Archive for the 'Government' Category

A Better Retirement Plan

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

I came across another good reason why investing in real estate might be a really good idea right now. For the past couple of days an article entitled Dems Target Private Retirement Accounts has been circulating around the web and has actually managed to get quite a few people worried. The title alone is already [...]

Why it’s a Good Idea to Invest in Real Estate Right Now

Monday, November 10th, 2008

I think there’s a growing misconception that it’s a bad idea to invest in real estate right now. What happens is people read the newspapers or turn on the television and they get all these numbers, about how foreclosure rates have risen and how property values continue to plummet all around the country. And so [...]

Barack Obama’s Housing Plan

Friday, November 7th, 2008

It’s settled. Come January 20, 2009, Barack Obama will be the new guy in the White House and he definitely has his work cut out for him. For one thing, he’ll be dealing with with a very real issue in housing and it becomes important for all of us, regardless of any and all political [...]

Sweeping legislation offers some relief for home, mortgage markets

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

Sweeping legislation offers some relief for home, mortgage markets
Aims to stem tide of foreclosures
 
Thursday, July 31, 2008
By Patricia Sabatini, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Post-Gazette
The housing bill signed into law by President Bush yesterday aims to prop up the hobbled home and mortgage markets and stanch a flood of foreclosures.
But provisions targeting consumers aren’t just for people on the cusp of losing [...]