Real Estate

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Top 5 improvement projects to increase the value of your home

Making good investments throughout our lives is essential if we are going to be able to meet our financial goals. Unfortunately, most investments do not tangibly improve the quality of our lives while we are waiting for them to mature.... (Continue reading)

Do you really want to be someone’s landlord?

Going back to the infomercials of the 1980s, the “house flipping” strategy has always been floated as a way to make easy money, and depending on the real estate market, that does work for some people. The immediate flip where... (Continue reading)

Is buying always best?

Sometimes we have to accept the fact that times are changing, and not always for the better. What was once the American way, in fact the American Dream, may not be a reality anymore. It may be sad, and it... (Continue reading)

Off the grid real estate

Few of us enjoy seeing the monthly utility bills arrive, and it is not because we’re unwilling to pay a fair price for services rendered–it is because the bills seem to be higher than they should be. The high price... (Continue reading)

Wages versus median home cost

Obviously the real estate industry is in some distress, and the median resale prices of homes have been steadily dropping since the so called sub-prime crisis. Recent figures put the median resale price of a house at $175,000. If you... (Continue reading)

Second home sales hidden backbone of real estate industry

There so many lies out there that are stirred around and retold by the corporate controlled media and the puppet politicians that it can be hard to keep track of them. But once you take the red pill, it becomes... (Continue reading)

Bank of America says 600,000 mortgages modified

Bank of America Corp. said Monday it has provided mortgage relief through loan modifications for more than 600,000 homeowners since January 2008. The renegotiated loans were done through its own programs and the government’s Home Affordable Modification Program, the bank said. Bank... (Continue reading)

Quarter in US foreclosure plan late on payments

More than one-quarter of homeowners receiving help under a U.S. government foreclosure prevention plan are behind on their new mortgage payments, a Treasury Department survey has found. Some 650,000 borrowers are participating in the trial phase of the Obama administration’s Home... (Continue reading)

NJ woman who dodged foreclosure locked out of home

A New Jersey woman returned home from Thanksgiving to find her door locks changed just days after she had avoided foreclosure. Bank of America says it made a mistake. Nina Morra was locked out of her fully furnished Trenton home for three... (Continue reading)

Owners given one last chance to save home

Owners given one last chance to save home

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Peter and Gina Fochtman sat stone-faced at the courtroom table. Across from them was the man who could determine their family’s future: an attorney for the bank trying to foreclose on their home. Since they fell behind on... (Continue reading)

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