It seems like everyone from bloggers to your next-door neighbor doles out financial advice these days. It can be difficult …
Homes
Housing Market Better Than It Looks
Home prices rose 0.1% on a seasonally adjusted basis in March, according to new numbers from the S&P/Case-Shiller index. But four cities showed worse results in March than they had in February, with Atlanta notably down 0.4% over …
Foreclosures Are at a 4-Year Low, But That’s Not Necessarily Good News
Foreclosure filings fell in March to their lowest level in four years, according to real estate data provider Realty Trac. For the first time since July 2007, the nationwide number of filings fell under 200,000 — a 4% drop from …
Rental Vacancies Drop as Young People (Finally) Move Out
If you’re thinking that you can’t get ahead, you’re right. Rents, according to a Reuters story quoting Reis Inc., a firm that tracks real estate data, just posted their biggest jump in four years.
Housing Recovery at Last? Evidence Mounts
While experts continue to warn that housing has not yet hit bottom, a slew of indicators suggest otherwise. The latest is a stellar quarterly earnings report from Home Depot, which is benefitting from hopeful owners sprucing up …
No Bottoming Out for Real Estate Market as Home Values Keep Falling
If you’re watching the real estate markets, the good news is that the Federal Reserve has pledged to keep interest rates low through 2014. The bad news is that the market is going to need it. The November Case-Shiller housing …
Real Estate Crash Hit Lower-Priced Homes The Hardest
When the housing bubble popped — in 2006, 2007, or 2008, depending on where you were — chances are that the value of your home took a nose dive. But who got hit worse, the top of the market or the bottom?
Home Affordability Near Highest Level in 20 Years
It’s easy to drown in real estate statistics, but looking at “affordability” — the homes that someone on a median income could buy — is a fascinating gauge of housing markets. (Plus, it’s a statistic that can be fine-tuned to …
A ‘Triple Dip’ for Home Prices? Yes, but Not in the Hamptons
Anyone looking for evidence that there are two Americas should check out the latest round of real estate statistics.
On the one hand, the financial-analytics company FiServ warns that home prices are expected to fall 3.6% by …
Would You Live Here? Real Life Haunted Homes For Sale
Haunted houses have been scaring us since Edgar Allen Poe wrote “The Fall of the House of Usher” in 1839. Almost every city has a big old house that children — and some grownups — think is haunted. Many kids earned their …
3 Ways to Know You’re Getting a Great Deal on a Home
From Kim Kardashian’s wails that she lost a $75,000 earring in the ocean, to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Dana Wilkey’s boasts that she dropped $25K on sunglasses, reality TV starlets seem to get a rush out of broadcasting …
Radon Awareness Week: Protecting Your Home From A Silent Killer
In case you didn’t know, it’s Radon Awareness Week — which is no World Environment Day, true, but it’s gaining ground.
In honor of this momentous quasi-occasion, here’s a primer on the dangers of exposure to radon and how to protect yourself and your family.
