Real Estate Articles

Some 30,000 famillies are living in temporary housing following Hurricance Katrina and Rita. FEMA's contractor will continue to make payments to landlords through October, 2007; HUD will assume responsibility in Noivement through local public housing agencies.

Real estate experts share some secrets and considerations about buying raw land.

Ed Fitch of Fitch Properties notes, "The financial markets do not function well with uncertainty and the FED responded to the foaming uncertainty and free falling equity markets with a half point cut in the discount rate. The Fed has gifted the market with a few days of stability to really assess how bad the situation is, or very possibly could have been." Fitch offers six tips for success.

After 20 years of building one-of-a-kind mansions that sell for as much as $135 million, Frank McKinney, the "Real Estate Rock Czar," is taking the colossal gamble that among the 50,000 people in the world who can afford his masterpieces there is one who wants a spectacular mansion that is certified green.

Federally chartered lenders (i.e. big banks) can avoid complying with onerous new state laws. A two-tier system creates an uneven playing field, reduces a consumer's choices, and limits options.

Real estate traders in the North American corner of cyberspace set a new sales benchmark in the virtual world of Weblo.

Real estate market trends in Charlotte show an increase in prices, versus a national trend that sees price decreases, accroding to a leading real estate developer.

FSBO portal Homepoint offers real estate consultancy services of licensed realty pros in a collaboration between the web portal and Accredited Consultant in Real Estate (ACRE) group.

Online real estate investment tools make it easier to track properties, measure investment worth, communicate with tenants.

Consumer activists charge that fatally-flawed report relies on handpicked data by the insurance industry, fails to respond to Congressional mandate.