Archive for January, 2006

Top Real Estate Pitfalls

Thursday, January 5th, 2006

Planning to buy or sell a home in 2006? Property expert, Steve McLinden offers sage advice regarding potential real estate pitfalls you should avoid. Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it, the old proverb goes, so as the real estate market marks time before firing up again in the spring, it’s [...]

Will the Delaware Real Estate Market Miss the Predicted Slow Down?

Wednesday, January 4th, 2006

Experts in Delaware are predicting that Delaware will remain in good shape as the rest of the nation heads toward a housing market slowdown. Realtors believe that such signs as developers moving forward with their projects and a strong continued interest in Delaware from out-of-state-buyers, as good signs that the predicted slowdown will not be [...]

Housing starts rise, core inflation tame

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006

By Kristin Roberts, Reuters U.S. housing starts rose 5.3 percent in November, defying Wall Street expectations for a slowdown, while producer prices posted their biggest drop since July 2004 and showed well-contained inflation outside the volatile energy and food areas, the government said Tuesday. The dollar extended gains to hit session highs against the euro [...]

The Future of the San Diego County Housing Market

Monday, January 2nd, 2006

Economists are closely watching the San Diego County’s real estate market, which defied some predictions more than a year ago by maintaining a price surge that went far beyond what many thought was possible. Now, concerns are being raised that lenders have gone too far in making mortgages easily available through a host of new [...]