The article is based on # of sales, not price increase or decrease.

At the same time if you as the customer are rigid in your payment abilities, it may decrease the amount of contractors that you'll be able to have do your work.

It will make the loans more valuable if you ever decide to sell them and decreases the chances of default. 

The average days on market (DOM) in the NY Metro area has decreased over the last year.

Would like to hire more daily workers to decrease time.

We keep making those lists for the biggest rent decreases, highest vacancy, etc.

Real Estate is THE BEST way to decrease/eliminate your tax burden.

This reflects continued demand despite economic headwinds*Pending sales increased 3.1% in the metro and decreased 2.2% in Austin proper.

While rates may not decrease, the significant double-digit increases should level off.

You can get a HELOC if there is equity in the property most likely, which there should be since you own it in cash, but you will just be decreasing your pay out and then may end up short in repair money, depending on how much it is worth.