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Everyone agrees the economy will falter if we go off the fiscal cliff, but how will the tax increases and spending cuts it will trigger impact the housing market? Reduced housing demand and construction: Most experts predict the combination of tax increases and spending cuts will push the economy back into recession. This means both new construction and demand for existing housing will...
The holiday season isn’t traditionally a popular time to shop for houses, but it can be a great time to find a home, especially if you don’t like shopping in a crowd. While there are fewer homes on the market to choose from, there are still a lot of compelling reasons to add house hunting to a busy holiday schedule....
The holiday season is the time of year to gather with family. It is not the time of year to put your house on the market. No matter what friends or pushy agents may tell you, it’s best to wait until everyone’s turkey tryptophan wears off before listing a home for sale. Here is why… Fewer buyers during holidays. Buyers...
As if the world isn’t already gagging on the overexposure of Donald Trump, the real estate titan turned publicity whore recently announced he’s starting his own real estate brokerage house. For those who’ve been spared familiarity with Mr. Trump, he is a real estate developer best known for his lame reality TV show, incendiary Twitter account, and a toupee made...
There are few things Americans disagree on more than politics and pizza toppings, so it’s not surprising partisan pizza maker “Papa John” Schnatter is in the middle of a political firestorm. A longtime critic of Obamacare, the Papa John’s CEO recently announced employee hours would probably be reduced to avoid the additional $5-8 million cost of providing all full-time employees...
Even on Veterans’ Day, tens of thousands of American vets find themselves homeless and unsure of where they will sleep tonight. Veteran homelessness has long been a source of national shame, but in recent years a coalition of government agencies working with community partners have significantly reduced those numbers. In 2009, President Obama and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary...