Carmel Valley, the upper-class coastal community with the delicious-sounding name – isn't just a sweet place to live. It's also one of the most well-educated and beautiful neighborhoods around, the high-water mark for anyone buying a house in San Diego. If you’ve got the cash to burn, it could be the site of your next...Read More

If you thought wholesaling real estate was dead, think again. Though many investors gave up on the business after the crunch of 2008, a new effort by the Federal Housing Authority to unload millions of foreclosures to private investors has given the market a much-needed kick. Urban properties that were left to crumble have value...Read More

Someone must have forgotten to tell America’s wealthy that we’re in the middle of a housing crisis, because in this bear market, luxury properties are selling well. To the upper class, buying a house is like picking up a new set of golf clubs, and that’s good news for house flippers. Although we typically recommend...Read More

Are you selling a house that isn’t worth as much as the balance remaining on your mortgage? Then it may be time to walk away. With the real estate market not expected to recover until 2023 and foreclosure rates abysmally high, more and more Americans are choosing to let their lender repossess their home even...Read More

A coastal gem located in southern Connecticut, Madison has just about everything you could want if you're on the lookout for a piece of prime Connecticut real estate. Here in Madison, the beaches are scenic, the boutiques are cozy and the chowder is divine. It's a real seaside treasure.Read More

Do you know how your candidate plans to fix America’s housing problem? If you don’t, then you better start doing your homework. The race to win the Republican Party’s nomination for the 2012 presidential election has kicked into high gear, and it’s time for the nominees to explain how they intend to fix the country’s...Read More

Raising a family in San Diego can be hard, especially if your work requires you to live within the city limits. Luckily, there are a few friendly neighborhoods that make family life easy on anyone buying a house in San Diego. Among the best of these is Tierrasanta, a residential community in the northern hills...Read More

If you're buying a house, you're entitled to a “good faith estimate” when applying for a mortgage. However, sometimes these itemized rundowns of the estimated costs of a home loan aren’t made in good faith at all. They can be misleading, and they can bait a homeowner into paying thousands more than they had anticipated....Read More

Successfully flipping houses depends in no small part on the location of the property. Although the housing industry is still in a slump, a few markets around the country have turned into hotspots for real estate investors, retirees and young families. If you want to make some real money selling a house this year, you...Read More

Forget about flipping houses. If you want to make some real money on the housing market in 2012, help out the White House and start renting out foreclosures. This past Tuesday, the Obama administration announced that it’s working on a pilot program to sell off batches of Federal Housing Authority-owned foreclosures around the country –...Read More