Millennials are finding themselves out in the cold because building has slowed, and longer-living baby boomers are staying put, setting up a simmering conflict between the two biggest generations in U.S. history. People 55 and older own 53 percent of U.S. owner-occupied houses, the biggest share since the government started collecting data in 1900, according to …

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These days, the price of a San Francisco home can easily top a million dollars. But one savvy investor has bought up a whole street in the city’s most exclusive neighborhood for a mere $90,000. Trouble is, some of the extremely wealthy residents of Presidio Terrace were not aware their street was up for sale …

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A historic home in Montclair, N.J., is turning heads with a very tempting list price: $10. The 3,912-square-foot home with four bedrooms and two bathrooms, built in 1906, is one of 500 properties in the area designed by architect Dudley S. Van Antwerp. Historic homes designed by famous architects usually fetch high prices. In fact, …

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First American’s proprietary Real House Price Index (RHPI) looks at April 2017 data and includes analysis from First American Chief Economist Mark Fleming on the impact of wages and lower interest rates on real house prices. “Despite the monetary tightening policies of the Federal Reserve, a dip in the average rate for a 30-year, fixed-rate …

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So, you want to start investing in Tax Liens, but have no idea where to start? If you’re like most investors, you’ve seen the late-night infomercials and read gobs and gobs of information online about what an incredible opportunity tax lien investments are. Unfortunately, most of the things you’ve read provided you with just enough …

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Responding to investor and lender concerns regarding the time and costs associated with completing smaller real estate transactions, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency July 19 proposed raising the sale price threshold for commercial real estate transactions requiring an appraisal to more than …

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About 23 percent of residential homes built for one to four families are now owned by investors.  Institutional owners own fewer than 400,000 single-family residential homes, while nearly 8 million non-institutional investors own the rest. Most use a property management firm once they’ve accumulated more than four units.  Out of about 125 million households in …

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Foreclosure filings, which include default notices, scheduled auctions, and bank repossessions, are down 20 percent from the same period a year ago, according to the Midyear 2017 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report from ATTOM Data Solutions. “With a few local market exceptions, foreclosures have become the unicorns of the housing market: hard to find but highly …

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Realtor.com® ranked the nation’s housing markets based on how quickly homes are selling as well as the number of listing views they garnered at realtor.com®. The top 20 markets for July are: Vallejo, Calif. Kennewick, Wash. San Francisco San Jose, Calif. San Diego Stockton, Calif. Columbus, Ohio Fort Wayne, Ind. Sacramento, Calif. Detroit Dallas Colorado …

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“The number of victims wouldn’t fit in this courtroom or probably all of the courtrooms in this building . . . it’s staggering.” Barbara Barkley is 4 feet 10 inches tall. So she designed her home in Chesapeake, Va., just for herself, with all the counters and handles lowered. People told her the changes would make the …

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