Based on 25 years of experience in the house for the construction of 30,000 people, Weekly offers these 10 biggest mistakes in home buying: 1. Do not do your homework. Knowledge is power. Quantity information is available on the Internet. There is no reason to enter the market unprepared. [...]Click here to play

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Do haunted homes really exist? Could it be that spirits who have long since past have decided to continue to dwell where they felt most comfortable? If they do haunt a residence, will other strange activity occur such as odd smells or even sounds? I am going to list two haunted homes here and [...]Click here to play

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Faced with a massive glut of unsold homes, many would-be sellers are struggling to make their properties stand out in today’s downtrodden real estate market. But while the economic head winds are beyond property owners’ control, author Barb Schwarz says they can dramatically improve their chances of making a sale by devoting attention to [...]Click here to play

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Up to 26% of U.S. homeowners who stop paying their mortgage may be doing so intentionally, not because they can’t make the payments but because they don’t want to put money into a house that’s worth less than what they owe. That finding, from a paper by economists at the University of Chicago, Northwestern [...]Click here to play

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Fizber.com - real estate classified web portal that enjoys its reputation of a forward-looking online resource, has introduced new system architecture. The database server is now realized with the virtual cluster solution in order to speed up query processing and enable unlimited database expanding opportunities.Click here to play

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Conventional wisdom says that buying is preferable to renting. Instead of throwing money away on a home, you can invest in your future and have the sense of fulfillment that comes from owning a home. Turns out, conventional wisdom is wrong. Today, many long-term renters are in a much stronger financial position than many [...]Click here to play

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We don’t recommend you try to time the housing market but, if you’re in the market for a new home, it helps to pay attention to its cyclical nature. When times are hard, prices drop and the market becomes more attractive. When more people get in, prices naturally rise. While there are still deals [...]Click here to play

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  For homeowners, here are some simple guidelines that can guarantee a successful FSBO sale. 1. Invite interested buyers to visit your property again. Prepare the FSBO property for the next visit of interested buyers. Make sure every single corner of the house is clean and presentable. Set a comfortable atmosphere in your home. This [...]Click here to play

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1. Little or No Appreciation as Market Bottoms In parts of the country hardest hit by 2007 – 2008 foreclosures such as California, Michigan and Florida, prices will continue to soften. In scattered markets, the bottom will already have been reached by April but media won’t report it until late summer, after a trend has [...]Click here to play

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An entire village, complete with two blacksmiths, a shop and a cricket club, has been put up for sale for a cool £22.5 million. Nestling in the rolling countryside of the North Wessex Downs, Linkenholt is the archetypal English village. Now, for a cool £22.5 million, it could all be yours, as the entire [...]Click here to play

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There is always a belief that the FSBO process is not so safe as compared to the job done by the real estate agent. However if you will take some sensible precaution then there is no reason why you will not find the FSBO to be safe enough as compared to that done by [...]Click here to play

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Home buyers who want a good deal in real estate invariably think first about pursuing foreclosures. Buyers have this picture in their mind of a cute little house, surrounded by a white picket fence that is owned by a widowed mom who fell on hard times, but that scenario is generally far from reality. Why [...]Click here to play

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Buyers pursue short sales to get a good deal. So when you see a price listed for a home that you think is too low for the neighborhood, before you jump on that price like hot fudge on a sundae, ask your agent to call the listing agent to find out if the home is [...]Click here to play

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Foreclosures, short sales and REOs remind me of, "Lions and tigers and bears, oh, my!" The latter are dangerous animals but different from each other — just as foreclosures and short sales and real-estate-owned (REOs) are distressed sales but different from each other. However, they are also similar because without knowledge about handling foreclosures, [...]Click here to play

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Everybody wants to know how to best time the market when buying a home. It’s just natural. Especially if you’re thinking about buying in a down market where homes prices are declining. You wonder how low they will go and whether you should wait, right? Some Home Buyers Should Buy Immediately Well, here is why: [...]Click here to play

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Housing prices took a 24% nosedive during the Great Depression of 1929. In hindsight, that housing recession was not really a good time to buy real estate in the short term because the recession lasted 10 years. It was long enough that some survivors still fold up and save pieces of used aluminum foil. [...]Click here to play

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A story told by Erica Ferencik that deeply reflects the current situation and its roots. All I wanted was a good job I couldn’t lose. I didn’t realize I’d end up bringing down the global economy… It’s a terrible thing to come to terms with, but I am the reason the world is in an economic tailspin. [...]Click here to play

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According to RealtyTrac, a whopping one in 54 homes received a foreclosure notice last year. That?s 3.1 million foreclosure filings. Scared yet? An ever-increasing pool of foreclosure rescue scammers are drooling at the prospect of capitalizing off your panic. And so far, they?re doing pretty well. From forgery to title transfer, these scamsters?some of them [...]Click here to play

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  Buy and hold. The traditional advice for stock investing now applies to home buying. With a long-term horizon, you can ride out cycles where prices are depressed. Just as stock investors console themselves in knowing that today’s troubled market doesn’t really matter if they don’t sell now, homebuyers who put down roots won’t worry about [...]Click here to play

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With the global credit crunch spiraling into an economic crisis, here?s what $150k can buy you right now around the world. If you have the money of course. Argentina: Centro, Buenos Aires USD Price: $149,000 Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1 This place is fully remodeled and right in El Centro, 2 blocks from Teatro Colon. Chile: Villarrica, Region 9 USD Price: $110,000 Bedrooms: [...]Click here to play

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