Smart bets for landlords: College towns
April 19th, 2012 — News
From Athens, Ohio to College Station, Texas, real estate investors are seeking out homes in college towns that offer a steady stream of renters and stable, prosperous economies.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/9Cy55GL4CCU" height="1" width="1"/
Living near good schools costs $200K more
April 19th, 2012 — News
Home values are $205,000 higher, on average, in neighborhoods with high-scoring public schools versus schools with low scores, according to a new report issued by the Brookings Institution.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/MpXqgpeyZa8" height="1" width="1"/
New rules will speed up short sales
April 19th, 2012 — News
The Federal Housing Finance Agency laid out new rules aimed at speeding up the short sale process, a move that could keep many homes from falling into foreclosure.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/Xifyv5WH7KU" height="1" width="1"/
New-home construction takes a pause
April 17th, 2012 — News
After a strong start to the year, home builders have pared back, according to a report from the Census Bureau.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/2NVlpolqxJM" height="1" width="1"/
Flood of foreclosures coming
April 13th, 2012 — News
The golden age for foreclosure squatters may soon be coming to an end now that the $26 billion mortgage settlement has been approved.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/djNJMS57KAo" height="1" width="1"/
Watchdog blasts housing program for ‘hardest hit’
April 12th, 2012 — News
A federal-state program aimed at helping homeowners in states hardest hit by the mortgage crisis is falling far short of its goals, a federal watchdog said in a report released Thursday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/MmWY2x7HGdU" height="1" width="1"/
Underwater owners get promise of help
April 11th, 2012 — News
If falling prices have left you with a mortgage bigger than your home's value, you may soon be able to refinance at a lower rate.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/T9DA996jSQg" height="1" width="1"/
Still resisting principal reductions
April 11th, 2012 — News
Allowing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to offer principal reductions may save taxpayers money thanks to enhanced government incentives, a preliminary analysis released Tuesday shows.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/bdZkCj8JRnw" height="1" width="1"/
Mortgage servicers targeted by new rules
April 10th, 2012 — News
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will announce Tuesday that it's considering new rules aimed at mortgage servicers to help protect consumers against "costly surprises."img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/It-xBcxJXP0" height="1" width="1"/
Shiller: Past high stock returns an ‘anomaly’
April 10th, 2012 — News
The bursting bubbles of the 1990s and 2000s caught most of the experts by surprise. Not Robert Shiller.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/LJewty5_QB4" height="1" width="1"/