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In the real estate sector, the number of homes on the market is a direct relation to the strength of the market.  A good amount of inventory is important, but when the housing market begins to see a large inventory, which it has over the last twelve months, it takes longer to sell a home […]

In the world of real estate, the competition is fierce, but not just in the housing market.  With the limited number of home buyers out there, and the highest inventory on the market in years, there is no doubt that real estate agents are competing for the limited business out there.  In order to stand […]

Real estate agents aren’t staying in the cutthroat industry any longer.  Real estate schools, which often offered multiple classes to accommodate demand, are now having trouble filling their seats.  Why is this happening?  The housing market, of course, is behind the problem.
 
As recent news reports displayed this week, the number of jobs in the United […]

While we hear a lot about the residential housing market prices falling, most commercial areas haven’t been hit, until now.  The latest information out of Moody’s report, as reported by the Associated Press, is that the commercial real estate sector has fallen by more than two percent in the month of March.
The problem for many […]

In news released on Home Depot’s 1st quarter profits doesn’t look good.  Who is at fault?  According to the latest reports, the problem is in the housing market.  Profits for Home Depot were reported to be 66 percent lower in the first quarter.
Such news is very overwhelming to the company, yet it said that […]

A real estate auction works much like an auction of any other type.  You come in, compete with other bidders and hopefully walk away with one of the better homes paying half of the value of it.  When those homes are in areas like California or Florida, with values in the millions…well, you can just […]

Because home values are falling, many homeowners are starting to look for opportunities to remodel and expand rather than moving.  As the spring season gets started, there could be fewer people buying homes.  Spring and summer are usually the busiest months for home sales, but this season could be one of the slowest in recent […]

Investors are thinking hard about investing in the current real estate market, and they may need to wait even longer.  According to UBS Investment Research, it is likely the economy will continue to worsen, thanks in part to the slump in the real estate market, through the third quarter.  The firm dropped the GDP for […]