Housing Research
The Housing Research Center is a consumer resource loaded with expert information on buying, selling and investing in real estate with insight on the many facets of being a home owner.
Find the latest news on the evolving mortgage crisis, and information on navigating through the troubled waters of the home owners insurance market. In addition, a fixer upper king of nearly 20 years reveals his secrets and insights to help you avoid making big mistakes.
The good new is it's a buyer's market in most areas throughout the country and interest rates still remain relatively low. Arm yourself with knowledge to take advantage of the current marketplace.
It's a whole new ball game when it comes to selling real estate in today's highly competitive marketplace. Get tips to help you sell.
There is hope out there for troubled homeowners in risk of foreclosure. A private Cincinnati, Ohio company has a program called, "Cash for Clunker Mortgages" and it offers a way for homeowners to stay in their homes without being foreclosed.
As the first research firm to forecast the foreclosure epidemic we've increased the prediction.
As a result of the housing bust and the financial crisis forty-eight of all 50 U.S. states are in economic turmoil.
In an effort to fix part of the system that triggered the real estate crash a coalition of real estate industry related organizations is banding together to reform appraisal practices.
The number of "short sales" is unlikely to have any real impact on the housing market.
Congress raked in $354-million at the height of the boom, repealing the law that triggered the crash sending home prices lower.
A new forecast shows how markets will recover from the unprecedented fall. Housing Predictor forecasted the crisis nearly 3 years ago and now forecasts the recovery's path.
As the fallout from the worst housing crash since at least the Great Depression pulls prices down, the year ahead will bring discounted values in real estate for average Mom and Pop home buyers and investors.
Finding your value system in real estate is a 4-step process to start.
A little planning goes a long way when moving from point A to point B. Moving tips to help you from breaking the bank.
With a growing number of foreclosures, housing markets across the nation are experiencing the biggest buyers market in decades.
There's no denying the 1960's were a great era, but is America falling back to 60s home prices? Kevin Chiu examines the likelihood.
The calculus between walking away from hefty deposits – or closing on a rapidly depreciating property in the midst of a global credit crunch at 2005 or 2006 prices – has proven clear. Walking away typically makes the most financial sense.
The Obama administration’s $787-billion bail out program and will save homeowners thousands of dollars.
Due to the credit crisis mortgage lending guidelines are tighter than ever before, which makes protecting your credit score more important than ever before.
Evicted from their homes by foreclosure and job losses the homeless are flocking to tent cities creating America's new real estate boom.
While the insurance industry is raking in record high profits. In many states affordable home owners insurance is getting harder and harder to find, if not impossible.
Just a few years ago it seemed anyone could qualify for a mortgage, but times have changed as lenders have gotten back to basics.
The current financial crisis is taking on its own powerful personality that may not send the national economy into a depression, but instead produce another real estate boom.
As the number of foreclosures rise in the deteriorating economy homeowners are walking away from their homes at historic rates.
As the nation's housing crisis worsens more homeowners are choosing to freely walk-away from their homes as values sink deeper and the social stigma associated with defaulting on a mortgage is disappearing.
As a result of the credit crisis a boom in the majority of the nation's housing markets won't develop until at least sometime after 2020.
Trading homes for vacation and other purposes is growing.
Propelled by the foreclosure epidemic, home ownership has fallen to a new low.
In the on going national real estate slowdown the luxury housing market is taking a hit of it's own.
New Urbanist communities are about to celebrate their 30th anniversary.
But changes in the marketplace pose challenges for their survival.
With hundreds of thousands of homeowners being forced to sell, home inspections may be more crucial than ever.
One of the most misunderstood aspects of real estate is Homestead protection and it could save your home from creditors. Find out the difference between "Homestead Exemption" and "Homestead Declaration" and which one will save your home.
Just a short while ago high end home improvements made big bucks. But in today's buyers market investing too much could mean losing your shirt.
The MacGregors are not unlike a lot of other Americans wanting to have a piece of the American dream. They tell their story about acquiring their dream of home ownership only to have it turn into a hellish nightmare.
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