Today, everyone is trying to get ahead of the real estate game. Granted, it’s harder to make a profit in today’s market than it was in markets past, but you can still make money in real estate. So, if you’re thinking about moving or climbing to the next rung on the real estate ladder, don’t [...]
Entries from October 2008
Real Estate Advice: How to Increase the Value of Your Home
Oct. 26th, 2008
What to Expect at a Log Home and Timber Frame Show
Oct. 26th, 2008
No matter where you may be in the log home building process, from mildly curious to a serious buyer, there is nothing as enlightening or useful as attending a log home show. Having the opportunity to meet and talk with manufacturers, builders and dealers face-to-face lets you ask them all your questions and compare their [...]
The Property Market and Gazundering: What it is and How to Avoid It
Oct. 24th, 2008
With property prices falling gazundering is becoming more common. What is it and how can you avoid it? With property prices falling and still expected to fall further, sellers are desperate to secure a sale on their property before their property loses more value. They want to sell their property fast and it doesn’t take [...]
Professional Real Estate Investor Versus the “Flipper”
Oct. 24th, 2008
In one of the toughest Real Estate Times in U.S. History we will see the next new multi millionaires be made from buying real estate at over sold prices.. The professional real estate investors who foreseen a housing bubble never could have expected to see a crash of real estate and the magnitude of it. [...]
How to Make Money in a Falling Real Estate Market
Oct. 24th, 2008
Over the past few years it has been relatively easy to make money in the real estate market with little to no knowledge about real estate itself. For home owners, if you paid slightly more than the market value for a property you could be pretty sure that the market would catch up to you [...]
What Should I Do to Ensure My Home Will Sell?
Oct. 23rd, 2008
I want to sell my home. What should I do to ensure my home will sell? While the number of homes selling in the US Real Estate Market has decreased, homes are continuing to sell. Homes are still selling in all parts of the country. The thing that is different now in comparison to two [...]
Is There a Property Tax Bubble?
Oct. 23rd, 2008
Is there a Property tax bubble? Are some big cities like Atlanta on the verge of complete financial collapse? Many cities and counties around the nation assess property taxes on real estate based on the “fair market value” of the property. Many tax assessors in these cities will tell you that the fair market value [...]
Property Investments in North Cyprus
Oct. 23rd, 2008
Investment in properties abroad offers investors opportunities that domestic property simply cannot, and North Cyprus, where property is purchased in Sterling, not the hefty Euro, and where property prices are between a half and a third less than those in the rest of the island, is an emerging market for property investors that is quickly [...]
What Exactly Are Home Information Packs?
Oct. 23rd, 2008
And how does it affect the buying and selling of a house? Introduction to Home Information Packs In 2004 the home information pack (HIP) was introduced in England and Wales as a mandatory document that is needed to be produced before a property can legally be bought or sold. It was introduced to stabilise the [...]
Help & Tips on Removal Firms & Moving Home
Oct. 23rd, 2008
Moving house can be one of the most stressful experiences in anyone’s domestic calendar, but there are great resources available to any homeowner to assist and help with the moving process, making it less stressful and far more fun. Whether you are moving location within the same neighbourhood or relocating to a different city or [...]