Finance & Mortgage
'Federal Reserve Update: IMF Cautions Fed before They Raise Interest Rate, Narayana Kocherlakota Says “Fed to Have Less Room to Raise Rates in Future”
'Realty Check: 79% of Europeans Find it Difficult to Buy a First Home
'Condo Developers Targeting Wealthy Parents: Offers Real Estate Property as College Gift
EDITOR'S PICKS
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Residents of a Chicago Mobile Home Park To Lose Water Access Days Before Thanksgiving
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Dozens Left Homeless After Apartment Fire Sparks In Durham
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Homebuying 101: 5 Red Flags To Watch Out For
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US Home Prices on the Rise: Here's Where Houses Are the Priciest
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Real Estate: 3 Things To Know Before You Start Investing
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One of the toughest steps in the home buying process is facing the dotted line and signing the mortgage. It is a huge commitment that is accompanied by a pile of paperwork to sort through. While reading every page of the document could help, you may still find yourself confused with some information. -
'Do You Really Need A Mortgage Preapproval?
Getting your hands on the mortgage preapproval letter is the fastest way to land your dream house once you find it. It will take preparation and patience, but it will make you attractive to sellers as well as help speed-up the buying process -a nice perk when you're competing with other buyers in a hot market. -
'Los Angeles Housing Is Going Up—Literally
New multifamily and mixed-use housing projects from downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica are literally going up, National Real Estate Investor said. Los Angeles housing market remains hot with the continuous high demand for housing and historically high rents and prices of condos and lofts. However, there is already a scarcity of land in popular urban areas in downtown L.A. which leads to a boom in vertical residential development. Fortunately, both domestic and foreign developers are up in this vertical trend. -
'Joe Blanton's Net Worth: Pittsburgh Pirates Player Buys a Vineyard Estate in Northern California
Joe Blanton dropped $2.8 million for a vineyard estate in Calistoga. -
'Abu Dhabi Residents Complain of Excessive Utilities Charges
The change of service providers brought with it the dreaded 'infrastructure service charge.' -
'Dubai Second Best for Residential Investment
US tops ranking, followed by UAE's Dubai then Singapore in the World Residential Investability Rankings from property advisory firm Savills. -
'Don't Fall for These Real Estate Scams
A number of sellers and buyers as well as renters are truthful; however, there are former real estate professionals, landlords, real estate agents, title agency workers, and even bankers, who are not honest according to a recent USNews Money article. -
'Celebrity Real Estate: Adolf Hitler at Home; How Interior Design and Media Fluff Helped Sell a Dictatorship
Adolf Hitler was a country gentleman who lived in a mountain retreat in Obersalzberg, Bavaria, near the Austrian border. A 1939 article noted the “atmosphere of quiet cheerfulness’’ exuded by his estate, released right before the beginning of WWII. -
'Celebrity Real Estate Rumor-mongering: Did Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Pay $22.3M for a West Village Townhouse?
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may have just bought a townhouse in the West Village. The three-story brick townhouse located at 157 West 12th Street was anonymously bought under an LLC, The Observer said. -
'Real Estate Price Chopper: Lavish, Tacky Palazzo di Amore Asking Price Down to $149M
The lavish Palazzo di Amore in Beverly Crest, which has been listed on the market last fall for $195 million, has dropped by $46 million, leaving it at a still outrageous $149 million. -
'Things To Pay Attention To So That You Wont Fall For Real Estate Scams
Sometimes the real estate scams are subtle. Before you know it, you have already fallen into a fraudulent real estate scheme or transaction. -
'‘Dubai Land Department’ Will Introduce New System In Ranking ‘Real Estate Brokers’
Dubai Land Department will introduce a new system in ranking its real estate brokers. The property brokers will mainly being ranked based on its performance.
