The November 2023 market report from the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR) shows that home prices in the City of Austin remained stable over the past 12 months, rising 1% from a year ago to $518,000. The greater metro ...

Basel III requires bank lenders to hold greater reserves. What does this mean to you as investor? Price increases. The cost to carry cash for banks to appear solvent will be passed on to you as a consumer. The interes...

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According to the National Association of Home Builders Housing Market Index for March, builder confidence in market conditions reached its highest level in 12 years and was six points higher than February’s index read...

OK, so I know people talk about this all the time and everyone has their own opinions, but two separate individuals that I highly respect in the real estate field told me that mortgage rates are going up by the end of...

The TED Spread measures credit risk to the general economy. TED is an acronym that stands for T-Bills and Euro-Dollar. The TED Spread is calculated by a simple formula:TED Spread = 3-month Libor Rate - 3-month T-Bill ...

We will be looking to secure a traditional mortgage on investment property in a few minutes.  Just wondering if it makes a difference on where we are keeping our available funds.  We have a business checking account i...

I think it's surprising nobody finds this worrisome:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/13/AR2009031300703.html?hpid=topnews

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I am a mortgage loan officer and I have a lot of my clients and people on BiggerPockets reaching out to me about mortgage rates and where I see things headed so I wanted to try and provide this post to give ...

how are people able to buy so many houses so quickly? My boyfriend is buying a house (duplex) and I am also buying a duplex( we will be living in mine). Are are you able to save for federal tax on rental income, money...