Archive for the 'Real Estate' Category

Bad Week for the Stock Market

November 9th, 2007

By: Stephen Bishop Jr. 

To say this week has been shaky for the stock market would be a total understatement.  On Wednesday the Dow Jones industrial average fell 360 points.  Today was no better as the Dow fell another 223 points.  The Standard & Poor’s index fell more than 21 points while the NASDAQ composite index saw […]

Home Sales Continue to Plunge

October 24th, 2007

According to housing market analysts, home sales have continued to drop well through the month of September.  This marks 7 consecutive months in the decline of home sales.  For the month of September, there was an 8% drop in home sales.  This is 19% below the pace from a year ago.  To make matters worse, prices of […]

Subprime Borrowers - Credit Card or Mortgage Payment

June 27th, 2007

The Experian Group recently conducted a study where they found out that within recent years, people were more willing to pay their credit card bills on time as opposed to their monthly mortgage payments.
The main reason for this new trend may be due to the increasing number of subprime borrowers who are less worried about foreclosing on their homes.  […]

Last Read: “Why We Want You To Be Rich”

June 1st, 2007

 
I just finished reading ”Why We Want You To Be Rich“ by Robert Kiyosaki and Donald Trump.  As you may already know, both individuals are very rich and successful business people who have written “Best Selling” books. 
Robert Kiyosaki is best known for his “Rich Dad” series of books, financial teachings, and his Cashflow board games.  Donald Trump needs […]

Home Valuation Tools

August 10th, 2006

Here are some cool tools for those of you searching for the value of your home. These tools will only give you an estimation, so use them with discretion.
RealtyTrac.com - Click on “Home Value” and enter the square footage of your home and zip code.
Zillow.com - I enjoy using their search tool; its very cool and simple. […]