Strategies for real estate investments By Alexis A. Acacio, contributor Inquirer News Service IF you have a few investments but have never tried real estate, it is best that you know the benefits as well as the possible headaches of this type of investment. Real estate can be a very good [...]
Fannie and Freddie suspend foreclosures November 21st, 2008 CNNMoney - Special Report Mortgage Meltdown, Last Updated: November 20, 2008: 6:01 PM ET By halting evictions, the mortgage giants get time to implement a recent rescue plan. foreclosures rescue plan. courtesy of foreclosure-support.com By Les Christie, CNNMoney.com staff writer NEW [...]
What is a flood Plain?
Within the City of College Station are areas known as floodplains. These are regulatory boundaries established to preserve the flood carrying capacity of our creeks, channels and rivers.
Floodplains are established by engineering analysis and are reviewed, approved and mapped by the Federal Emergency Management agency (FEMA). These maps are available for [...]
Writing in last Sunday’s New York Times, Ben Stein Simple Currency Forex Trading noted this and that the Fed does not have much power to influence the price of oil. He is right. And for that matter, we can’t do much about the external demand impacting the price of food—which, by the way, carries [...]
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Reserve Bank: property prices won’t crash November 21st, 2008 According to the big boss at the RBA, property prices in Australia may decline, but they won’t crash like they have in the USA and elsewhere: “Indeed, prices probably are falling - gently. But I think there are [...]
So, what is the distinction between a real estate agent and a “Realtor.” Basically, a Realtor is a real estate agent that has become a member of the National Association of Realtors and thus subscribed to the Code of Ethics required of the state. Most buyers are looking for a Realtor that is [...]
4 beds, 2.00 baths Property Size: sq ft Lot Size: sq ft Added: 09/08/08, Last Updated: 11/12/08 Property Type: Single Family MLS Number: 2527266 Tract: NONE The Price of this Listing was last reduced on 10/31/2008 by 10% POTENTIAL! LARGE LOT. SOLD AS IS . NO SELLERDISCLOSURE , SEND COPY OF PRE APPROVED MORTGAGE LEFT/EMCHECK [...]
Moody’s recently reported that the CPPI, which measures repeat sales of the same properties over time, increased by 2.5 percent over August levels but is still down 7.9 percent from last year.
It may seem odd that a sales index like the CPPI would post a gain but you need to take into consideration that [...]
If It Is Much Ado About Nothing, Then It Is an Indictment of Congress. Since we wrote CMBS Is Like Lumpy MBS and That’s Not Good on Wednesday, AAA CMBX spreads have increased another 300 basis points to a level about ten times greater than where they started the year. That means that [...]