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Housing by Ryan Hinricher | September 6, 2010Last week the sentiment in the housing market seemed to turn slightly for the better. This post will tell you why as we cover the discussion over more tax credits, interest rates, the mortgage application index, and a surprise in pending home sales. Tax Credit Discussion, Quelled What seemed to be a stirring of a [...]
Real Estate News by Ryan Hinricher | August 23, 2010During this most recent mid-month week of housing news, the Obama Administration released its recent Housing Scorecard, Freddie Mac’s interest rate survey continued to shock both analysts and borrowers, a reversal occurred in the latest purchase application trends, and Deutsche Bank made a bold prediction about residential construction jobs. And to close out in the [...]
Housing by Ryan Hinricher | August 9, 2010The first full week of August gives us a glimpse of how the housing market is responding to the end of the tax credit. Also we’ll take our weekly look at interest rates, mortgage purchase application trends (being a leading indicator), and a new government program that aims to reduce mortgage balances on underwater borrowers. [...]
Real Estate Market by Julie Broad | July 7, 2010 
The world has been watching Canada this year. Not because the winter Olympics were here, but because Canada escaped the global economic crisis with minor cuts and bruises while many other countries are still being hit hard. We’ve become the example for other countries to learn from. And some of the world’s most influential economic [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Alex Cortez | June 26, 2010The current real estate market is very volatile and can experience further depreciation with high unemployment rates and foreclosure rates. Are you prepared?
Real Estate Investing by Richard Warren | June 21, 2010 
Real estate is in the news yet again. We have the FBI’s report of almost 500 arrests for mortgage fraud in Operation Stolen Dreams (press release). Each month we have the list of foreclosure rankings released with Michigan holding on to the top spot and Nevada close on its heels. Then we have all of the people who are [...]
Read the full article → Housing by Ryan Hinricher | June 14, 2010Last week the Mortgage Bankers Association revealed that purchase applications are down 35% in the last month showing the after effects of the home buyer tax credit. Further, refinance activity dropped for the first time in month even though rates have remained low. Apparently anyone who could refinance has already done so. Many borrowers aren’t [...]
Housing by Ryan Hinricher | May 24, 2010As economic experts search for clear indicators of a housing turnaround, signals point to increased volatility in home prices. Housing prices showed a slight decline of .3% March 2010, according to First American CoreLogic , over February 2010, while the Year-Over-Year numbers show a 1.7% increase. Further the Case-Shiller Index is expected to show Month-Over-Month [...]
Economy by Ryan Hinricher | March 29, 2010Thursday, I attended Standard & Poor’s Market View of Credit Risk summit here in New York. David Wyss, the Chief Economist of Standard & Poor’s was the keynote speaker giving an economic outlook for the remainder of the year and beyond. Despite him commenting on the overall economy, he spent much of the presentation focused [...]
Housing by Peter Giardini | March 25, 2010 
For most of you I am sure you remember the days as you were growing up stopping by the local ice cream store and getting a “double-dipped” ice cream cone. Those sure were simpler times and the thought, even in mid-March, inspires memories of warm summer evenings and special treats. A Reality Check… And now it seems that [...]
Read the full article → Housing by Charles Feldman | March 24, 2010The opening graph from the Associated Press story is pretty damn scary–and, what’s worse, possibly true. “The recovery in the housing market is at risk of collapsing.” Well, that pretty much says it all, doesn’t it? Though I would argue that we haven’t really had much in the way of a recover to begin with! [...]
Real Estate News by Dean Ouellette | February 27, 2010 
1 ) Real Estate Investors – Don’t Be Seduced By Rickety Cash Flow – Good article for investors who are obsessed only with cash flow. This is one of my favorite topics I like to read Jeff Brown write about. His opinion always seems to be a little different than most opinions on cash flow. [...]
Read the full article → Commentary by Peter Giardini | February 11, 2010It seems that everywhere you look now days the news stories, regardless of their source, provide nothing but conflicting points of view regarding the economy and where it is heading. Prices are up, sales are down. We’re at the bottom… no it’s going to double-dip. Credit is available… no it’s not! As a real estate investor, I am [...]
Economy by Brian Brady | February 5, 2010If you know who Pete Seeger is, you’ll recognize that I’m about to pirate the song he sang about the cyclical nature of war. Hang in there. I promise I’ll tie this into real estate investing. Where have all the houses gone? Gone off balance sheet, every one. When will they ever learn? When will [...]
Economy by Ryan Hinricher | February 1, 2010Last week, a media storm took place with the large drop in existing home sales. The drop of 16% seemed to shock everyone who was predicting only a 10% decline after the expiration of the initial home-buyer tax credit. Right after this, the numbers came out on new home sales, which painted an even bleaker [...]
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by Peter Giardini | February 11, 2010It seems that everywhere you look now days the news stories, regardless of their source, provide nothing but conflicting points of view regarding the economy and where it is heading. Prices are up, sales are down. We’re at the bottom… no it’s going to double-dip. Credit is available… no it’s not! As a real estate investor, I am [...]