Question: My husband and I are divorced (no kids), but we’ve been unable to sell our house, so we’re both still living in it. Since I’m away a lot on business, shouldn’t he be paying more than half of the utility bills?
Answer: But what if you take longer showers?
We’re not kidding. There are countless ways [...]
Real estate appraisers are the latest villains in the continuing saga of the bursting of the real estate bubble. Industry groups including the National Association of Realtors and the National Association of Home Builders are howling that new appraisal guidelines that went into effect on May 1 are producing below-market appraisals that are killing sales [...]
Peter Lynch famously told investors to “buy what you know” — that is, to invest in the companies that made what they personally used and liked. But Lynch wasn’t afraid to rely on the intuition of people he knew and trusted when they found something in the marketplace that they simply loved: It was [...]
There’s a new main character moving to center stage in the great real estate meltdown. Underwater homeowners vying to refinance or score a loan modification have grabbed much of the headlines (and bailout attention) to date. But now commercial real estate is moving into the spotlight as the next potential body slam for the economy.
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Ever since President Barack Obama proposed his wide-ranging financial reforms last month, investors have been wondering how hard he will push for his plans. So far the White House has kept up the pressure, but opposition is mounting. And it’s far from clear that Obama is prepared to fight what increasingly looks to be a [...]
