Prevailing wisdom holds we are in a seller’s market. In California we have the sneaking suspicion there is another potent factor at work.
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Press Release: Buyer purchasing power up
The buyer purchasing power index (BPI) increased to 6.36 in April 2013. This score is up from 5.05 in March. However, BPI is down from the high scores experienced throughout 2012. The April 2013 BPI represents a 6.36% year-over-year increase in mortgage funds...
Press Release: Buyer purchasing power going flat
The BPI remained stable at 5.05 in March 2013.
Relaxing SBA loan standards — commercial real estate buyers beware
The Small Business Administration (SBA) has proposed significant changes to its loan program. Will the changes facilitate more borrowing and should business owners in the market for real estate look to the SBA?
Mixed-use zoning — fights crime, poverty
The benefits of mixed-use neighborhoods abound! Now we know they also lead to less crime.
Not enough rental housing? Not likely.
The number of rental units and the number of future renters don’t quite match up in the U.S., according to the Bipartisan Policy Center. As the Baby Boomers retire and Generation Y (Gen Y) begins forming households in the coming years, the demand for rentals will...
Buying investment real estate with an IRA
Get the basics for purchasing real estate with funding from a self-directed IRA, yours or your client’s.
Rise of the wealthy renter: former homeowners flock to apartment units
Pinning the increasing wealth of renters to a change in consumer preferences is the wishful thinking of landlords and property managers. The fact of the matter is the mass defaults of the financial crisis forced owners out of their homes and into rentals. And now, the return to mortgage lending fundamentals is keeping them there, for the time being.
Homeownership: not the fail-safe investment it was between 1980 and 2005
Economist Robert Shiller has declared that purchasing a home as an investment is no longer a sensible choice. Is he right?
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