Merry Christmas!
Thursday, December 22
Today seemed to be the appropriate day to do a little reflecting and to share a lot of appreciation. Tomorrow will be the beginning of a massive travel weekend and I hope everyone that I want to read this has the chance to do so before heading home for the holidays. Although we all know the ro...
Follow the Billionaire!
Wednesday, December 21
Every once in a while someone tells me that their friend, their spouse or their uncle Bob from the burbs doesn't agree with this whole "great time to buy U.S. property thing". I have no problem with that. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. And yes, they are entitled to share them. Ho...
2012 Game Plan
Monday, December 19
So, here's my game plan for 2012. Repeat 2011! Why? How about this from Business Insider today? "Despite a seasonal slowdown in overall , and a process still bogged down and backed up by the "robo-signing" processing scandal, the U.S real estate market is about to be hit by another surge of ...
Bright Spots
Tuesday, December 13
The San Francisco Chronicle had a very interesting perspective in this morning's edition. What a 'win win' situation it outlines for Canadians! The article starts with another confirmation that the housing woes in the U.S. are not going to disappear anytime soon: "Fair warning to U.S. real esta...
Four Trillion Gone!
Friday, December 09
How much is a trillion? A while ago, I wrote an article about that exact question. And today it seems more important than ever that there is a clear understanding of what that number means. Why? Because both Business Week and Bloomberg ran articles today about the absolute shambles that the ...
Prices Drop. Opportunity Grows!
Wednesday, December 07
From Property Wire this morning, "Residential property prices in the United States fell 1.3% in October, the third monthly decline in a row, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index." For our purposes, there is some very notable movement. "Including distressed sales, the five state...