Analysis Topic: Housing Market Price trends
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Thursday, March 26, 2015
The U.S. Housing Market Recovery Is Fabricated Optimism / Housing-Market / US Housing
When I moved to Sarasota in 1999 I was invited by a prominent local to an "un-wedding wedding" to make new friends in town. I accepted the invitation and, not wanting to display my ignorance, avoided asking the burning question, "What's an un-wedding wedding?"
Inevitably I found out what an un-wedding wedding is. It's a full-blown wedding, only the host isn't actually getting married. They want to get married but aren't, and go through the motions anyway.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015
The Top Places in Florida to Invest in Real Estate Property / Housing-Market / US Housing
Peter Scully submits: For those who know the real estate market in Florida they will be aware that the prices vary across the state. The prices range from $37.36 per square foot in Kenneth City to $546.77 per square foot in Key Biscayne.
However, if you plan to invest and get out quickly whilst making a profit then Hialeah Gardens, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea and Atlantis are the places to choose. For those who want a strong investment with a beachfront then Miami-Fort Lauderdale is the popular choice but if you are planning on making an investment for the long run then the majority of the Florida housing market can work well.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Property Investment: Useful Tips for Long-Term Success / Housing-Market / Global Housing Markets
Peter Scully submits: The property market is definitely not a short-term investment, and attempts to treat it as such are doomed to failure. However, it can be a rewarding and lucrative investment in the longer term. Following a few key tips can help to safeguard the profitability of your investment over time.
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Thursday, March 05, 2015
How to Safely Collect 12%-15% Yields Outside the Stock Market / Housing-Market / Investing 2015
Dr. David Eifrig writes: Today, I'm going to share a little-known way to collect 12%-15% yields...
These yields are safe... and they don't require you to buy any stocks, bonds, or options. They're a great way to diversify your income portfolio and reduce exposure to stocks. However, most people don't even know they exist.
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Tuesday, March 03, 2015
The Secret Behind My Hedge Fund Trade on U.S. Housing Market / Housing-Market / US Housing
Shah Gilani writes: Suppose I’m the manager of a giant hedge fund. Suppose I’m soliciting you to come into my fund with a few billion of your $100 billion net worth.
Suppose we’re good friends.
You want to come in because you trust me and you know I know how to make money.
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Friday, February 27, 2015
Foreign Real Estate Is the New Swiss Bank Account / Housing-Market / Global Housing Markets
By Nick Giambruno
Financial privacy is essentially dead.
I think it’s only prudent to assume that sooner or later all the details of your financial life will come to rest in a government computer—if they haven’t done so already—and to plan accordingly.
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Friday, February 13, 2015
Swiss Franc Hurts Homeowners but Could Be a Boon for Investors / Housing-Market / Global Housing Markets
Peter Krauth writes: When the Swiss National Bank de-pegged from the euro last month, the fallout was massive.
One dramatic example of its impact was that felt by Miami-based hedge fund manager Everest Capital. The firm's largest single fund lost nearly all its capital, $830 million in assets, thanks to heavy bets that the Swiss franc would decline.
Alpari UK, a foreign exchange broker, became insolvent. New York's FXCM Inc. (NYSE: FXCM), an online foreign exchange trading firm, got a $300 million lifeline from Leucadia National Corp. (NYSE: LUK).
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Thursday, February 12, 2015
A Tax "Loophole" That Will Help You Pay for Your Dream Holiday Home / Housing-Market / Buy to Let
Dr. David Eifrig writes: I bet you've never heard of this...
It's a special government loophole... that allows you to earn extra cash, totally tax-free. It's 100% legal and simple to use. It can even help you pay for a dream vacation home.
This loophole is not for everyone. But if you qualify, you should start collecting this income right away.
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Thursday, February 12, 2015
Beware of Bankers Bearing Gifts - Take Your Mortgage to the Grave / Housing-Market / Banksters
Childhood cartoons have programmed us to see bankers as evil, greedy businessmen who delight in preying on the poor. Case in point: Snidely Whiplash.
As children we latched onto stories of the evil banker who held the mortgage on poor Nell’s ranch. Somehow a hero, Dudley Do-Right, emerged in the nick of time to save the day, and the banker was foiled again.
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Monday, February 09, 2015
UK Lowest Ever Average BTL Mortgage Interest Rates / Housing-Market / Buy to Let
The average cost of both fixed and variable buy-to-let (BTL) borrowing is falling confirms research from Moneyfacts. The average fixed rate BTL is currently at the lowest level ever recorded at just 3.82% across all terms. The number of deals in the BTL sector has also risen from 757 to 811 in just one month.
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Wednesday, February 04, 2015
Why Foreign Real Estate is a Grand Slam / Housing-Market / Global Housing Markets
By Nick Giambruno
A grand slam in baseball, as many of you know, is a home run that is hit when the bases are loaded, in turn scoring four runs. It is the most potent move possible in a single play.
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Tuesday, February 03, 2015
Goodbye Money Laundering: The Slide in Luxury U.S. Real Estate Market / Housing-Market / US Housing
Couldn’t happen to a nicer group of people: ultra-rich criminals, drug dealers, despots and the mafia globally. I’m being sarcastic, of course.
It seems the greatest scheme for international money laundering is rapidly coming to an end and it couldn’t come soon enough. Unfortunately, this will have some negative effects on real estate in the super-expensive cities across the county because buying of high-priced condos for cash in places like New York, Miami, L.A. and San Francisco is going to come to a screeching halt.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015
If You Picked Up a Cheap Mortgage Today, Thank a Taxpayer / Housing-Market / US Housing
Shah Gilani writes: If you’re looking for a cheap mortgage to buy a new home, today should be a good day.
That’s because today the 50-basis point premium cut from the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) went into effect.
So with practically nothing down, unless you consider 3.5% down something, you can get a cheap loan through the FHA, one of those government agencies that was supposed to be getting out of that business.
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Sunday, January 18, 2015
The True Cost of the U.S. Homeownership Obsession / Housing-Market / US Housing
Ryan McMaken writes: In 2014, the US homeownership rate fell below 65 percent, which means it’s back to where it was during the 1970s and much of the 1990s. Various federal agencies have long made homeownership a priority, and have introduced a bevy of government and quasi-government programs including the GSEs like Fannie Mae, FHA-insured loans, VA-insured loans, the Bush administration’s “American Dream Downpayment Initiative” and, of course central bank meddling to keep interest rates nice and low for the mortgage markets.
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Friday, January 16, 2015
U.S. Housing Market Bubble 2.0 Meet the Pin / Housing-Market / US Housing
The 30 Year U.S. Treasury bond yield hit 2.35% yesterday. That is the lowest rate in U.S. history for the 30 Year Treasury. During the deepest darkest depths of the recession in March 2009, after the stock market had fallen over 50%, the yield was 3.5%. One year ago it was yielding 4.0%. Long term interest rates are not controlled by Yellen. They reflect the economic prospects of the country. When they are rising it means the economy is doing well. When they are plummeting to all time lows, the economy is either in recession or headed into recession. Take your pick. No amount of government data manipulation, feel good propaganda spewed by the captured mainstream media, or Ivy League educated Wall Street economist doublespeak, can change the fact this economy is in the dumper and headed much lower. The Greater Depression is resuming its downward march toward inevitable war.
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Thursday, January 15, 2015
Winter Storms Snow and Wind Tree Damage Dangers, DIY Pruning / Housing-Market / Home Maintenance
Barely a fortnight after the last snows melted, the weather forecasts are again for both more snow and strong winds ahead that despite deciduous trees having shed their leaves several months ago nevertheless they are still are in danger of broken branches or even toppling over just as Evergreen trees are as Britain's trees are about under go structural shocks following a couple of years of growth with no significant snowfall.
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Monday, January 12, 2015
U.S. Housing Market Optimism Is Back Up to 2006 Levels... Should You Worry? / Housing-Market / US Housing
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: Housing optimism is back up to 2006 levels...
Should we worry about a 2006-style bust?
After all, 2006 was "the beginning of the end" in U.S. housing. And it kicked off the worst housing bear market of our lifetimes.
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Wednesday, January 07, 2015
UK Low Interest Rates Surge in 10 Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Deals / Housing-Market / Mortgages
Research from Moneyfacts reveals that the number of 10-year fixed rate mortgage deals on the market is continuing on a sharp upward trajectory.
Shorter term fixed rate mortgages have been the favoured option for borrowers for many years, but the historic low rates on offer in today’s market means that fixing for longer periods is definitely an attractive offer, hence the rise of the decade-long fixed rate.
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Saturday, December 27, 2014
Has Housing Been the Best Way to Preserve Purchasing Power of Money in 21st Century Britain? / Housing-Market / UK Housing
If you are chatting to people down at the Red Lion or the Bullʼs Head about investments this Christmas season I am sure 99%, if not 100% of them, would say that housing has been and always is the best place to put your money in. I would not blame them either as the U.K. populace has always been attracted to the real estate market and renting is not the British way of doing things. An “Englishmanʼs house is his castle” comes to mind! So if the asset that is held most dearly to the British starts going up in value they will notice and the newspapers and the press in general will let them know.
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Wednesday, December 03, 2014
Stamp Duty Cut UK Housing Market Election Boost, Home Buyer Examples / Housing-Market / UK Housing
The UK housing market will receive a significant boost from midnight tonight with what amounts to a cut in the amount of stamp duty charged on approx 90% of property purchases as the Chancellor, George Osborne in his Autumn statement does away with a huge anomaly / penalty in the way stamp duty tax is charged on property purchases, where for instance just a £1 increase in the price paid would tend to result in many extra thousands due in stamp duty tax that tended to result in huge bottlenecks around the stamp duty bands that acted as caps on house prices in many areas and thus resulted in much inertia.
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