This post on the Southern Maryland Housing Bubble News blog shows how easy it is for real estate agents to manipulate home data to deceive buyers. The blog has a photo showing how a local RE/Max agent doctored data to mislead buyers about the price of a recently sold house in addition to how [...]

This article in South Florida’s Sun-Sentinel newspaper describes the National Association of Realtors’ unprecedented $40 million dollar ad campaign to encourage potential buyers sitting on the sidelines. The real reason for this comes out at the end of the short article:

‘Obviously, a lot of agents are hurting,’ said Larson. ‘When agents don’t sell homes, [...]

This little piece from ABC News, animated by Odd Todd, explains how interest only loans work and the pitfalls associated with them:

The video doesn’t mention the option ARM type of mortgage, where you have the option of paying less than the interest each month resulting in negative amortization.

My wife and I have been looking to buy a home since we moved to Madison seven months ago. A small condominium/townhouse complex on the eastern edge of the city has had two units for sale for the past seven months. This photo is of an intersection near the complex:

Sadly, none of the [...]

I was looking at some real estate posts on the Internet and ran across this story about a guy pulling down and stealing the open house signs of his neighbors. An excerpt:

It’s now 1:55, and the Open House starts in 5 minutes. I question whether or not I should go down and check the [...]

My wife and I have real estate on our mind. After a few web searches, I found that there is a real estate website for Madison Wisconsin, FsboMadison, which has grown to dominate 20% of the market. The website allows potential buyers and sellers to find each other and avoid the high commisions [...]

Our family lives in one of the hotter real estate markets in the United States. My wife and I are constantly amazed at what homes now cost in our area, and their prices continue to rise. A family now needs to make over $100K in New Jersey to afford a home, where the [...]