A year ago, Dave Altig asked Just how out of line are house prices?. Dr. Altig’s post featured both a price-to-rent graph and a real house price graph originally from the NY Times based on Professor Robert Shiller’s work. The price-to-rent ratio graph Dr Altig presented seemed to show that house prices were getting...
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From CoStar: CoStar Commercial Repeat-Sale Indices, February 2011 Release • At the national level, CoStar’s Investment Grade Repeat-Sale Index was up nearly 7% for the month of December continuing the see-saw pattern observed with oscillating monthly pricing data, resulting in a slight positive quarter. … From its peak in July 2007, the Investment Grade...
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Real estate agents said more parents are opting to buy their children a home in college towns rather than pay rent for an apartment or dormitory fees, according to a survey from Coldwell Banker Real Estate. Of the 425 real estate professionals questioned in markets home to major colleges or universities, 64% said they...
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From the BEA: Gross Domestic Product, 2nd quarter 2010 (second estimate) The following table shows the changes from the advance release (this is the Contributions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product). The largest downward revisions were to the change in private inventories, imports, and non-residential structure investment. Personal consumption expenditures and investment...
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No Banks Needed / Owner Financing Marketing to Stop Foreclosure Image by Casey Serin I finally put up a For Sale By Owner sign on the Burdett property to generate some calls. The sign will attract credit-challenged buyers. If a buyer has a job and has cash to catch-up my back-payments I will just...
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Question by contingentlaw: How can I find funding through grants or loans for real estate investing? I am doing research on starting in real estate investing. I have heard that grants or loans are available from government or other sources to buy, rehab, or otherwise start in real estate investing. Where can I find...
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Question by PassionFruit: Legal question – join real estate ownership with LLC? This is a question regarding asset protection. A house is owned by 3 parties – myself, my wife, and LLC (me and my wife owns 100% of LLC). LLC owns the equity portion of the house (20%). Me, my wife hold the...
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Hyderabad Properties – Real Estate India – Silver Oak Image by nancyarora2020 www.axiomestates.com/real-estate/properties.php?city=Hyde… Oak&curr=inr Here’s a place that symbolizes a lifestyle that has a class of its own. Silver Oak Bungalows, the new address for sophistication and high taste is located next to the Govt. mint in Cherlapally, Hyderabad. The second phase comprising of...
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Ok, who flipped the house? Image by glencharnoch An exhibit at the Centre of Education and Promotion of the Region, in the village of Szymbark in Poland, the upside-down house was created by Daniel Czapiewski, president of wooden house manufacturing firm Danmar. The upside-down house is supposed to be an allegory of the former...
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Question by realreynolds: Can a real estate broker and a lawyer start a real estate company together? My fiance is considering becoming licensed to sell real estate. I am a first year law student. I have learned a little about real estate transactions and how they work. I understand the roles of both the...
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