People across the nation are suddenly reevaluating what the Internet—and it’s abundance of information untainted by Congressional hands—means to them. Google, Wikipedia, Craigslist, and a number of other popular info sites played their extremely effective trump card of opposition against SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) on Wednesday. The outcry from these challengers was basically…
Home ownership has long been the foundation of The “American Dream.” This time ten years ago, the Dream was thriving. The housing market was booming and lenders could not give away mortgage loans quickly enough. Investing in houses, or investing in groups of people who were all investing in houses was seen as a fiscal…
Home foreclosures don’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon, according to MSN Real Estate. Thousands of homes are out there each month for sale at auction, and typically these can be had for 25 percent less than their market value. In many cases, much less. But hold on a second. Getting a good deal…
We are in the middle of a heated Republican primary, which will lead to an even hotter general election for the presidency. Candidates will want to pay attention to a recent poll that was done by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Seventy-five percent of the 1,500 likely voters who were polled responded that…
A couple years ago, The Daily Beast posted its list of the 10 Coldest U.S. Cities. Does that mean the sun never shines in these places? Not necessarily. With the help of weathertoday.net, we took the survey of dreary weather to another place, seeking out the cities where those who love to take in some…
Among the typical flurry of New Years resolutions and deliberately forgotten mistakes of 2011, 2012 is likely to see some great home renovations and interior design ideas. Sadly, Harvard University projects that home improvement spending will be down in the coming year; but don’t despair—where there’s a will, there’s a way. The Hallberg family in…
Welcome to your new home! In case house hunting, saving for a down payment and finding an affordable mortgage has not been stressful enough, you now get to endure the mess and cost of physically moving. It does not have to be too disruptive or expensive, however. Follow these tips to make your move manageable.…
January is an exciting month for Movoto. This month’s Movoto.com visitors are motivated home buyers and they get busy searching, meeting an agent and finding homes to buy as soon as Christmas is past. Is this your year? Here’s how real estate market conditions across our coverage area closed 2011: Median list price peaked in…
Detroit and suburbs can now take advantage of Movoto’s powerful home search tools and meet top local real estate agents to help them buy a home. We are proud to announce that we have expanded our services into the great state of Michigan over the weekend. Home buyers from Waterford to Ann Arbor to Detroit will now have access to more than…
Like a certain contentious GOP contender, the gods of Olympus would be proud of the mayor of Agrigento, Italy. Mayor Marco Zambuto flat out refused prospective buyer and Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov’s bid to buy the Temple of Zeus. “I wouldn’t sell the Temple of Zeus even for 40 billion euros ($51.2 billion),” the Zambuto stated…
As always, taken from a real property listing.
