Massachusetts Housing Costs Increased By Government Regulation

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Housing prices in Massachusetts may be inflated not solely due to demand. A large proportion of the  increased  may have been caused by the regulations imposed by state and local governments. A study by Harvard University economist Edward L. Glaeser shows the [...]

Housing for Disabled Soldiers: Homes For Our Troops

John Gonsalves, a construction supervisor has a great organization that builds homes for troops returning from Iraq and Afganistan that are paralyzed or suffering  a serious  injury. The organization, Homes for our Troops, has been operating for  3 years and has built 3 homes. The hardest part  of his job is finding affordable  land for the [...]

Apartment Shortage in Houston

It looks like the refugees from Katrina have been less than proactive in finding housing as the FEMA money is running out for many.

Nadia Williams, who fled New Orleans with her one-month-old daughter the day before Hurricane Katrina flooded the city, came to Houston this month to find an apartment.
Armed with a voucher [...]

Want to Become A Real Estate Agent? Probably Better Off Waiting

Being a Real Estate agent in the boom years is a fairly easy job if you are the type who can find listings. Houses move quickly, take very little effort to sell, and the commissions are nice to take home at the end of the month.
But when the market slows down, selling a house is real [...]

Housing Hurts Recruiting in Nothern New Jersey

You grew up in Northern New Jersey, went off to school and were fairly successful. Lived in Alpharetta, Georgia in your 3,500 square foot house, but wanted someday to get back to ‘Jersey’.  So you put your name in the hat for a job, got it, and then looked to relocate. On the street you grew [...]