Real Estate Articles

Have you wondered how much longer this real estate downturn can last? Or how much further real estate prices can decline due to the credit crisis? I have; but I could not find any hard data to support Wall Street speculation so I did my own research and what I found is we still may have a ways to go.

There are many things you may promise a seller. Of course you want everything to work out perfectly when it comes to a sale you are involved with. I’d like to give you an example you should be wary of and give you a possible solution.

We have all become a little complacent about the six percent mortgage interest rate; it has been there for quite a while now. No need to jump on it - yet - let's see what the realty market is doing...

Self-directed IRA: Did you know that if you have an IRA, you may be able to buy real estate with it? Chances are you did not, although it is becoming more known now because there are several companies out there promoting this strongly.

What is all this fuss about being green? If your social conscience is pricking and you want to feel virtuously green, have you thought of utilizing bamboo? You can build a shed with it, eat it, sleep in it, walk on it, wear it, or grow it as a tree or bush to make more oxygen for the planet! Now that is being green! Bamboo is so fast growing it could be the most 'sustainable' and natural commodity on the planet! On the question of it being replaceable, well some bamboos can grow as much as one meter in one day which is 1.

Say you have a lease-purchase option on a property and a tenant-buyer in it. The tenant-buyer is wanting to purchase this in about three months; and now all of sudden you are having difficulties finding a closing attorney who will close this loan for you without the initial security being in your name.

Before you can even begin to answer this question you have to really ask what the property itself is worth. If you are sure (dead sure) about the value of the inventory, and you are also sure of the value of the property, then you do have a couple of options.

If you are worried about selling your house when you have no equity, you are not alone. There are thousands of home owners just like you all over the country. Some of them are looking to get out of their home because of a divorce, or job transfer.

For those home owners already in the bed and breakfast business, this is a busy time of the year. Hanging out the signs again, putting the 'Vacancy' sign in the window and generally sprucing up the front of the house.

If you’re looking for a property for sale in Portugal, then Porto could just be the place for you if you love city life combined with being near the coast. Porto is situated in the north of Portugal and is ranked third in the Portuguese most comfortable cities of living conditions, published annually by Expresso.