Real estate brokers have a long-standing habit of making up stories about the properties they want to buy, but few of them are willing to explain why they’re telling the truth.That’s the big takeaway from a new study by RealClearMarkets, a real estate research firm.The firm analyzed more than 300 data sets on the properties that agents are interested in […]

Buyers seeking to buy their first home in California will need to spend between $2.4 million and $2,849,000 on a $1 million down payment, according to an article on real estate listings website Realtor.com.The average home price in the Golden State is $1.1 million, according the article.Real estate companies can offer mortgage refinancing to buyers who qualify for the federal […]

I’ve never been a very well-known investor, so when I stumbled upon the idea of buying a property with the help of an investor, I had no idea what to expect.A few months later, I’ve gone from $500k to $8m in cash.That is, of course, if you believe the real estate website Trulia.I found a listing on Trulia for a […]

What happens to the real estate you buy?Do you end up buying an old, dilapidated house with only a single bedroom?Or maybe a more modern, spacious home with a full kitchen and living room?In this new article from Newsweek, we tackle some of the questions people ask themselves as they seek to make the purchase of a new home.We also […]

Vietnam has pledged to give Vietnamese owners of 1.5 million land-holdings in China a share of the 1.8 billion yuan ($26 billion) promised in the land-for-sale deal between Beijing and Vietnam.The landholders will be given 1.25 million hectares of land and will be granted up to 50 percent of the value of their holdings.A final land-sale price of 1 billion […]