Foreclosures up, home sales down
Despite the high number of foreclosed properties flooding the housing market right now, both banks and builders in some cases are finding it impossible to sell houses. Reuters reports: “U.S. lenders and builders are turning to professional auctioneers to help them unload the unwanted real estate [...]
Designer Home tenders help you sell
If you are moving but have not yet sold your house, Designer Home Tending could help you sell your home more quickly and for a higher price.
Designer Home Tending provides a home tender who will provide several services, including home improvement and interior design work. [...]
Clean, Bright, and Modern
Housing markets are tough for sellers right now. One of the best things you can do to attract a buyer is make sure your bathrooms are clean, bright, and modern. Start by cleaning, but remember that cleaning to attract a buyer may not be as [...]
The house is on the market
The market is a tough place for any house today. Professional staging can give a house big advantages when it comes to attracting buyers. But unfortunately, many homeowners can’t afford the services of a professional real estate staging artist, especially right now.
The kitchen is often [...]
General Growth generally isn’t
Another giant has fallen in the recession forest. All the king’s cash advance and all the king’s quick payday loans couldn’t put them back together again. Stick in your thumb and pull out some debt relief.
Daniel Taub and Brian Louis report for Bloomberg that Real Estate investment [...]
Closing shop after more than a century
One of Philadelphia’s premier law firms, 106-year-old Wolf Block, has decided to call it quits.
Real estate makes up the firm’s core practice, and the effects of the housing crisis on the firm convinced them to let the firm dissolve.
More financial trouble
Wolf Block also says [...]
Getting the best price in a bad market
One of the tests for when it’s OK to get short-term loans is whether they can actually help you make money.
Now is a terrible time to have to sell your home, as values for housing have sunk so low. But life happens, and [...]
While many in the nation take out payday loans in effort to repair credit following the mortgage crisis, lower prices in the West are pushing home sales up.
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Existing-home sales have increased nearly 18 percent over November 2007 in the western U.S., a region that includes [...]