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Here you'll find articles that I have read and found interesting, the most recent articles are at the top. -- Enjoy! |
The 3 worst reasons to buy a house (msn.com)
Buying a home . . . that's what everyone says you should do, right? But it's an increasingly expensive and risky proposition. Make sure you buy for the right reasons.... |
Demographic Trends to Shape Future U.S. Housing Markets (rismedia.com)
Three powerful demographic forces will shape housing in the future, determining who will buy homes, where they'll buy them and what they will be like... |
Economists Forecast the Outlook for the Real Estate Market in 2005 and Beyond (rismedia.com)
The word "bubble" is probably one of the most feared words for real estate agents and brokers. Because if there is a real estate bubble, it could burst, sending housing prices spiraling downward... |
Rent or buy? The answer may surprise (money.cnn.com)
Considering that, on average, home prices in the United States have appreciated almost 50 percent over the past five years, home ownership might seem like a no-brainer... |
New home sales tumble (money.cnn.com)
Sales of new homes took the sharpest plunge in more than a decade in November, the second report in a week that raised questions about the strength of the nation's real estate market... |
Last hurrah? (money.cnn.com)
Don't bet on further 20 percent gains in 2005. But don't bet on a collapse either. If price declines do occur, they may well happen where you'd least expect... |
Fannie, Freddie to increase loan limits (money.cnn.com)
The cap on a mortgage the two government-sponsored enterprises can buy was raised to $359,650 from $333,700 following a report that the average U.S. single-family home price surged in October by 8.5 percent to $264,540 from $243,756 in the same month a year ago.... |
The dollar: When weak is good (money.cnn.com)
The U.S. dollar has fallen 15 percent against a basket of currencies since the beginning of 2002. Moreover, while the dollar and the euro traded at par two years ago, the dollar has since dropped to a 23 percent discount.... |
Three Ways to Judge the Dollar (nytimes.com)
How bad has the dollar's decline been?
The shorthand these days is to say that the dollar has fallen 37 percent against the euro since the dollar's peak against that currency in July 2001... |
Dollar's Dip Shows Greenspan in Denial (thestreet.com)
Just about everyone is worrying about the tanking dollar and the enormous U.S. trade deficit. So it's high time for Alan Greenspan, the nation's central banker, to step in and tell us how we might deal with the wilting greenback... |
Housing bubble tips (money.cnn)
If you're in the market to buy how do you best exploit what may be only a temporary pause, and if you're selling what should you do now? Here are today's 5 Tips... |
Buy my house, please! (money.cnn)
Homeowners looking to sell in most parts of the country haven't had to wait around very long for a suitable offer, and those in the best markets have seen their homes swooped up in a matter of days, even hours... |
Home sweet homeownership tax breaks (bankrate.com)
Congratulations, you've just taken another step up the American-dream ladder and are a homeowner. Along with the joy of painting, plumbing and yard work, you now have some new tax considerations... |
Capital gains home-sale tax break is a boon for most owners (bankrate.com)
Homeowners already know the many tax breaks that Uncle Sam offers, most notably mortgage interest and property tax deductions. Well, he also has good tax news for home sellers: Most of them won't owe the Internal Revenue Service a single dime... |
HELOC vs. refinance for debt restructuring (bankrate.com)
My husband and I want to obtain some money to pay off credit debt and also upgrade our home that we purchased six months ago. My question is: Which would affect our credit score more, a HELOC or to refinance our first and second mortgage loans into one loan and use some of the equity to do this? Someone told me that a HELOC looks like a big credit card debt... |
Home equity hike (money.cnn)
Outstanding debt for home equity lines of credit increased nearly 11 percent during the third quarter, according to preliminary numbers released Tuesday by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation... |
Home sales: The holiday plunge (money.cnn)
Year in and year out, the real estate market begins to slow after Halloween, drops off drastically a week or two before Thanksgiving and doesn't start picking up again until after Super Bowl Sunday in late January... |
Stumped by the housing market? (money.cnn)
On Wednesday, for example, the Census Bureau reported that new home sales in September were far better than economists had predicted. This came on the heels of an equally upbeat report, this one for existing homes, from the National Association of Realtors... |
