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U.S. Real Estate Continues to Attract Investor Attention
Actual losses in the US real estate market are much higher than what you have been reading in the newspapers recently. The US real estate market has lost a total of $6 trillion in value in the last two years. - Daniel R. Amerman, CFA, InflationIntoWealth.com
That means that over the last two years, the US [...]
Percentage of listings that are Short Sales or REO in the East Bay
We have been informing you on the current housing market in the San Francisco Bay Area; again it shows that it is a great time for investors to buy their rental properties, or anybody who wants to get into house. In this last week we have done several transactions where some of the homes were [...]
3Sep2008 | Paul | 0 comments | ContinuedBeware of Books With Little Substance
The downturn in the United States real estate market has created an abundance of real estate investment opportunities. The current cycle in the U.S. housing market is providing an investment vehicle that will allow many people to substanially increase their net worth. Many home buyers will be able to get as much as 50% more [...]
3Sep2008 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedU.S. Housing Market Price Update
The second-quarter national House Price Index from OFHEO, the Federal Office of Housing Enterprise Oversight, came out today, showing that overall, home prices fell 1.7 percent nationally since the second quarter of 2007, as gauged by a survey of both purchase transactions and refinancing transactions.
Here is the color-coded results of home-price appreciation and depreciation:
Here is [...]
28Aug2008 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedGolf Homes in Arizona
The current market has provided exceptional buying opportunities for International Buyers due to the favorable currency exchange rate, and the bargain basement prices of new construction golf homes offered by builders as they race to trim their excess inventory.
Across the “Valley of the Sun” Buyers can find prime, energy efficient homes in golf course communities [...]
Leveraging the U.S. Dollar
Here is a great article on how foreign nationals can leverage a strengthening U.S. dollar and increase the value return on the purchase of U.S. real estate - How Foreign National Real Estate Investors Can Leverage The U.S. Dollar For Better Returns.
Leverage plays off the idea that the home appreciates — not the downpayment. It’s [...]
Albuquerque Luxury Homes
Albuquerque Luxury Communities
Forbes highlights the most expensive home in the US with a starting price of $75 million. While Albuquerque’s luxury market doesn’t come close to those prices, we do have numerous luxury communities and I’m going to highlight a few of them today.
Tanoan is a gated, upscale community with a championship [...]
Investors Buying California Homes
July Home Sales - California
Home sales in most California counties showed similar statisics in July = the median home price was down, the number of homes sold increased.These are the exact results you would expect with investors buying up bank owned properties.
In the San Francisco Bay Area of California, the median price of a home [...]
Investing in U.S. Real Estate NOW
Up Market - Down Market - Opportunity Thrives in any Real Estate Market
Real estate is a local business. National and regional trends mean little compared to what is happening locally in real estate.
The housing industry in the United States continues to provide great opportunities for foreign nationals wanting to buy a home in the U.S. [...]
Bay Area Home Prices Continue To Go Down
DataQuick Information reported recently that across the nine Bay Area counties the median price paid for resale homes and new homes in June 2008 went down by 27.1% compared to the same month one year ago.
Of all existing home sales almost 30% were bank-repossessed foreclosures. In June a total of 7178 homes were sold which [...]
