Posts with tag Credit Suisse

Credit Suisse is putting numbers to something we already suspect: The gap between the cost of owning and renting an apartment has halved in the past two years. In some locations, it's even cheaper to rent an apartment than to own. In a research report, the firm says the percentage of median household income needed to pay... Continue Reading »

Just because you're rich and do business with a famously reputable Swiss bank doesn't mean you won't get filched in a real estate scam. Yes, it turns out, the rich are like us - easily suckered into buying homes at inflated bubble prices and then, when the Great Recession hits and the real estate market tanks, going down... Continue Reading »