The parking spaces and aisles were vacant. I guess, when you lose your house to foreclosure, your closets go too.
This will be a different kind of inflationary cycle. The dollar will decline, but Real estate prices will not be going up because few property owners can raise rents right now.
Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Nate Hadden Before she was old enough...
NYPIRG's Straphangers Campaign joined in a lawsuit this week objecting to the rotten deal that the MTA struck this past June for the rights to build over the Vanderbilt Yards in Brooklyn.
