Easy Cash Uplifting Investors

Easy Cash Uplifting Investors The fuel behind New York’s record-setting real estate bonanza is the sizzling market for capital, and both buyers and lenders predict that cheap financing will be available for real estate investors into the foreseeable future. The availability of investment capital set fire to the real estate investment sales market last year, …

No slump in S. Florida apartment market

No slump in S. Florida apartment market The South Florida condominium market might be languishing, but according to at least one brokerage the apartment market remains robust, with low vacancies, rising rents and strong demand from both tenants and investors. Every year, Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Brokerage Co. publishes the National Apartment Index, …

Foreclosures put added burden on association-run communities [South Florida]

Foreclosures put added burden on association-run communities [South Florida] If you think you’re paying more to live in your condo, townhouse or gated community, consider this: It may get worse before it gets better. Experts fear that with homes selling slowly, owners who can no longer afford payments may soon abandon them. If that happens, …

Buyer Beware These High-Yield Stocks

Buyer Beware These High-Yield Stocks If you look at the historical returns for mortgage REITs over the past several years–17.5% five-year compound annual total return for the FTSE NAREIT Mortgage REIT Index as of Nov. 30, 2006–you’d think that these investments can’t miss. However, at Morningstar, we believe mortgage REITs bear significant risk, and we’d …

Tips on how to keep afloat in an unstable housing market

Tips on how to keep afloat in an unstable housing market About three years ago, northern Nevada experienced a boom in the housing market which managed to stabilize about six months ago, leaving some homeowners in a difficult financial situation. Loan Officer Sonny Lopez of Mortgage America in Reno noticed an increase in the amount …