Posts Tagged ‘rent’
Deflation Still Clear and Present Danger

By ANDREW JEFFERY This post first appeared on Minyanville. Deflation, the economic beast many feared would devour the next decade, appears to have been vanquished. Or has it? Superficial signs of renewed inflation are everywhere: Oil prices appear to be stabilizing, and concern is growing about future supply shortages (which, by extension, could lead to [...]

Doing Your Real Estate Homework: Craigslist

Craigslist.com is a tool almost everyone is familiar with, but most people don’t associate it with their home buying search. While Craigslist does have numerous listings of homes for sale in its “real estate for sale” section, we believe the site’s rental data is more valuable for the diligent home buyer. An informed home purchase [...]

A Housing Solution that Focuses on (Gasp!) Houses

This post first appeared on Minyanville and our sister site, Dawn Patrol. Every once in a while, the most important news story of the day is the one the Wall Street Journal allots a mere 200 words. In a move that will soon be greeted with quiet mutterings of “I should have seen this coming,” [...]