Tag Archives: Buying A Home

The fastest way to triple your money is…housing?

Large-scale institutional investors have been swarming the distressed housing market since the height of the housing crash, buying homes in bulk, rehabilitating them and putting them up for rent. Companies like Blackstone, Colony Capital, Waypoint and hedge fund titan John … Continue reading

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Real Estate Apps From Android To Zillow

Buying a home is a nasty, arduous and blessed task. It’s further complicated by the glaringly obvious fact that nobody makes any money until you buy. The feeling that you are so much meat waiting to be ground into sausage … Continue reading

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San Francisco Housing Bubble May Be Brewing, Says New Report

SAN FRANCISCO — As anyone who even thought about buying a home in San Francisco in the past few years can readily attest, the city’s real estate market is both insanely expensive and insanely competitive. And if a recent analysis … Continue reading

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San Francisco 2nd, San Jose 6th least affordable places to buy in the country

We’ve written numerous times about how crazy expensive buying a home in the Bay Area is for the average folk.  Out comes another survey, this one by the National Association of Home Builders/ Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index, that confirms … Continue reading

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New Evidence Mortgage Market Is Choking Housing Recovery

Page 1 of 2 | Next PageShow Entire Article One piece of data does not a conclusion make…two pieces get closer. A new report on the apartment market out today from Reis, Inc [ REIS 35.00  +27.165 (+346.71%) ]. shows a … Continue reading

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