It seems like each holiday season, we can barely get through with Halloween when Thanksgiving is upon us.  Many of us will go out of town to visit family and friends and others of us will be welcoming those family members and friends into our homes. ...

When it comes to retirement, we plan and plan and still have questions.  One of the top questions for homeowners when it comes to retirement is what should we do about the equity in our home?  Therefore, I thought it important to cover that in my...

There are still many people across the country who are considering buying a home for the first time.  And, with the $8,000 federal tax credit getting ready to expire on November 30th, many of them are on a time crunch. At the same time, every consumer...

Baby Boomers’ preferences in real estate are different than their predecessors.  We won’t talk about age here.  BUT if any of this applies to you, well, we won’t tell anyone. The Baby Boomers, who are currently age 45 to 63, have had an impact on...

Have banks gone too far in tightening their hold on lending practices?  There was a real-head-scratcher in the LA Times last week written by David Lazarus, one of their most able real estate observers. Here’s some of it: “One reason we got into our...