http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/16812-unexpected-finds-in-foreclosures Watch for skeletons in the closet, literally. More real estate professionals are reporting making horrifying finds in abandoned, foreclosed homes, including the skeletons of the home&rsquo;s former owners.&nbsp; A Milwaukee real estate agent rec...<br /><br /><strong>Tagged as:</strong> News and Commentary/Daily News http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/16812-unexpected-finds-in-foreclosures http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/16588-landlords-poised-to-regain-upper-hand-in-office-market Office space absorption doubled during 2011 as the office-using job base expanded and vacancies declined across nearly two-thirds of U.S. submarkets, CoStar Group reported this week in its Year-End 2011 Office Review & Outlook...<br /><br /><strong>Tagged as:</strong> Landlords Poised to Regain Upper Hand In Recovering Office Market http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/16588-landlords-poised-to-regain-upper-hand-in-office-market http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/16547-u-s-housing-more-affordable-than-other-english-countries Would-be American home-buyers can take heart: U.S. housing is more affordable than in other English-speaking countries, according to a study of metropolitan areas around the world.The median<br /><br /><strong>Tagged as:</strong> http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/16547-u-s-housing-more-affordable-than-other-english-countries http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/16544-when-will-fed-raise-rates- The Fed gives its latest signal next week on when it plans to raise rates from historic lows. The only thing we know for sure is that it won't be any time soon.<br /><br /><strong>Tagged as:</strong> http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/16544-when-will-fed-raise-rates- http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/16540-no-danger-of-overbuilding-in-multifamily-sector-until-2-13 Demand for new apartments will continue to oustrip supply in 2012.<br /><br /><strong>Tagged as:</strong> http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/16540-no-danger-of-overbuilding-in-multifamily-sector-until-2-13 http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/16414-area-s-apartment-market-still-sizzling Area's apartment market still sizzling<br /><br /><strong>Tagged as:</strong> http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/16414-area-s-apartment-market-still-sizzling http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/16361-investment-real-estate-interest-rates-the-foggy-future Positive outlooks for investment real estate in 2012 brush off an uncertain future that may be just a few years away.<br /><br /><strong>Tagged as:</strong> Interest Rates http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/16361-investment-real-estate-interest-rates-the-foggy-future http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/16150-fha-wants-you-to-flip-more-homes Just when you thought there was no hope for mortgage lending or the government doing anything tangible to help the housing market and real estate investing<br /><br /><strong>Tagged as:</strong> http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/16150-fha-wants-you-to-flip-more-homes http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/16067-fha-says-it-s-ok-to-flip-that-house The Federal Housing Administration extended a waiver on its anti-flipping regulations, allowing real estate investors to buy FHA-insured homes and quickly resell them for a profit. <br /><br /><strong>Tagged as:</strong> mortgages, FHA. loans, borrowers, lenders, flipping. http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/16067-fha-says-it-s-ok-to-flip-that-house http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/16014-an-absurdly-low-number-of-foreclosures-in-2-11 Not good for the banks.<br /><br /><strong>Tagged as:</strong> foreclosures http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/16014-an-absurdly-low-number-of-foreclosures-in-2-11 http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/15994-new-home-sales-edge-up-1-8- New homes rose again in November to an annualized rate of 315,000. That was up 1.6% compared with the revised October rate of 310,000 and 9.8% higher than November 2010.<br /><br /><strong>Tagged as:</strong> economy., prices, home, sales, homes, new http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/15994-new-home-sales-edge-up-1-8- http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/15902-going-big-in-2-12-with-biggerpockets A great review of BiggerPockets by Matt Rosen on his REI Blog.<br /><br /><strong>Tagged as:</strong> biggerpockets http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/15902-going-big-in-2-12-with-biggerpockets http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/15851-realtors-we-overcounted-home-sales-for-five-years Data on sales of previously owned U.S. homes from 2007 through October this year will be revised down next week because of double counting.<br /><br /><strong>Tagged as:</strong> housing http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/15851-realtors-we-overcounted-home-sales-for-five-years http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/15848-china-s-housing-bubble-deflating China's housing bubble deflating<br /><br /><strong>Tagged as:</strong> http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/15848-china-s-housing-bubble-deflating http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/15552-americans-saving-more-and-paying-off-debt-faster- Americans are putting money into their savings accounts and paying down their debts faster than analysts expected. It's good news for consumers, but not so good for the economy. <br /><br /><strong>Tagged as:</strong> savings rates, consumer debt http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/15552-americans-saving-more-and-paying-off-debt-faster- http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/15022-la-switching-banks-due-to-protest-movement-but-at-a-cost Price of debt servicing will climb considerably after city council sides with Occupy Los Angeles<br /><br /><strong>Tagged as:</strong> wall street, occupy http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/15022-la-switching-banks-due-to-protest-movement-but-at-a-cost http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/14915-single-tenant-property-sales-surge-to-record-numbers With money to burn but still having a strong aversion to risk, investors have increasingly turned single-tenant properties into one of the hottest commercial real estate plays in the country. For the last quarter of 2010 and first...<br /><br /><strong>Tagged as:</strong> Single-Tenant Property Sales Surge To Record Numbers http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/14915-single-tenant-property-sales-surge-to-record-numbers http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/14913-explosion-in-number-of-renters-could-save-housing-market "Congress could give investors the incentive to buy vacant houses now by allowing them to write off the value immediately, as long as they hold on to the properties for some number of years and rent them out."<br /><br /><strong>Tagged as:</strong> http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/14913-explosion-in-number-of-renters-could-save-housing-market http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/14912-what-you-paid-for-your-house-is-irrelevant The new rules of real estate...<br /><br /><strong>Tagged as:</strong> real estate, home prices, city, suburbs, house, home, property, business, chicago http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/14912-what-you-paid-for-your-house-is-irrelevant http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/14905-states-with-the-highest-and-lowest-homeownership Homeownership rates were high in thinly populated states and those with low home prices, while homeownership was low in states with expensive homes and large cities.<br /><br /><strong>Tagged as:</strong> home prices, New York City http://www.biggerpockets.com/links/14905-states-with-the-highest-and-lowest-homeownership