Here, you’ll find helpful articles and other resources that cover issues related to the real estate market: buying, selling, financing, refinancing, credit and debt, insurance, second homes, vacation homes, real estate investment, new construction, and renovation.
Housing Trends 2004
Thanks to continuing low interest rates, the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBA) has newly revised its forecast for how much money home buyers and homeowners will borrow this year: A whopping $2.5 trillion.
Buying A Home In Real Estate Market With Rising Prices
When home prices rise in the real estate market you as a home buyer may be wondering if it is the right time to buy a home. Will home prices fall enough later on to make a home more affordable? When buying a home you should consider market inflation and interest rates.
Non-Stop Housing Market
In the midst of a weak, jobless, economic recovery, interest in homeownership hasn't waned one little bit. In fact, the housing market has grown. The housing market continues to prop up the economy. Still, nothing lasts forever, not even the best housing market in history. While no one is saying the housing market is a bubble that is going to pop, at some point, sales will have to slow down.
Home Sales Moving Up
Stock prices are up, home sales continue to steam ahead and more Americans went back to work. If you ended the day feeling like you're worth more today than you were yesterday, you're probably right.
100 Years Of Housing
By the 1950s, homes were being built with bathrooms and kitchens, closets and a huge unfinished second floor for "someday" expansion. By the year 2000, newly-constructed homes had three or four bedrooms, two and a half baths, built-in washing machines and dryers, master suites, attached two or three car garages, built-in fireplaces, and central air. But perhaps the biggest changes in housing in the last 100 years center around the rate of homeownership and the actual price of homes.
High Home Values And Low Interest Rates
With the Federal Reserve holding interest rates low, mortgage loan rates are also low. As a result more home buyers are buying homes and demand for homes is increasing. Home values are rising but by how much depends on what region of the country you're in. Economists expect interest rates to stay low for the next year or so.
Your New House: The Alert Consumer’s Guide to Buying and Building a Quality Home
Your New House: The Alert Consumer's Guide to Buying and Building a Quality Home by by Alan Fields and Denise Fields. The newly updated guide to the l...
Real Estate Market Struggles After 9-11
After the terrorist attacks of 9-11, the real estate market began to struggle. New construction slowed down and to boost the economy, the Fed lowered interest rates. These lower interest rates helped lower mortgage rates but it may not be enough to help the struggling real estate market. Learn about the post 9-11 real estate market in this story.
Real Estate And Economic Advice After 9-11
After the 9-11 attacks the U.S. fell into a deep recession. How did New York and Chicago fare during the recession? What could consumers expect in Chicago and New York after the recession, especially with regard to real estate?
Post 9-11 Recession Includes Real Estate Market
After the terrorist attacks of 9-11 the U.S. economy fell into recession. Which industries were hit the hardest? How did the real estate market do following the terrorist attacks? And what actions did the Federal Reserve take concerning interest rates?