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It's Peak Season for Real Estate ... Somewhere

Jed Kolko | Posted 04.01.2013 | Business
Jed Kolko

Whether you're looking to buy or sell, get in sync with the rhythms of your local housing market. Home sellers looking for the most buyers should list when search traffic peaks. Home buyers, however, should think about searching off-season -- they might find less competition.

Renters Now Moving Up Their Homebuying Timetables

Chris Birk | Posted 04.02.2013 | Business
Chris Birk

Buying a home is now cheaper than renting in most of the country's housing markets. A litany of recent studies and surveys have almost belabored the point given home values and historically low interest rates.

Would You Purchase A Haunted House?

The Huffington Post | Michelle Manetti | Posted 03.28.2013 | HuffPost Home

Survey says that one out of three people would!

Single And Buying A Home? Read This First

Michael Corbett | Posted 03.17.2013 | HuffPost Home
Michael Corbett

More single homebuyers are entering the real estate market than ever before.

What You Need to Know About Mortgage Rates

Jed Kolko | Posted 11.06.2012 | Home
Jed Kolko

In honor of our newest offering, I wanted to answer the three questions about mortgage rates that I get asked most often.

The Coming Housing Crisis (Yes, Another Crisis)

Alex Charfen | Posted 10.21.2012 | Business
Alex Charfen

It may seem bold to be presenting a housing shortage in the middle of what many consider a housing crash; however, the numbers, market conditions and major market inventories are starting to make this startling prediction real.

Real Estate Website Sorry For Racial Stereotypes Used To Pinpoint 'Perfect Neighborhoods'

Posted 04.27.2012 | Black Voices

When Picket Report was named one of Detroit's best tech startups of 2011, questions lingered as to whether its data-driven model for helping homebuyer...

Houses Just Ain't Worth What They Used To Be

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.18.2012 | Business

It’s a tough time to be a home builder -- especially now that so many houses aren’t worth what it costs to build them. That’s the surprising ...

Small Builder Finds a Lucrative Niche in D.C. Real Estate

Melissa Terzis | Posted 05.21.2012 | DC
Melissa Terzis

A bottleneck of vehicles crowds a builder sales office on opening day. There are over 30 names a week added to a waiting list for a seven-lot subdivis...

5 Credit Tips to Help First Time Homebuyers Get a Mortgage

Jeanne Kelly | Posted 11.17.2011 | Business
Jeanne Kelly

If you're an aspiring first-time homebuyer, start working on improving your credit rating right now so that when it's time for you to find a home, you'll have no trouble finding a mortgage.

5 Key Questions to Ask Your Potential Real Estate Agent Before Hiring

Nick Segal | Posted 12.31.2011 | Los Angeles
Nick Segal

How can you tell which real estate agent is the right one for you? Here are my top five suggestions of questions to ask a realtor when you consider hiring them.

Unrequited Loan: Banks Just Can't Seem to Commit...

Ron Gitter | Posted 11.13.2011 | New York
Ron Gitter

Thousands of residential co-op and condo loans close each day, but many of those loans have taken a great deal of time and effort to complete.

Spring Buying Sends Home Prices Up In Most Cities

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 10.30.2011 | Business

WASHINGTON — Spring buying pushed home prices up for a third straight month in most major U.S. cities in June. But the housing market remains sh...

Home Sales Fell To Lowest Levels Of The Year In July

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 10.18.2011 | Business

WASHINGTON — The number of people who bought previously occupied homes fell in July for the third time in four months. This year is on pace to b...

Home Prices Rise, But Likely Haven't Touched Bottom Yet, Report Finds

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 10.09.2011 | Business

If a turnaround in the housing market actually is a necessary precondition to a broader recovery, the recovery could be on hold for some time. With...

Janell Ross

New Rule Pushing Big Down Payments Could Make Homeownership Unaffordable

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 08.02.2011 | Business

Among the most hotly contested ideas bank regulators have proposed to reduce the risk of another financial crisis is rule making a 20 percent down pay...

IRS Gives $513M In Homebuyer Credits To Unqualified Taxpayers

AP | BY STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 06.15.2011 | Business

WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service has paid out more than a half-billion dollars in homebuyer tax credits to people who probably didn't qualif...

A Realtor's Perspective: Advice for Home Buyers Looking for the "Right" Agent

Nick Segal | Posted 03.17.2013 | Los Angeles
Nick Segal

Before you dive in with the first person you meet at an open house simply because you think they're "nice," it's a good idea to stop and think.

The 8 States Running Out Of Homebuyers: 24/7 Wall Street

24/7 Wall Street | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

The single biggest problem in the U.S. real estate market is simple: There are very few homebuyers. That seems obvious, but the "buyers' strike" has ...

Do College Costs + Retirement = Canada?

Holly Robinson | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Holly Robinson

Between the economic free fall and putting kids through college, retiring is a long ways away.

Luxury Condos Boast FHA Backing

Bloomberg | Oshrat Carmiel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Whitney Gollinger, marketing chief for a Manhattan condo building with an outdoor movie theater and panoramic city views, is highlighting a different ...

Home Sales Drop 2.2 Pct In May As Boost From Tax Credits Fades

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

WASHINGTON — The housing market may be on the verge of taking another plunge that could weaken the broader economic recovery. Sales of previous...

Co-Op Board Cancels Sale After Seeing Kid's Facebook Page

BrickUnderground | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

A reliable source tells BrickUnderground that a posh Upper East Side co-op quashed a sale after running a Facebook check--on the buyer's children. "T...

Advertising, the Great Recession and the Degradation of American Values

Jake Whitney | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Jake Whitney

In 64 years, the typical American household went from having $5,000 in the bank to possessing four credit cards, $8,500 in credit card debt, and nearly $120,000 in total personal debt.

Survey Shows Rise In First-Time Homebuyers

AP | ALEX VEIGA | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

SAN DIEGO — The housing market welcomed a bigger share of first-time buyers and single women this past year, while a majority of sellers resorte...