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Real Estate Recovery
Marcel arsenault is a student of economic cycles, parsing sine waves and prone to discussing land values in Europe after the black plague. So when he and Peter...
Real Estate Revival
There's a good reason your real estate agent is smiling again. The housing market, which has had a fitful recovery from its 2007 collapse, is showing signs of...
Most Expensive Apartment in Asia Sold for $58 Million
The cost of real estate in Asia -- at least in the continent's financial centers -- is rapidly catching up to levels only before seen in New York and London.
Home, Cheap Home
Last February, Warren Buffett casually mentioned on CNBC that "single-family homes are cheap" in the U.S. and that if he could realistically buy and manage a...
Real Estate Financial Fitness Q&A
Wondering what’s the latest in real estate? Every year, the Financial Planning Association of New York sponsors a “Financial Fitness Day” at New York University,...
Why Are Real-Estate Listing Sites Hotter Than Listings
Last week’s IPO of Trulia, an Internet real-estate listings site, was a smashing success for investors, as the stock traded up 41% to close at $24 per share,...
Home Prices Continue to Rise — But Will the Market Rebound Continue?
Spring is traditionally a strong season for home sales, and despite continued uncertainty in the economy, this spring was no exception, with housing prices up...
Why This May Be the Ideal Time to Buy Real Estate
Well, it’s only taken half a decade, but the moribund real estate market is finally starting to show signs of life. If you were thinking about making a move on a...
Full Real Estate Recovery Not Coming Until 2015
First, the good news: The real estate market has clawed its way back from the brink and is about a third of the way to a normal, pre-bubble market. The bad news:...
Romance & Real Estate: How Your Housing Situation Affects Your Love Life
Where you live affects who you date—and who will absolutely refuse to date you. In honor of Valentine’s Day, the real estate website Trulia commissioned Harris...
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 Real Estate Market that Defies the Trends
The real estate market continues to flatline throughout most of the country. But in Washington, D.C., housing prices are up a smidgen (0.3%) from the previous...
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...
Holiday Discounts on Real Estate: Homes with Million Dollar Discounts
Holiday season sales aren’t solely the province of electronics, sweaters and $2 toasters. Some of the biggest discounts out there are on a surprising sector of...
Real Estate Market Mystery: Another Record Low For Mortgage Rates, But Nobody’s Buying
Fact: 30-year-fixed mortgage rates dropped below 4 percent for the first time on record, according to Freddie Mac, which has tracked rates since 1971. Yet, the...
Lofts: The One Bright Spot in the Real Estate Market
Oh, a loft … who doesn’t want to live in a large empty space that can be customized to fit your needs? Loft properties can be especially appealing to empty...
For Love or Real Estate: The Cost of Getting Divorced in China
In China, nothing quite kills the romance like the threat of losing real estate. Last month, the country's Supreme Court rolled out a new interpretation of...
The Las Vegas Real Estate Agent Who Sold 931 Homes Last Year
How many homes do you think a real estate agent sells in a year? Ten? Maybe a couple dozen in a really good year? Well, it turns out the median agent does seven...
