Category: Money

New Real Estate Investing Book Provides Something Most Books Don’t: The Truth

Although real estate investing books can be had by the hundreds, Truth or Comfort by John Trautman of Real Estate Knowledge Institute (REKI) provides something most books neglect to provide: the truth. Truth or Comfort, available now at Amazon, tells you the truth about real estate investing: it’s hard work. If...

1 in 3 Americans Don’t Know These Basic Finance Terms

To test the financial knowledge of Americans, GOBankingRates quizzed survey respondents from all 50 states on basic finance terms and concepts. Respondents were asked the following questions and given multiple answer choices: Which of the following describes a 401k? What does a CD offered by a bank stand for? What...

Strong March Home Sales, Low Inventory Means Tougher Market for Buyers

March launched the home-buying season with post-recession records for increasing home sales and prices and decreasing inventory, according to this month’s RE/MAX National Housing Report that surveys 53 metro areas. Last month, home sales were 6.6% higher than the nine-year-old report’s previous March record, set in 2016. Thirty-eight of the...

Chicago-Area Housing Market Soared in March as Home Sales Shook Off First Quarter’s Slow Start, RE/MAX Reports

Chicago-area home sales soared in March, and home values continued to advance as the residential real estate market closed the first quarter of 2017 on an extremely positive note, RE/MAX reports. March home sales in the seven-county metropolitan area were 14.8 percent higher than during March 2016, with 9,556 units...

Q1 2017 Foreclosure Activity Below Pre-Recession Levels Nationwide And In 47 Percent Of U.S. Markets

ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s largest fused property database, today released its Q1 and March 2017 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows first quarter foreclosure activity was below pre-recession levels nationwide and in 102 out of 216 metropolitan statistical areas (47 percent) analyzed in the report. Nationwide the...