NuWire Investor: RealEstateInvestment

Top 5 International Real Estate Investment Gambles

Property-Abroad.com — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:35:00 GMT

International real estate investing can be a high risk/high reward proposition. If you can afford to invest in a long-term bet, the following countries may offer the best opportunity for a big pay-out. To be selected for this list, each destination had to have a growing economy, a stable investment...

Residential Real Estate Is Starting To Bounce Back

Diana Golobay — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:05:00 GMT

Is the real estate market ready to bounce back? After months of "less bad" news, some analysts are revising their estimates for home prices to reflect their observations that the residential real estate market is starting to recover. For more on this, see the following article from HousingWire...

UK Commercial Real Estate Projected to Bottom at End of 2009

Property Wire — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:04:00 GMT

Although commercial real estate has been in freefall all over the world, there is enough positive data for some analysts to project UK's commercial real estate market to bottom by the end of 2009. Although it will take several years for the market to return to 2007's peak, several factors suggest the...

What Grade Should Obama Receive For His Efforts To Help Housing?

Property Wire — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:05:00 GMT

Some critics argue that the Obama administration has not successfully stimulated the housing market, despite pledging $275 billion is government stimulus. What grade should Obama receive for his performance in helping the housing market? See the following article from Property Wire that evaluates the...

HUD Announces LTV Limit Expansion To Help Underwater Homeowners

Diana Golobay — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:00:00 GMT

In a move to try to help struggling homeowners, who are underwater on their mortgage, stay in their homes, HUD announced it would increase the LTV limit for the Making Home Affordable Refinance Program to 125%. The previous limit was 105% which was criticized for disqualifying a large number of home...

US Real Estate Back To 2003 Values

Diana Golobay — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:10:00 GMT

US real estate prices have returned to 2003 values according to Standard & Poor's housing indices. Prices have fell 18.1% in April from a year ago according to the S&P indices but the rate of decline is slowing. For more see the following article from HousingWire. Two separate indices calculated...