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Foreign investors snapping up troubled U.S. real estate properties

Brazilian real has gained 17 percent against the dollar in the past six months. Canadian investor Arthur Wong is buying condos in Las Vegas and Phoenix like a shopper at Costco: In bulk, with slashed prices. Wong, president of Optimus U.S. Real ...

From ADRIAN SAINZ, Daily Breeze,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Costco,  Corcoran Group

Real estate agents see return of foreign buyers

The Brazilian real has gained 17 percent against the dollar in the past six months. Canadian investor Arthur Wong is buying condos in Las Vegas and Phoenix like a shopper at Costco: In bulk, with slashed prices. Wong, president of Optimus U.S. Real ...

From ADRIAN SAINZ, Long Beach Press-Telegram,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Costco,  Corcoran Group,  New York Islanders

Senior transportation a critical need

Efficient transportation services can help local economies by allowing seniors to remain mobile consumers and stay socially active. ...

From ADRIAN SAINZ, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: AARP

Seniors communities in cities, town centers

Seniors are not only postponing retirement, but also looking to save time and money by living closer to where they work and play. Experts are forecasting an older-aged migration toward cities and transportation hubs. "We're going to find that there's ...

From ADRIAN SAINZ, San Francisco Chronicle,  2 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Environmental Protection Agency,  MetLife, Inc.

$1M goes further in many US housing markets

A million dollars doesn't buy you what it once did. In most U.S. neighborhoods, it now gets you a lot more. During the housing boom, prices rose so high and so fast that even cookie-cutter homes in the paved suburbs of South Florida and ...

From ADRIAN SAINZ, Taiwan News,  28 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Amy Wright,  Bill Gates,  Rees Jones,  Bankrate Inc

$1 million going further in many housing markets

A million dollars doesn't buy you what it once did. In most U.S. neighborhoods, it now gets you a lot more. During the housing boom, prices rose so high and so fast that even cookie-cutter homes in the paved suburbs of South Florida and California ...

From ADRIAN SAINZ, Buffalo News,  26 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Amy Wright,  Bill Gates,  Rees Jones,  Bankrate Inc

Study: Housing more affordable for "move-up" buyer

The former logging town ensconced in the woods of central Michigan owns another distinguishing trait, according to a Coldwell Banker study: Grayling's 6,500 residents live in the nation's most affordable housing market. The real estate firm on ...

From ADRIAN SAINZ, San Francisco Chronicle,  23 Sep 2009

Clock ticking on first-time homebuyer tax credit

There have been more than a dozen bills introduced in Congress to prolong the life of the tax credit past the Nov. 30 deadline, and on Thursday Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid endorsed the idea of extending the credit for an additional six months. ...

From ADRIAN SAINZ, San Francisco Chronicle,  17 Sep 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Harry Reid,  Mark Zandi,  Charles Curtis,  U.S. Senate

Foreclosure filings dip from July to August

The number of U.S. households threatened with losing their homes held steady last month, a sign that lenders' efforts to help distressed borrowers may be having a gradual impact. But one month does not make a trend. More than 358,000 ...

From ADRIAN SAINZ, eTaiwan News,  10 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Federal Reserve

New normal for home sales: Buyers have the power

T he American dream of homeownership is still attainable. Buyers just have to deal with a new set of realities. A year after the collapse of the housing market triggered the financial meltdown, lenders are demanding more money up front, high credit ...

From ADRIAN SAINZ, Globe and Mail,  9 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Scott Patterson

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