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Entries from May 2008

Real Estate Investment Basics

May 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Real estate investing is hard. Anytime you place your hard earned money into something, it’s a bit of risk. Is investing in the US real estate market, profitable these days? Not yet, but as it was reported before, this is just a cycle and the market will rise again.
In the meantime, check out the following [...]

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Tags: Ins and Outs · Market

Having a Hard Time Buying Property?

May 24th, 2008 · No Comments

For those with poor credit history and those who cannot outright buy a residential property, the best selection for you would be the lease option. It’s like rent-to-own, but you’re still given the option to either rent or buy the property.
Here are the benefits:
For landlord or investors, the rental that he or she will [...]

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Hope in the Form of $2.1 Billion

May 15th, 2008 · No Comments

As we reported multiple times a few days ago, the US real estate market is down but not yet out. However, some companies see this event as an opportunity to do good things. For instance, the Los Angeles real estate firm, CB Richard Ellis just closed a $2.1 billion investment fund. The money will be [...]

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Tags: News

Someday the Market Will Rise Again

May 10th, 2008 · No Comments

The American real estate market has seen better days. As we mentioned last time, there were some big states whose real state value dropped remarkably based from the last two years.
However, like a proverbial silver lining, California Real Estate Commissioner Jeff Davi said:

“The market is cyclical, you know that,” he said. “There’s no quick [...]

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Tags: Information · Market

US Home Real Estate Falls

May 8th, 2008 · No Comments

If you’re a real estate agent or broker in the US, then I guess you know what’s happening. 14 major cities has posted double-digit lows for single-family home values, according to Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. It’s going to get worse as the home-values have been down 12% since December and a prediction that [...]

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Tags: Market · News · Report

Foreclosure Blues? Sell the House!

May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

When it’s time to go, it’s time to go. However, it’s up to you on how you’ll go out. I’m talking about leaving the house because of foreclosure: are you leaving it with enough money or not? Naturally, you’d choose the latter, but how do you do that? You sell the house before the foreclosure [...]

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