All market pricing is a function of supply and demand. One of the reasons many house price bubbles get started is due to a temporary shortage of housing units. This is a particular problem in California because the entitlement process is slow and cumbersome. Supply shortages can become acute, and prices can rise very quickly. [...]

The real estate finance industry has been subjected to a lot of beliefs over the years, many of them grounded in fact, with some being nothing more than conjecture. The theories that are more logical tend to be based on certain real factors that influence the real estate market and risk pricing. There are however, [...]

The rate of home foreclosures is rising at an alarming rate; many people are struggling with unemployment, gas prices and the cost of food. Many people have purchased more house than they can afford and they just don’t know what to do. Some consider filing bankruptcy to get a chance to start over. For owners [...]

It is not what you know but who you know. That is no truer than in the real estate business. Before you can land a sale, you'll have to meet the prospective client. This is what networking is all about. Marketing yourself is the key component to driving up business and [...]

Do you remember the movie, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World? This past week Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Collins, Snowe, Schumer, and Specter starred in the 2009 version.

You can start your own property business from your home with a little bit of capital. From this humble start you can go on to make some serious money as well as build your reputation as a master property dealer. You can quickly become quite successful and wealthy if you go about doing things the [...]

There is an infinite balance in the universe that equilibrates the ups and downs of life evenly and equally at all times. Like gravity or magnetism the balance is invisible to the eye and has to be examined and studied, to be brought out of obscurity into understanding. Sir Isaac Newton observed, for every action [...]

Nowadays, the property you live in and pay for is much more than a shelter or a roof over your heads. Today real estate is turning into a fully fledged private bank for many homeowners. Many homeowners are using the equity they have built into their home to get liquid cash in their pocket for [...]

The area of Atlanta, Georgia has luxurious homes up for sale in gated communities which can be worth hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. One of the most commonly suggested places for a search is Waleska, a suburb of Atlanta. Waleska new homes may allow you to take advantage of recreation, sightseeing, and other [...]