Hey team!My building loan is coming up for a refinance.  I have the chance to do so at either a 5 or 10 year fixed over a 30 year amortization.  Five year for 4.75% and 10 year at 5.25%.  My current intent is to hold ...

From: http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/23/news/economy/homesales/index.htm

Home sales slump deepens
Sales of existing homes slow more than expected in July as supply of homes on the market continues to climb and prices ...

This is a must watch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?feature=player_embedded&v=5u03KAcEbEo#%21

Hey everyone! My name is Tod Holland and I'm the Chief Economist at HOM Sotheby's International Realty. As a broker, I have agents in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, and San Bernardino counties. I'm mainly ...

Some would say this is great news for investors. I would think lenders are using this index to determine if they should let properties go at a deep discount or not?

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/31/2243263/home-...

I'm starting to model some much more sophisticated scenarios of buying investment properties, but before I even got too far into it, I began modeling the impact of inflation on your paycheck and personal expenses.For ...

Every year around Thanksgiving, the Real Estate Gods announce the new conforming loan limits for the year to follow. Whoop whoop!
Source: https://www.fhfa.gov/Media/Pub...
The following chart assumes that DTI, FICO ...

Corelogic hosted their excellent annual symposium yesterday in New York. The team behind the CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index shared their views on what the future looks like for:1. The housing market.2. The ...

According to the National Association of Realtors, 42% of "mom and pop and small rental properties" have a cap rate below 5%.  Do you agree or disagree based on your own investments BP community?  I would think it wou...

Does anyone for see another housing crisis like what we had back in 2007. I heard economist Harry Dent speak on this about 3 years ago in Atlanta. He predicted a housing market crash sometime between 2016-2019. Let me...