Here are some comments people have made to me over the past few weeks:
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Prices may be sagging in housing, but they’re booming in a segment of the real estate market that deserves a close look by investors: Prime farmland acreage, where global demand for biofuels and other agricultural commodities are driving up values to all-time highs.
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Mortgage fraud is among the top concerns of those investing in real estate. If you get caught in a mortgage fraud scheme it can create a financially painful and emotionally distressing situation. While there are many reputable and trustworthy mortgage providers, the lengthy documents filled with legal jargon make conditions ripe for misunderstandings. So before [...]

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McLEAN, VA — Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.03 percent with an average 0.5 point for the week ending March 6, 2008, down from last week when it averaged 6.24 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year [...]

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An index that has been tracking new home sales since 2005 says its historical data dates as far back as 1830. Winans International has patented a combination of housing studies to provide a continuing data set without the scaling and gapping problems found in other studies, it says.
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In my presentation at the National Association of REALTORS convention in November, “Stop It! The EGO Marketing Mania,” I delivered my perception that we are now in the age of the Evolved Consumer. First by defining the difference between a Fad and a Trend — a Fad is revolutionary and a Trend is Evolutionary. And, [...]

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The economy in Oklahoma City is outpacing the national level and that means good news for income and real estate growth in the area that boasts a population of just over a half million.
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