The Real Estate Professional

23Jan/100

Geocache Your Way to a Home Sale

If you're looking for an interesting way of showcasing your homes, introducing clients to your area or making an otherwise boring home hunting trip into an interesting one, why not try geocaching? Geocaching is a great way to get outdoors and make traversing a community more fun.  It also can read more

17Sep/0920

Top 5 U.S. Real Estate Markets With Consistent Price Appreciation

Buying home, condo or any other real estate in a market that is protected from a bursting bubble is every investor's dream. Knowing where to look for these bubble-proof markets and how to identify them is crucial.

There are some important factors that investors should consider when searching for stable investments such as single-family homes, condos or any other type of real estate. Some of these factors include a fast growing population (which positively impacts the demand for housing), a solid and diverse economy (which impacts employment rates and subsequent demand for housing), rising incomes (which impacts buyers' ability to purchase real estate), a developing infrastructure (which contributes to the appeal of a city or community), and restrictions on future real estate development (which limits future supply of real estate). Investing in real estate within communities that meet these criteria may prove to be more profitable than communities that are missing one or more of these factors.

28Aug/091

How You Are Pre-Qualified For Real Estate Loans?

How You Are Pre-Qualified For Real Estate Loans?

You need to be pre-qualified to avail a real estate loan. When you apply for a loan the loan officer looks into your credit report, and also figures out the maximum loan amount that you can have, by working backward. This could also be done by you, and you can first start by establishing your monthly income. This is not an easy task, for the lenders always take into account that incomes which they can document. In taking out a real estate loan, you would need to qualify as regards to your ear

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27Aug/0911

Experts Forecast 2007 U.S. Real Estate Market Trends

Experts Forecast 2007 U.S. Real Estate Market Trends

Modest median price gains in new and existing homes, a stable interest rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage, decreased housing starts and a stable unemployment rate are some of the features of the 2007 housing forecast provided by major trade group economists as reported by The Inman News.

NAR chief economist David Lereah expects new-home sales to fall from 1.07 million units sold in 2006 to 975,000 units in 2007, which is an 8.7% decline. He cites decreased new home construction a

4Aug/0911

Strategies For Buying Real Estate In A Slow Market

Strategies For Buying Real Estate In A Slow Market

The real estate market tends to be cyclical with some periods favoring buyers and other periods favoring sellers. As with other free markets, the pricing and availability of real estate is directly related to the forces of supply and demand. While many real estate markets in the United States are experiencing a substantial slowdown, other markets remain robust, and some even continue to grow. What makes the situation even more complicated is that even within a particular city or county, there

22Jul/0910

Obtaining Real Estate Loan Prequalification Letters for Investment Properties

Obtaining Real Estate Loan Prequalification Letters for Investment Properties

In nearly every city or town in America there are a few different types of real estate agents and brokers. Some of these professionals deal primarily in single family homes for individuals, others deal with commercial real estate transactions, and yet a third type deal primarily in investment real estate. If you are looking to invest in the real estate market, you will want to find a real estate agent or broker who deals with investment properties and the unique needs of real estate investo

21Jul/0920

Baby Boomers Will Drive Real Estate Growth

Baby Boomers Will Drive Real Estate Growth

Baby boomers, baby boomers, baby boomers; we all hear this term over and over again. So who are the baby boomers? Baby boomers are people in the United States who were born between 1946 and 1964. Approximately 78.2 million people fall into this category.

As a group, baby boomers comprise the largest population cohort in the history of the United States. The size of the group gives it vast influence over American politics, popular cultural, and of course, real estate. To evaluate

25Jun/0920

Why Should You Buy Investment Real Estate In College Towns?

Why Should You Buy Investment Real Estate  In College Towns?

Now seems to be the best time to invest in properties in college towns where housing demand is high due to a soaring rental market according to the New rules of real estate by Business 2.0 Magazine. With home prices still out of home buyer's range, and homeowners selling their homes due to rising interest rates, rents are expected to increase nationwide. This makes buying investment property in rental markets such as college towns an attractive option, one that is already being pursued by inv

6Jun/0910

Real Estate Loans Let you Have an Easy Property Buy

Real Estate Loans Let you Have an Easy Property Buy

Buying a real estate is one of the toughest jobs for anyone since this gets bought for a lifetime and if you buy the wrong one, mending the thing is not an easy nut to crack. However, even if you get one worth, you may not have the required money. So, what one should do. Drop the idea? Obviously not, since there are real estate loans to make your go easy.

Real estate loans are those funds

18Feb/0911

Want to Buy Real Estate? Get Financed With Real Estate Loans

Want to Buy Real Estate? Get Financed With Real Estate Loans

Buying a real estate property requires huge investments which may not be immediately available to most of the people. Real estate loans can arrange the best funding deal for you when the need is big and urgent.

Real estate loans are the loans for covering up that shortfall of money for a short-term. You can borrow larger amounts ranging from ₤500000 to multi-millions. This is because buying a real estate is really a costly affair for most of the people. Real estate loans ar