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.
Make money on investment property in a boom or bust market. Get the secrets the fat cats don't want you to know.
Housing deflation is falling at the fastest rate in U.S. history with home prices dropping more than since the Great Depression.
Trading homes for vacation and other purposes is growing.
After this Fixer King retires he reveals his secrets for success.
With hundreds of thousands of homeowners being forced to sell, home inspections may be more crucial than ever.
Most housing markets are working through downturns and won't start to rebound until early 2009.
In these uncertain economic times conventional wisdom could be wrong when it comes to purchasing or renting a home.
Investors are bailing out and developers are getting desperate. For someone who has the cash this might be the right time to buy a pre-construction condo.
Some housing markets are beginning to see the light.
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.
The weak dollar may give foreign buyers the edge in the U.S. For some it's like buying at a half "price sale".
Insurance companies are reporting record high profits while home owners are left to navigate the rough seas. Find out what the Insurance companies don't want you to know!
The sector of the financial market blamed for the credit crisis is laying odds the bottom is near. Hedge funds are buying up mortgages again.
Law originally passed to protect buyers from investing in worthless swamp land is now rescuing buyers in other states.
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.
With the Mortgage business in chaos will Congress step in to help home owners? Get the inside scoop!
The majority of local real estate markets have all time high foreclosure rates, which makes them ripe for investing. Whether you're a seasoned investor or just getting started investing in real estate you don't want to miss this.
You may not have heard of it. But the Wealth Effect has a big effect on all of us. Find out how it's having an effect on you and what it's doing to the U.S. economy.
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.
The mortgage flu has hit the nation with an epidemic of housing foreclosures weakening real estate markets throughout the U.S. Was the greed of the lending industry the cause of this virus?
Twenty-two years after suffering through the agony of foreclosure during the height of the U.S. Savings and Loan Fraud Scandal, Leigh Neely describes how America's last great mortgage scandal devastated her family.
A growing number of homeowners that find themselves financially upside down in their house are choosing to walk away in foreclosure.
Even as the financial storm rages on caused by the fallout of the credit crisis our survey shows an over-whelming majority of U.S. home owners trust real estate agents.
Property auctions are the new boom as record high foreclosures rise. More markets are holding auctions and the auction business is exploding.
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