Housing Prices

Dec 20, 2009Jun 10, 2024 Brendan O'Brien

Sure, Walk Away From Your Loan, Why Not?

I wish I could write a happy post about the Christmas spirit right now, but I’m not in a generous mood. I just read this article in which a professor…

Aug 17, 2009Feb 15, 2024 Kyle K.

Proceed with Caution: Low Prices Doesn’t Necessarily Equal Quality Investment

The great real estate boom reached its apex in 2006—and then the bubble burst. More specifically, the single family home bubble burst. Now, for the first time in years, condos…

Jun 23, 2009Jan 27, 2024 Ted Karsch

Is This the Bottom for Commercial Real Estate Prices?

Even the most bearish economist is predicting that commercial real estate prices will fall up to 40 percent from peak to trough. However, the data released yesterday from Moody’s Investor…

May 19, 2009Jan 27, 2024 Ted Karsch

Apartment Building Foreclosures Create a Buyers Market for Apartment Buildings

Many apartment buildings are now facing foreclosure because of falling prices, stricter underwriting guidelines and 5 year mortgages becoming due. For the astute buyer of apartment buildings these apartment building…

Jan 22, 2009Feb 15, 2024 Anwell Tsai

What’s the Value of Your Home?

With the ongoing deluge of foreclosures and short sales, it has become more and more difficult to determine what the market value of homes are. The market value is the…

Dec 04, 2008Feb 14, 2024 Anwell Tsai

Adjust for Financing when Pricing Properties

Trying to determine the market value of a piece of property in a stable market is pretty simple. Just find a few comparable homes in your area to find a…

Feb 15, 2008Feb 08, 2024 FSBOJane

Bigger Loans, Bigger Buyers!

Prospective homeowners rejoice: conventional loan limits have been raised. Homeowners on the coasts should be especially excited, where the median price of homes often far exceeds the traditional $417,000 limit…

Oct 18, 2007Jan 27, 2024 Joshua Dorkin

How the Housing Crisis is Affecting Lenders and the Economy as a Whole

I’m a bit short on time today, so I’ll share with you a few of the headlines that stand out to me regarding the economy and housing . . .…