Back in May, I posted an article on Minyanville asserting that all-cash buyers have kept several major housing markets from collapsing. (See All-Cash Buyers Preventing Collapse of Housing Markets.) With new evidence in to support this claim, now is a…
Student loans will keep a lid on how high housing prices will recover once the economy does settle down.
It is amazing to think that currently $1 trillion in student loans still need to be paid and the amount of student debt is only growing. Th…
Cash strapped home buyers have quietly shifted to financing their home purchases with FHA insured loans since the crisis accelerated in 2007 after pocket lint was discount as sufficient collateral to secure a mortgage. The reason for the alteration…
For many middle-class Americans, it is the most coveted brand in real estate, synonymous with sky-piercing luxury and can’t-miss quality: Donald J. Trump.
Far from the New York City towers that bear his name, in cities like Tampa, Fla., a…
A clear and direct relationship has existed between employment and house prices in the US over the past 9 years. In order for housing prices…