The real estate market may be reeling in America – at least, from the prospective of some – but the Blackstone Group, the largest private-equity company in the world, says
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Today, a key report released by the U.S. Department of Commerce indicated that housing starts were up across the country – a nice change from a year that has witnessed a continual slide in new and existing home sales due to the weak housing
Lenders Leaving Homes to Rot — And How You Can Benefit
With the sheer number of foreclosures and REOs on the market today – 1.6 million foreclosures and an estimated 458,000 or more REOs – banks have their hands full. Your average bank in a given area probably owns more distressed properties than they can handle, and the longer they stay on the books, the more costly they become to the lending
Is a Foreclosure Bubble Growing? Taking a Look at the Facts
We’ve discussed previously the fact that a lot of potential foreclosures – over one million – were due to be filed in 2011 but weren’t because of delays in foreclosure processes. There is also a lot of talk in the industry about how these foreclosures will impact the market once they are filed and placed on the
Exploring Real Estate and the Internet: How the Industry is Changing
Before the advent of the Internet (which seems like it’s been around forever), real estate transactions were carried out the old-fashioned way. If you wanted to find a prime property for real estate investment, or wanted a new home, you either called up a real estate broker in the Yellow Pages (remember those?) or went driving through neighborhoods in search of homes with signs out
A Look at How Foreclosures Continue to Impact the Economy
The foreclosure crisis continues, and the foreclosure market is still as strong as ever – with plenty of buying opportunities out there for the picking for investors and homebuyers who want to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime
The New Decade of Real Estate May Have Already Begun
Real estate markets move in cycles, as anyone in the industry knows. One decade they’re up; the next, they’re down. Of course, over the past 20 years we’ve become accustomed to prolonged boom cycles that have defied historical predictions and created one of the biggest real estate bubbles in our history. Plus, currently we’ve been through five straight years of declining prices, rising foreclosures, tighter lending [...]
Looking to Invest? Now is the Time!
The first half of 2011 has come and gone, and for the real estate market, the results are less than desired. Home prices have fallen this year by 3.2% across the nation over the past six months, and while home prices picked up by 0.9% over the last quarter, they are set to fall once more throughout 2011. However, there are some cities that mark for incredible investment opportunities as they are actually expected to see an increase in home [...]
Mortgage Lenders to Tighten Lending – But Should They?
The housing crisis and the fallen state of the real estate market has put a crimp on the economy and is weighing it down like an anchor. Depressed home values are depriving people of equity, forcing many underwater, and robbing cities and towns of desperately-needed property tax funds – which all goes into the vicious cycle of an up-and-down
Mortgage Defaults Up, Mortgage Modifications Down
Mortgage defaults are up in some parts of the country, while as a whole, the number of mortgage modifications are down, according to a variety of



