For years, the size of the average U.S. house has grown. But a story by Stephen Gandel on CNNMoney.com, which you can read here, says that a combination of rising fuel costs, an aging population and a growing environmental movement may result in the opposite: Our average homes may soon be getting smaller.
It’s hard to find anything positive to say about the residential real estate market. That’s not the case, though, with the commercial and multi-family side of the real estate industry.
California senators yesterday voted to channel more funding toward the investigation and prosecution of real estate fraud in their state.
Throughout the subprime lending crisis and as foreclosures across the country soar, few mortgage companies have taken heat like Countrywide. Arguably once the most powerful lender in the country, Countrywide has become a favorite of critics, teetered on the verge of bankruptcy and was eventually acquired by Bank of America.
The U.S. Treasury Department is in the midst of asking — some would say demanding — that mortgage lenders adopt a new set of uniform, but voluntary, rules that would make it easier for them to modify mortgage loans that homeowners can no longer afford.
Take a look at this story in the Wall Street Journal’s online edition. Written by June Fletcher, it says that, according to economists gathered at the spring construction forecast held by the National Association of Home Builders, the housing market won’t show signs of improvement until early next spring, at the earliest.
A new study by Washington, D.C.-based First Focus, a children’s advocacy group, puts some frightening numbers to the foreclosure and subprime mortgage-lending crises. According to the study, which you can read about here, an estimated 2 million U.S. children will be directly impacted as their families lose their homes to foreclosure.
Ever hear of James Howard Kunstler? If you live in the suburbs, especially those located a long commute from any major city, he has something to say to you: Your lifestyle is on the way out.
Recently, though, the Times wrote a funny little story about the terraces outside those towering apartment buildings dotting the city. Seems some people love their terraces, while others … don’t.
How common are housing foreclosures becoming? According to RealtyTrac, an online publisher of foreclosure data, one in every 194 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing during the first quarter of the year.
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Written by Dan Rafter [email] for b5media.
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