Financial Reflections

Personal Finance for those stuck in the middle.

Posts Tagged ‘Real Estate’

Why The Stimulus Won’t Fix The Economy

By admin • Feb 16th, 2009 • Category: Debt, Economy, Government, Investing, Real Estate

Between the bank bailout, the auto industry bailout and the stimulus plan, the US government has throw almost one and a half trillion dollars into the economy. Here’s why it doesn’t matter in the long run.



Home Sales Up in December

By admin • Jan 26th, 2009 • Category: Real Estate

After this morning’s bad news of layoffs, I thought I’d point out a Bloomberg video I found on Afternoon Rally. It seems that existing home sales have gone up 6.5 percent last month.



Foreclosure Hits Sinners and Saints

By admin • Jan 6th, 2009 • Category: Bankruptcy, Real Estate, foreclosure

It seems no one can avoid foreclosure these days…



Financial Five: January 2, 2009

By admin • Jan 2nd, 2009 • Category: Financial Five, Investing, Real Estate

My weekly roundup of five financial stories that caught my eye on social news site Afternoon Rally and other sites around the web.  This week, it’s a look back and a look ahead for the first Friday of the New Year.

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Recession Reduces Relocation

By admin • Dec 23rd, 2008 • Category: Jobs, Real Estate

Recent census data shows what common sense and my own experience have shown — people are staying put.  I recently had to search for a job after my last contract was ended due to costs.  Well, two of the places I’d most like to live are Florida (think Tampa) or Charleston, South Carolina (Mount Pleasant, [...]



Financial Five: August 4th, 2008 Foreclosure Edition

By admin • Aug 4th, 2008 • Category: Bankruptcy, Financial Five, Real Estate, foreclosure

If you’ve read my previous posts, you will know that foreclosure has been on my mind lately. Not because I’m facing foreclosure myself (I’m doing fine in that department), but because I know of about a dozen homes within walking distance of mine that are for sale — and have been for some time.

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How to Avoid Foreclosure

By admin • Jul 30th, 2008 • Category: Real Estate, foreclosure

Your first and best steps to avoid foreclosure happen when you purchase a home. Be a wise mortgage buyer. If you weren’t prepared to financially deal with unplanned circumstances, you may now be looking up foreclosure information.

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How to Find Foreclosures

By admin • Jul 29th, 2008 • Category: Real Estate

Though many people suffer when the economy is bad, foreclosures are high, and homes don’t sell, there are many opportunities for those who have the funds available or can secure the funds for a foreclosure investment.

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