Interesting article about the high-end ranch market, and how celebrities are putting them on the market. We even have some famous celebrity ranches in Kentucky.
For sale, by celebrity owner: the wild, wild West.
A decade or so after big names in entertainment, sports and business turned the rugged ranch into a real-estate fashion statement, many of […]
Excellent article from The Wall Street Journal regarding changes in the home remodeling landscape now that residential real estate loan interest rates start to climb.
The home renovation boom, spurred by low mortgage rates that made home-equity loans popular and cheap, appears to be cooling off.
The latest government construction-spending data — for November — shows spending […]
Interesting article about the advancing prices of residential real estate around the US. Louisville real estate looks to have seen a slow yet stable increase in price, at only 3.9%, with a median home price of $137,700. Have a look!
Phoenix real estate recorded a 55.2 percent increase in house prices over the past 12 months, […]
Small fortunes have been made during the past few years by investing in rapidly rising real estate…buy, rent out, flip, repeat. But now stagnating home prices and a bad rental market threaten to end that — and put the holdings of small landlords in jeopardy.
Signs of a slowdown in the housing market keep coming, with […]
A housing-price drop would not be bad for everyone. In fact, many canny real estate investors have been hoping for just such a hit.
“You can make a fortune in a falling market,” says Hugh Bromma, CEO of Entrust Administration and author of “How to Invest in Real Estate and Pay Little or No Taxes.”
You do […]
Sellers are having a harder time getting good prices for their homes. Even in the hottest markets, getting top dollar is a challenge when you don’t have 20 buyers battling it out in a bidding war.
Owners can take some effective — yet inexpensive — measures to make their property more desirable, and valuable.
Debra Gould, owner […]
Renovating an old-fashioned kitchen or fixing up that grungy bathroom reaps a bigger return on investment than ever before, according to a recent report by the National Association of Realtors and Remodeling magazine.
Americans spent more than $139 billion on home improvements in 2004, according to Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. Homeowners may recoup much […]
Foreclosure activity last month hit the highest level seen in 2005, as higher interest rates finally may be taking a toll on the nation’s residential market, according to industry monitor RealtyTrac.
Owners of 81,290 homes nationwide entered some phase of foreclosure in December, up 13.5 percent from the previous month, the Irvine, Calif.-based company found.
Activity levels […]
Excellent article about beginning real estate investing and the “paralysis of analysis” that ensues when an investor attempts their first deal. Definitely a good read! The tips included apply to both commercial real estate investing and residential real estate investing.
How can I start investing in real estate?
Beginners should beware of ‘paralysis of analysis’
By Robert J. […]
Interesting article below about the pro’s and con’s of remodeling versus moving. Take a look!
Should You Remodel or Move?
by M. Anthony Carr
Unless you’ve taken a new job in a new location, the decision to move up may involve deciding on whether to remodel or move altogether. Homeowners nationwide will spend $192.8 billion this year to […]
