Real Estate Investing

Realtor.com says bigger is now definitively better again when it comes to houses.  With that in mind they set out to discover the metro areas with the largest homes (4k  sq. ft. and up) for sale.  They say buyers seem desperate…

The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) announced at the end of March that it was extending their nationwide ban on evictions through the end of June. Stay tuned… Click here to read the full release at the CDC.…

We have already had a few posts this year about changes to the tax laws as well as information about sales taxes.  And with that in mind, the old axiom about the two certainties in life, death & taxes, is the topic for…

The U.S. Government is reporting that sales of new single-family houses in February, 2021 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 775k which is 18.2% lower than January’s revised rate and is 8.2% higher than one year ago.  The median…

As of March 16th, 2021, thirteen states have lifted almost all of their coronavirus restrictions. Today’s infographic from Statista says that in places like Texas, Florida, and Georgia there are no mask mandates, stay-at-home…

(New York Post) The landlord bought this two-story, semi-detached home for about $477,000 and exhausted her savings to renovate it.Back in January we posted about a New York City landlord who was himself facing eviction after…

Local Market Monitor, a National REIA preferred vendor, recently released their monthly National Economic Outlook where they share their thoughts on developments taking place in the U.S. economy. National Economic OutlookBy…

There is a new report from Zillow’s economic research team that attempts to put some understanding into the pandemics effect on the housing market. The 32-page slideshow report, “Using Census and Zillow Data to Understand…

The National Association of Realtors is reporting that existing home sales were down 6.6% in February to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 6.22 million (up 9.1% from one year ago).  Total housing inventory at the end of…

Litigation To Successfully Challenge The CDC Eviction MoratoriumBy Jeffery S. Watson There are two important legal concepts that apply to every lawsuit:  standing and jurisdiction.  For a person to be a party to a lawsuit, such…