Housing - Blogs & Blog Posts

You And I Will Soon Be Landlords Too by Boom2Bust.com on Nov 6, 2009Well, seeing that you and I own supposedly own banks, insurance companies, and car companies, we shouldn’t be too surprised that we’ll soon be landlords as well. From the Associated Press yesterday: Thousands of borrowers on the verge of foreclos...

The Fannie Mae Money Pit by Boom2Bust.com on Nov 6, 2009Another quarter, another draw-down in taxpayer funds by Fannie Mae. Bloomberg’s Dawn Kopecki wrote today: Fannie Mae, the mortgage buyer seized by regulators, plans to tap emergency U.S. capital for a fourth time this year, bringing its draws of ta...

Welcome Our Latest Advertiser: David Frasch! by The B-Town (Burien) Blog on Nov 5, 2009The B-Town Blog would like to welcome its latest Advertiser: David Frasch, Associate Broker for Coldwell Banker Danforth & Associates, Inc! David Frasch doesn’t like to wait, and he doesn’t think you should either. He believes his most import...

Homeownership As A Path To Wealth by Boom2Bust.com on Nov 4, 2009“Nearly half of American adults who participated in a recent survey said they no longer believe that homeownership is a realistic way to build wealth, the National Foundation for Credit Counseling reported on Monday.” -MarketWatch, June 22, 2009...

Housing, Rental Unit Vacancy Rates Climb Last Quarter by Boom2Bust.com on Nov 4, 2009Bad news for failed flippers trying to cover their bets by becoming “accidental landlords.” From MarketWatch at the end of last week: Housing vacancy rates climbed in the third quarter, with vacancy rate for rental units climbing to a record 11.1...

City of San Marcos, CA: City of San Marcos honored by “Hope for Housing” by San Elijo Life on Nov 4, 2009Hope Through Housing Foundation (Hope) will present two awards at its 11th anniversary gala at the Ontario Convention Center on Thursday, November 5 at 7:30 pm. Hope will honor the City of San Marcos with its “Commitment to Community” awa...

Zombie Subdivisions by CityKin on Oct 30, 2009Click CNN to see a news video about why these new streets have no houses on them:View fayetteville in a larger mapThen look at this graph comparing sales of existing and new homes:I'd like to see the graph above with a line added showing old house de...