Real Estate Market

The Price Is Right

Toni Haber | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: New York Real Estate, Real Estate Market, Apartment Market, Real Estate Pricing, Real Estate, New York Apartments, Apartments, New York News
Toni Haber

Pricing your apartment to sell has always been a crucial part of the process. But, now more than ever, I am seeing that marketing your home to sell at the right price could actually bring you more money.

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Be Picky! 5 Questions You Should Ask Before Hiring a Realtor

Stephen Shapiro | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Real Estate Market, La Real Estate, Los Angeles Real Estate, Housing Market, Luxury LA Real Estate, Realtors, Luxury Real Estate, Westside Estate Agency, Home Prices, Real Estate Brokers, Hiring a Realtor, Los Angeles News
Stephen Shapiro

With so many qualified agents available in the current market, what should you consider when shopping for a broker?

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Springtime for Housing

Jed Kolko | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Construction, Housing Market, Housing, Seasonality, Real Estate, Home Prices, Home Sales, Real Estate Market, Business News
Jed Kolko

Seasonal patterns help show us what's really going on in the housing market, which is important because they give us hints about when we should search, list, buy, sell or build.

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Begging to Borrow

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Attorneys, Real Estate Market, Long Island, Mortgages, Lawyers, Paralegal, Long Island Real Estate, Lending, Home Sales, Banks, Real Estate, NY Real Estate, New York News
Lita Smith-Mines

Usually, stepping into the waiting room at this attorney's office felt like wiggling into too-small jeans. But, when I arrived recently, representing a client selling her home, I didn't need the 10 minutes I allotted to find a parking spot.

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Real Estate Markets That Appreciated Most in 2011

Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Worst Real Estate Markets, Wisconsin, Madison, Fort Meyers, Boulder, Tulsa Oklahoma City, Best Real Estate Markets, Colorado, Real Estate Market, Pennsylvania, Lincoln, Fort Collins, Nebraska, Florida, Hawaii, Honolulu, Pittsburgh, Fifty News

For the vast majority of baby boomers, household wealth is concentrated in home equity. The good news: The rate of monthly depreciation has stabilized...

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Mopping Up 2011 and Looking Ahead to 2012

Ron Gitter | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Co-Ops, NY Real Estate, Condos, Real Estate Market, NY Real Estate Market, New York Real Estate, New York News
Ron Gitter

There's no hard data to suggest that 2012 won't be a better year for those of us in the real estate playground, as long as we accept the fact that the rules of the game will be constantly changing.

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Bill Seeks To Entice Foreigners To Buy U.S. Homes With Visa Offer

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Real Estate Market, Congress, U.S. Senate, Senate, Housing Market, U.S. Housing Market, Mike Lee, Visas, Real Estate, Residence Visas, Housing Crisis, Charles Schumer, Business News

The government may turn to foreigners to shore up the weak housing market. A bill co-authored by Senators Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Mike Lee (R-...

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What Really Mattered: October 10-14, 2011

Jed Kolko | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Real Estate U.S., Real Estate Market, NY Real Estate, Real Estate Volatility., Best Real Estate Markets, Business News
Jed Kolko

The housing market won't improve until the job market does. Unemployment is creeping down only slowly. But last week had some good job news.

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10 Things That Are Getting Cheaper

TIME | Brad Tuttle | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Real Estate Market, Ikea, Time Magazine, Kindle, Banking, Cars, Fees, Netflix, Volkswagen, Solar Power, Saving and Spending, Amazon, Tablets, Business News

We live in a time when the costs of things like gas and gold have soared, just as a laundry list of everyday expenses such as coffee, rent, health car...

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Larry Summers On The 'Economic Equivalent Of The Cuban Missile Crisis'

Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Real Estate Market, European Debt Crisis, Jerusalem, Housing Prices, Energy Prices, Great Recession, Israel Democracy Institute, Oil Prices, Larry Summers, Housing Crisis, Video, Business News

JERUSALEM (Steven Scheer) - The economy is unlikely to return to recession provided there are no shocks on oil prices, U.S. housing or mishandling...

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By Not Challenging the Tea Party, the White House Makes It Stronger

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Real Estate Market, Foreclosures, Tom Lehrer, Tea Party, Celinda Lake, Mortgage Relief, Jared Bernstein, Underwater Homes, Housing Prices, Rick Santelli, Homeowners, Bobby Womack, Obama Administration, Barack Obama, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

This country is discouraged, angry, and frightened. That's the mood that the Tea Party has successfully tapped.

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How The Rapture Would Affect Real Estate Prices

Daily Finance | Bruce Watson | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Real Estate Market, Left Behind, Andrew Schiller, Apocalypse, New Jersey, Harold Camping, The Rapture, Real Estate, Tim LaHaye, Gallup, New York, Neighborhood-Scout, Business News

Scribes from Jonathan Edwards to Robert Frost have ruminated about the end of the world, but few have been willing to suggest a precise date on which ...

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Where It's Better To Rent Than Buy

Posted 06.29.2011

Read More: Real Estate Market, Trulia, Housing Market, Los Angeles Apartments, Rent City, Buy City, New York Apartments, Housing Crisis, San Francisco Apartments, Business News

Of the 50 most populated cities in the United States, New York remains the city where it's better to rent than buy. The Big Apple's competition? Fort ...

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When Will the Los Angeles Real Estate Market Rebound?

Nick Segal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Real Estate Market, La Real Estate, Fair Market Value, Housing Market, Partners Trust, Real Estate, California Real Estate, Los Angeles Real Estate, Los Angeles News
Nick Segal

Buyers know fair market value, and it is certainly not the price being offered most of the time, which causes our current stalemate. So when will this climate change?

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Distressed Domiciles

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Real Estate Market, Attorneys, Foreclosure Crisis, Homelessness, Real Estate Attorney, Real Estate Agents, Real Estate, NY Real Estate, Home Foreclosures, Real Estate Marketing, Distressed Homeowners, Business News
Lita Smith-Mines

If all that remains after foreclosures are distressed properties, the human toll taken by our economic downturn will continue to be largely ignored.

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The 11 Reasons People Can't Sell Their Homes

24/7 Wall St. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, National Association of Realtors, Realtytrac, Real Estate Market, Home Prices, Home Sales, Foreclosures, Real Estate Brokers, Zillow, Business News

he clamor over flawed foreclosure paperwork and robo-signers could further chill the housing market. People who might buy have bought a home in forecl...

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No New McMansions Were Sold In July

DailyFinance | DAN BURROWS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Real Estate Market, Mcmansion 2010, Gluskin Sheff, Home Sales July, Luxury Real Estate, Mcmansions, David Rosenberg, Business News

As David Rosenberg, the presciently bearish chief economist and strategist at Canadian asset manager Gluskin Sheff told clients Thursday: "The high-en...

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Foreclosure Freeze Could Prolong Housing Slump For Years

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Real Estate Market, Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, Mark Zandi, Housing Prices, Foreclosure Delays, Foreclosure Moratorium, Obama Foreclosure Freeze 2010, Foreclosure Fraud, Foreclosure Bank of America, Business News

NEW YORK (By MICHELLE CONLIN, AP) -- Karl Case, the co-creator of a widely watched housing market index, was upbeat three weeks ago. Mulling the econo...

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Housing Market Stumbles As Construction Approaches 'World War II Lows'

wsj.com | By NICK TIMIRAOS and ROBBIE WHELAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Real Estate Market, Housing Market, Housing, Single-Family Homes, Real Estate Prices, Home Prices, U.S. Housing Market, Home Construction, Business News

In major markets across the country, home sales are deteriorating, inventories of unsold homes are piling up and builders are scaling back constructio...

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Justin Beiber Used To Save Las Vegas Real Estate

Huffington Post | Sara Yin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Real Estate Market, Homebuilders, Subprime Mortgages, Free Justin Bieber Tickets, Justin Beiber, Kb Home, Las Vegas Real Estate, Homeowners, Housing Crisis, Justin Bieber, Business News

What better way to inspire confidence in the housing market than a free Justin Bieber concert? KB Home, one of the nation's largest homebuilders...

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Renting Or Buying: Which Is More Grown Up?

Delia Lloyd | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Real Estate Market, Citizenship, Housing-Finance-Agencies, Switzerland, Mortgage Institutions, Renting a House, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Renting, Moving House, Homeowners, Commitment, Moving, Buying a House, Robert Shiller, Landlords, Healthy Living News
Delia Lloyd

Financial theory tells us that people should diversify their assets, rather than dumping them all in one place (a home). For the majority of Americans, renting might make more sense.

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Elkhart, Ind.: How One Town Relies On The Government's Enormous Support For The Housing Market

nytimes.com | DAVID STREITFELD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Indiana Real Estate, Federal Housing Administration, Mortgage, Real Estate Prices, Elkhardt Indiana, Real Estate Market, Fha, Foreclosure, Home Loans, Business News

More than one in 10 mortgage holders in Elkhart is seriously behind on payments. The median sales price has plunged to the level of a decade ago. Many...

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Looting Real Estate Booty

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Attorneys, Foreclosures, Real Estate Market, Investments, Real Estate Crisis, Mortgage Relief, Real Estate Bubble, Real Estate, New York, Investors, Housing Crisis, Business News
Lita Smith-Mines

Investors should be part of the give and take of a robust real estate market, not pirates banking on the misery of a seller's desperate situation.

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Trump Flips $100M Palm Beach Mansion, Makes Big Profit (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Real Estate Market, Slidehuge, Home Prices, Russian Billionaires, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Mansion, Kendra Todd, Luxury Real Estate, Slideshow, Dmitry Rybolovlev, Palm Beach, Housing Bubble, Business News

Much of the country's real estate market may be languishing, but not apparently in Palm Beach, where Donald Trump earned a return of more than 130% af...

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Strangest Homes On The Market (PHOTOS)

AOL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Real Estate Market, Houses, Homes, Real Estate, Home Sales, Business News

Oddball properties dot neighborhoods across the country--castle-like structures and homes built from lighthouses and bamboo. From a "residential commu...

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