Apr 27th 2011 11:00AM
The recession has forced many Americans to make some hard choices, but none as stark as this: food or shelter. One in every four families that rent their homes could have to choose between paying rent, buying groceries or staying current on bills, according to a report released Tuesday. Yepoka Yeebo at Huffington Post... Continue Reading »
Mar 29th 2011 4:51PM
Shawn Tully, the senior editor-at-large over at Fortune, has a post up in which he states that it's a great time to buy a house. That is pure awesome-sauce. I know my friends and clients in the real estate industry are desperate for Mr. Tully to be right. And so am I, since my business depends in some degree on the... Continue Reading »
Mar 8th 2011 5:01PM
A few years ago, the real estate community was gripped with Millennial Fever: the idea that the Millennials (or Generation Y), born between say 1983 and 2003 (according to NewGeography.com anyhow) and representing the largest demographic group in the United States after the Baby Boomer generation, would be the single most... Continue Reading »
Feb 17th 2011 1:03PM
In an earlier AOL Real Estate post, I speculated that the 30-year fixed rate mortgage -- the mainstay of residential housing funding in the United States -- was on its way out. I thought that based on comments from administration officials, think tanks, and other leaders, the goal of the Obama administration was to move... Continue Reading »
