by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Global Buyers + Foreign Investment
Sales of homes to foreign buyers have been strong in the south and southwest for years. The National Association of Realtors®’ 2012 Profile of International Home Buying Activity showed that those sales equaled $82.4 billion for the past year ending March 2012,...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Home Buying, Mortgages + Lending
Did you know the government will give you the money to renovate a FHA home? One of the most overlooked FHA programs, the 203(k) loan, can help if buying a home that needs work using a FHA loan. 203(k) loans are the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Canada and Canadians
Part 3. Is Canada’s real estate market headed for a repetition of bust and its plunging values and distressed sales experienced in Arizona? They don’t think so. Do they know something we don’t – or are they nuts? There definitely are differences between the two...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Canada and Canadians
Part 2. The Canadian real estate market is booming, but there are signs all might not be well. Some of those same indicators were present when Arizona’s real estate market tanked, so we in Arizona know them when we see them. Read on and see if you know how to...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Canada and Canadians
Part 1. The Canadian real estate market has been very strong for a long time. Continued rising prices would appear to be unsustainable, as they can’t continue indefinitely. We learned that lesson in Arizona when our real estate boom busted. But Canadians claim that...
