Category Archives: What You Need To Know About Buying and Selling Real Estate

RadarLogic: Ordinary Buyers Absent

While cash-buying investors have been active, ordinary homebuyers have been sitting on the sidelines so far in 2011.
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Consequences of strategic default not as bad as you think

Lenders want to keep the millions who would benefit from strategic default in a state of fear and confusion to compel the borrowers to keep paying. They would prefer to publicly endorse borrowers most macabre fantasies of strategic default while quietly soliciting new customers behind the scenes. Prior to the blog era, they might have been successful. Continue reading

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Sell now or be priced in forever

It’s unfortunate that what could have been an honest examination of the pros and cons of selling now instead turned into a smoke screen of nonsense. There are legitimate reasons to sell in a declining market. Selling to rent instead being first and foremost among them. Continue reading

Posted in Fresh Perspectives, Home Economics, What You Need To Know About Buying and Selling Real Estate | Tagged Buying vs. Renting, Home Prices, Housing Bubble, Renting | Leave a comment

Apropos of Everything: Take 30 Minutes to Understand What is Actually Happening in our Economy

This brilliant report clearly explains the complex forces at play in our current economy. Topics covered include The Fed, inflation, The Great Depression, The Dollar, deflation, geopolitics, budget deficits, consumer spending, and more.

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Posted in Banking and Finance, Economic News, Financial News, Home Economics, Investing, What You Need To Know About Buying and Selling Real Estate | Tagged Budget Deficits, Consumer Spending, Deflation, geopolitics, Inflation, The Dollar, The Fed, The Great Depression | Leave a comment

October 2010 Housing Statistics – Sacramento County

Fall market showing characteristic slowing, median price remains flat                                                         On par with … Continue reading

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