Leveraging Non Traditional Real Estate Investing In Todays Market
Bridging finance is used to secure property deals (traditionally private, or for residential or commercial development buyers) while more long term financing measures are put in place. Bridging finance has higher interest rates than the mortgage or development finance package, and is typically used to stake a claim on a property before it’s gazumped by [...] Read more »
The housing market is still in distress. However, more homeowners are opting for Short sales, where the banks discount the value of the note in order to resell the house rather than foreclose. Short sales well outnumbered foreclosures in twelve states in the month of January. It seems homeowners have found a better, easier and less damaging [...] Read more »
While speaking at the Brookings institute, the director of the FHFA, Edward DeMarco, indicated measures involving principal forgiveness as a way to avoid foreclosure might be implemented within the next couple weeks. This decision for principal forgiveness by the Federal Housing Finance Agency has mainly been prompted by pressure that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae [...] Read more »
Here are a couple of great springtime remodeling ideas for living rooms. I’ll be posting some remodeling ideas on my blog and my Pinterest boards every month, so be sure to tell me what you think! Let me know if you had any remodeling ideas for your properties or ones that you’re marketing for sellers. [...] Read more »
Jobs and the housing market are two significant factors in economic recovery. The job market has shown slight signs of improvement but real estate prices have continued to drop. This trend is troublesome because while housing effects GDP, it’s an indicator of personal wealth. When home prices escalate, wealth increases and that leads to more confidence [...] Read more »
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Many people think the only way to save money on a mortgage is by choosing the right one in the first place. Au contraire! It is what you do after the initial choosing that can make the real difference between you paying thousands of needless dollars or becoming a savvy saver who takes home far more cash [...] Read more »
The skills and benefits of negotiation and compromise seem to have been forgotten in the 21st century, and that’s a shame. These are exactly the skills that could be used to solve many of our collective present day economic problems, and this broad statement can be applied to a number of fields, the hard-hit real [...] Read more »
How many times have your worked hard on a real estate transaction only to have the deal fall apart due to financing? Given the stringent lending policies of banks, this problem isn’t going away anytime soon. Many people are hoping that the worse housing slump since the 1930’s is ending. Housing prices are rebounding and Foreclosure properties [...] Read more »
There is nothing more exciting than investing in international real estate, though it is important that you know what you are doing and can spot a good opportunity from a dud. Nothing beats first-hand experience and by getting tips from the locals your foray into the international real estate market may become the new star [...] Read more »
