Is it time to buy a property? Maybe… The Wall Street Journal reports that the housing market may have bottomed out. Of course, that’s what the press has been saying for the last 4 years. But now, the WSJ says buyers are bidding against one another: A new development is catching home buyers off...
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I’ve spoken many times on my radio show about how fear is used to move us. Well, recently I spotted a great example. Just last week I wrote about how a mortgage “expert” was predicting a “death spiral” in the housing market. That was last week. This week, the National Association of Realtors is...
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If there’s one thing that Morgan Stanley would like to advise to you, it’s to take a look at single-family homes and consider it as part of your real estate investing strategy. That’s right, these properties have become hot among real estate investors recently considering the shift in the US property market from home...
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If there’s one thing that Morgan Stanley would like to advise to you, it’s to take a look at single-family homes and consider it as part of your real estate investing strategy. That’s right, these properties have become hot among real estate investors recently considering the shift in the US property market from home...
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Morgan Stanley Research released its latest real estate report, Housing 2.0: The New Rental Paradigm to provide market insights to investors. It’s interesting to know that the research team observes how more Americans have become renters instead of homeowners, attributing to different factors in the economy. The report states: Across the country, more Americans...
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Although the overall health of the economy is of interest to everyone, if you’re a banker you particularly want to know when people will start borrowing money again. Very roughly speaking, banks typically hold equal amounts of commercial loans, commercial real estate loans, home mortgages, consumer loans, government securities, and cash. With commercial, mortgage,...
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Although the overall health of the economy is of interest to everyone, if you’re a banker you particularly want to know when people will start borrowing money again. Very roughly speaking, banks typically hold equal amounts of commercial loans, commercial real estate loans, home mortgages, consumer loans, government securities, and cash. With commercial, mortgage,...
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So far, I’ve never heard the same commotion in the market and the media unlike earlier this year when the US economy earned an embarrassing downgrade. Perhaps, with all the Thanksgiving Holiday frenzy and the Black Friday storm that took place, almost everyone doesn’t care a whit about the surging US debt and is...
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You’ve seen the headlines. The combination of lower prices, increased rents and a weak dollar are drawing investor capital from all around the globe and funneling it into American housing. According to NAR, foreign investment is US real estate has increased by 20% in the 12 months ending march 2011, totaling $82 billion in...
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The question most real estate investors often ask is, “Where do I invest now?” As always, there are local housing markets around the country where homes are affordable, the underlying economy is strong, and appreciation is imminent. These are markets you should consider for your next long-term real estate investment. Norada Real Estate Investments...
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