Going negative for growth
The Federal Reserve pays lenders interest on excess reserves. Would going negative jump start the recovery?
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Nov 11, 2012 | Feature Articles, Finance, Interest Rates, Market Watch, Real Estate | 4
The Federal Reserve pays lenders interest on excess reserves. Would going negative jump start the recovery?
Read Moreby Jeffery Marino | Jun 28, 2012 | Economics, Market Watch, Real Estate | 6
That’s right, you heard it from the lips of the great home pricing guru himself, Robert Shiller....
Read Moreby Jeffery Marino | May 6, 2012 | Real Estate, Tax | 7
Do you think mortgage interest deductions increase the volume of homes sales to families in...
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Feb 6, 2012 | Feature Articles, Finance, Market Watch, Real Estate | 0
This article disputes the claim that Wall Street is a vital component of a thriving economy and argues the current mortgage lending environment actually stifles the upward mobility of the middle class.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Jan 23, 2012 | Investment, Real Estate | 0
Do you have access to high-tier listings in your area? Yes (55%, 21 Votes) No (45%, 17 Votes) Total Voters: 38 High-end real estate offices are demonstrating resilience to this Lesser Depression, as evidenced by the new firms...
Read Moreby Bradley Markano | Jan 4, 2012 | Economics, Feature Articles, Real Estate | 0
This article discusses popular misconceptions about the causes of the 2008 economic crisis, and how ungrounded efficiency-theory economists and very senior policy makers failed to recognize the clear warning signs emanating from Wall Street’s mortgage banking industry.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Jan 3, 2012 | Economics, Real Estate | 3
California is about to discover it has an oversupply of classic subdivision housing, according to...
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Nov 28, 2011 | Economics, Real Estate | 2
A cautiously optimistic light was thrown on the economic recovery of the Riverside-San Bernardino...
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Nov 28, 2011 | Economics, Reader Polls, Real Estate | 3
Readers weigh in on topics affecting the California real estate industry.
Read Moreby Jeffery Marino | Nov 9, 2011 | Charts, Feature Articles, Market Watch, Real Estate | 1
This article identifies the growing contingent of foreign investors interested in purchasing California real estate and explains the basic investment strategy involved.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Nov 7, 2011 | Feature Articles, Fundamentals, Real Estate, Your Practice | 3
This article explains why the public negatively ranked the honesty and ethical standards of real estate licensees and what licensees must do to improve their image.
Read Moreby Jeffery Marino | Oct 19, 2011 | Real Estate, Tax | 10
The Franchise Tax Board (FTB) and the California State Board of Equalization (SBOE) are keeping a naughty list, and trust us — you do not want to be on it. Its purpose is nasty, and made even worse in the bad economic times of...
Read Moreby Giang Hoang-Burdette | Oct 4, 2011 | Feature Articles, Interest Rates, Investment, Real Estate | 6
This article provides tips for building your brokerage practice and creating personal wealth during real estate’s enduring bumpy plateau recovery.
Read Moreby Bradley Markano | Oct 3, 2011 | Real Estate | 7
The events that brought about the Great Recession, and the circumstances that have combined to transform that recession into an ongoing jobless Lesser Depression, are the result of widespread but erroneous beliefs about economic...
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Sep 30, 2011 | Feature Articles, Real Estate | 1
Part II of this article series examines the pedigree of a true “short sale specialist” and highlights the many tedious aspects of qualifying a negative-equity homeowner for a short payoff with his mortgage lender.
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Sep 30, 2011 | Real Estate | 0
Lenders have responded to the housing crisis by becoming particularly reluctant to lend to non-W-2, non-“cookie-cutter” borrowers, giving self-employed individuals a particularly troublesome lending experience. Those who report...
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Sep 23, 2011 | Charts, Market Watch, Real Estate | 1
While coastal regions continue to climb out of the jobless Lesser Depression, inland areas are wallowing in the doldrums, an unusually “bifurcated” California economy according to the third quarter 2011 UCLA Anderson Forecast....
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