What to Expect From Home Prices in 2011

Too much housing inventory and too little demand will combine to pressure home prices downward in 2011. . . . → Read More: What to Expect From Home Prices in 2011

Looking to Recoup Your Home’s Lost Value? It’s not Happening—Ever!

I’m still surprised by the number of people who believe that home values will magically return to those of 5 years ago; and if you are one of those looking to recoup your home’s lost value, it’s not happening—ever.  How can I be so certain?  It’s pretty easy once you look at the facts.

Home values . . . → Read More: Looking to Recoup Your Home’s Lost Value? It’s not Happening—Ever!

Unemployment and Why Housing Continues to Struggle

Unemployment and Why Housing Continues to Struggle

Each month when the Labor Department releases the statistics on unemployment and job creations, the numbers often do little more than confuse.  Some months it looks as if they’re improving and others they seem to reflect a recession that won’t leave.

The employment numbers as reported often have little significance . . . → Read More: Unemployment and Why Housing Continues to Struggle

The Greatest Bank Robbery of all Time

Banks Robbing Consumers

Willie Sutton, the famed bank robber of the 1930’s and 40’s once made the statement, “Go where the money is…and go there often,” and though his lifetime take was said to be as much as $2 million, Sutton was a mere amateur.  His crimes are dwarfed by those of today’s gangsters who, during . . . → Read More: The Greatest Bank Robbery of all Time