real estate: How to Recognize a Buyers Market - League City Texas Real Estate - 10/07/10 02:38 AM
Are you on the search for a new home? Are you a first-time home buyer ready to enter the market? Then a buyers market is right where you want to be!
Recent years have turned many real estate markets on their heads. One-time hotbeds for rapid appreciation and booming sales have turned into areas rampant with dropping prices and foreclosures. Making matters even more complicated, is the realization that every market is different. Even neighborhoods within cities have varying markets.
How can you tell if you are living in an area experiencing a buyers market?
Key Indicators:
More than six month's … (2 comments)

real estate: Befuddled by the BANKING INDUSTRY! - 10/06/10 09:53 AM
A Short Skit To Begin:
Setting: The housing industry during the first decade of the new millennium. In particular, the peculiarity of home loans awarded on stated incomes, sub par credit scores, and other generally offensive measures of inadequate financial standing.
Mr. Financial Institution: Despite the low credit score and no money down, Mr. Home Buyer has a surprisingly high income! Nah, no need to verify employment - Says right here how much he makes each year...Surely he wouldn't "fudge" his income!  Besides, he has a pulse and respirations....Surely some fine financial institution will "create" a loan for him so he … (3 comments)

real estate: Tips For Buying Your First Home - 10/01/10 09:09 AM
Finding the right first home starts with a price range and a short list of desirable neighborhoods. But there are many other factors you'll need to consider before investing in what may be your biggest asset.
Before You Start:
 
Grab your current household budget so you can consider your financial situation and your ability to make mortgage payments. Ask family and friends if they can recommend experts, like a lawyer and an inspector, who can help with the home buying process. Think about your lifestyle and how it might affect your choice of home and neighborhood. Do a little research … (3 comments)

real estate: Congress Passes NASA Funding Bill - 09/30/10 10:58 AM
Congress Passes NASA Funding Bill

Originally Link http://www.khou.com/news/local/Congress-passes-NASA-funding-bill-104081048.html
 
WASHINGTON - The U.S. House passed a NASA authorization bill late Wednesday that provides new direction for the space agency after months of fear over aerospace job losses and program uncertainty.
The compromise bill funds the International Space Station through 2020, schedules another space shuttle mission in 2011 and dedicates $1.3 billion over the next three years to spur commercial development of a low-Earth orbit vehicle for astronauts and cargo.
The bill passed by a vote of 304 to 118
NASA will focus research and development on creating a heavy-lift … (5 comments)

real estate: Best Time To Buy A Home - 09/20/10 02:15 AM
A Conventional wisdom says that you need to stay in a home a minimum of five years to ensure that you recoup your purchasing costs. But with some markets soaring, this advice doesn't always apply.
It's All About the Market
Market conditions play a huge part in any decision about when to buy. Housing market values have varied widely from region to region in recent years. While the Florida market has seen meteoric rises in home values, Ohio has seen its real estate prices go into negative territory in the last year.
Do not buy high and sell low - if … (3 comments)

 
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