The Mess Behind The Housing Crisis
You have heard it countless times, American’s were using their house as a piggy bank and as their primary means of savings. We all to one degree or another saw[...]
Category: Housing
Top 10 Most Overpriced Zip Codes in America
Do you think that your home is overpriced in todays market even after the painful correction? If you live in one of these zip codes you may be right. Of[...]
Fannie Mae Chief Executive Predicts National Housing Recovery in 2010
The head of Fannie Mae is predicting a slow real estate market spanning through 2009 as indicators such as the Case Shiller report as showing even greater weakness in the[...]
Roommates.com Loses Fair Housing Case in 9th Circuit Court
In a very controversial decision, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Roommates.com has violated the fair housing laws by matching roommates by gender, sexual orientation, and parenthood.[...]
Subsidizing Housing For Sex Offenders in New York City
This is a problem that faces landlords all over the country. How to handle a tenant on the sex offender registry. The City of New York has an out though,[...]
Why Homeowner Association Exclusive Contracts Can Backfire
Engadget has an interesting article on why homeowner associations that sign exclusive contracts for services can have it backfire. The example they are using is the contracts homeowners associations have[...]
Solar Power Cells Made By Your Inkjet Printer?
Has anyone noticed that there has been a surge in alternative power ideas coming to fruition now that energy costs are skyrocketing? The newest one that I have come across[...]
Residential Real Estate Downturn Due To Greed, Commercial Due to Credit Crunch?
Here is a question to the media. Why is it when residential sales drop it is because of the fault of the housing industry, but when sales of commercial properties fall[...]
British Real Estate Facing It’s Own Bubble Popping
After years of rising property values, the British are facing their own housing bubble and it is not going to be pretty. The use of subprime loans as housing prices[...]
Farmers Branch, Texas Passes Ordinance Banning Illegals Renting Homes
The city of Farmers Branch, Texas has been trying for 2 years to ban the sale of homes to illegal aliens. Now they have tried a new tactic, banning the[...]
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