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Creating Wealth Through Homeownership – The Proof

January 17, 2012
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Today, we are honored to have Ken H. Johnson, Ph.D. — Florida International University (FIU) and Editor of the Journal of Housing Research as our guest blogger. To view other research from FIU, visit http://realestate.fiu.edu/. – The KCM Crew Several real estate economists have shown that the average homeowner accumulates more overall wealth than the [...]

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People Are Buying Homes AND GETTING MORTGAGES!

January 11, 2012
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Many believe that very few houses are selling and that almost no one can get a mortgage. We want to let everyone know that neither of these assumptions is true. Recently, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released their Existing Homes Sales Report. According to the report there are, on average, 12,109 homes selling in [...]

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In Real Estate, Keeping Current Matters!

January 10, 2012
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There is too much misinformation being spread about today’s real estate market. Studies are being misinterpreted. Prominent names are being used to foster a point even if their quote is from years ago. As an example, we want to look at a story published last week by The Fiscal Times titled The New American Dream: [...]

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Mortgage Predictions for 2012

January 5, 2012
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It’s the time of year that we look ahead and attempt to give our best guesses about the market, the industry, and the effects they may have. So, here are my thoughts about the mortgage world: Interest Rates Should Be Stable With a faltering economy nationally and worldwide, including pessimistic estimates for employment, there is [...]

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Comparing Real Estate To Other Investments

January 4, 2012
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We recently posted Real Estate: Today’s Golden Opportunity comparing the current housing market to the market for gold about a decade ago. Some commented on the fact that you can’t compare gold to real estate as an investment as gold is a very liquid asset and it would take more time and effort to sell [...]

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5 Real Estate Trends to Look For in 2012

January 3, 2012
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Predicting trends during the most volatile housing market in American real estate history is no easy task. We strongly believe these are the five real estate items we should keep an eye on in 2012: 1. Buyers Will Return In 2011, a lack of consumer confidence in the overall economy dramatically impacted the housing market. [...]

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