If you haven’t already noticed, the housing market is correcting itself right now. That’s what capitalistic markets do, they correct themselves. The government has intervened a little bit, but for the most part, you are seeing the housing market fix itself. Unfortunately, thousands of hard-working citizens are losing their homes. They […]

We all know that the housing market has crashed, and it is working to correct itself from the housing boom. Unfortunately, foreclosures and falling home prices are the result of the market correcting itself. However, as prices fall in your area and sellers become more desperate to dump the home they bought a […]

If you’re looking for a bargain on a house, but you’re living in a housing market that is out of your price range, here is a list according to Forbes .com

Salt Lake City, Utah
Raleigh, NC
Orlando, FL
Charlotte, NC
Phoenix, AZ
Seattle, WA
Las Vegas, NV
Jacksonville, FL
Richmond, VA
Houston, TX

I can speak with Jacksonville from experience. I live in Jacksonville […]

A Money Crasher’s reader sent me an email the other day with this question, so I thought that I would share my opinion with all of you.

Are lease-purchase homes a good idea? I recently heard of them, and I am wondering if that would be a good option for us.
It all depends on the […]

Reuters via Yahoo Finance, wrote this article about potential hope for distressed borrowers feeling the pressure of foreclosure due to adjustable rate mortgages.
Mortgage lenders were being stingy at the beginning of the housing downturn, but now they are finally realizing the ramifications of what is going on with the housing market, so they’re […]

Is there anyone that doesn’t want to make more moneyw this year? I didn’t think so. I made $9,000 more income in 2007 than I did in 2006. This was due to a job promotion and income from a side business with very little expenses. I will propose five ways to […]

The projection for the housing market in 2008 is not very good, but that doesn’t mean you are stuck with your house. So many people will be horrified at the thought of selling their house this year, but there are ways to sell your house in any market, whether it’s good or bad. […]

This is a common question asked these days due to all of the people that are starting to feel the squeeze from their adjustable rate mortgages continuing to rise each year. One percentage point on a $300,000 mortgage can increase your payment hundreds of dollars, and some people don’t have the extra money. […]

Today, Bush announced a plan to freeze introductory mortgage interest rates for those homeowners that bought variable interest rate mortgages in order to qualify for a house they could not afford with conventional home loans. With all of the “scares” from economists about a possible economic recession, the spike in foreclosures around the country, […]

I’ve been very curious about getting into real estate investing. Normally, I would sit here and tell you that you should buy real estate and hold onto it for years upon years. But, what’s the fun in that? Being a landlord can be very annoying. I know people that have a […]