Topic: Property Values

Don't use more energy than you need

For most people, the start of cooling temperatures in the back half of the year means more time spent at home. Take advantage of the time you're ...
You can't force someone to buy a house.. . But as a society, we've long tried to make homeownership an offer you couldn't refuse.. . And since the...
Life estates sales occur when a parent or older relative passes down real estate property title to a younger member or beneficiary. This frequently...

House sales in big fall

TASMANIAN property is taking twice as long to sell today than it did in the boom of 2003 and vendors are discounting their assets in a rapidly...
You bought your home several years ago, and now it's time to reassess its value. Perhaps you've recently considered selling, refinancing or taking...

As Pay Falls, Borrowers Lose Ground

LENDERS scrutinize all elements of a mortgage application, but one factor remains critical: the debt-to-income ratio, or the percentage of a...
Adam J. Levitin and Susan M. Wachter write, the bubble was a supply-side phenomenon, attributable to an excess of mispriced mortgage finance:...
Newsweek's Big Name Economics Editor, Dan Gross, Is Headed To Yahoo Finance "Yahoo has been on something of an editorial hiring spree this year...
Ben S. Bernanke, who told Congress in 2007 that the subprime mortgage crisis was "likely to be contained," said Thursday that he had failed to...

Link exchange

TODAY'S recommended economics writing:• Leaving Las Vegas (Paul Kedrosky)• Highlights from Bernanke's testimony on financial crisis (Political...