Some of the biggest increases were in states that suffered the worst from the housing bust. Home prices in Arizona jumped 18.7% in the past year, the most of any state. Home prices in Idaho rose 13.1%, the second largest. Nevada’s home values rose 11%. Idaho? Really? I know that one surprised everyone but Arizona …
If you have listened to any of our seminars or joined us at some of our huge educational seminars across Canada alongside The Real Estate Investment Network (REIN), you will have heard us talk about the many different things that you need to analyze before buying a piece of real estate. This article is a …
INVESTORS UNITE! There are only a small handfull of companies in North America that can even think for a solitary moment that they are truly educated real estate investors, and actually prove it. The Real Estate Investment Network (REIN) is one of them, and we highly recommend becoming a member and becoming educated on EVERYTHING …
It is imperative to always be up to date on many facets of the economy, geopolitics, and the general zeitgeist of the people at a particular time. As far as real estate is concerned, the trend upward continues and more and more, we see each of the major indicies and measurements turn in a positive …
This should be music to your ears – especially if you are a prudent real estate investor. If rents are rising, it conceivably means that another person would be willing to pay more for that property in order to get the same percentage return. Hmmmmm. That means that the price of the homes is increasing. …
If there was ever a top 10 list that made clear the importance of doing research, this might be the one. Here it goes… The top 10 hi-tech cities in the United States are… Metro Technology Index Score 1. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA .996 2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA .983 3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA .976 4. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, …
Do you remember watching that western movie where the bandits come up to a rail road track and then put their ear down to the metal? Do you know why they did that? They did it because the vibration of the sound travels a lot faster than the train, so they would know it is …
If you see the amount of people that we do, you are bound to find people wanting to invest in California, and the huge metropolis of Los Angeles. Well here is something that has made headlines that is not so pretty and something investors in L.A. and anyone looking at foreclosures must be aware of. …
What initially caught my eye was the message expressed by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that U.S. housing prices are up for the whole, but not for everyone. With the exception of those that live in the Great White North (Canada) where prices across the board are pretty much up across the entire country, the …
Phoenix home values will have the largest national gains in 2012, according to a recent forecast by Zillow, a Seattle-based real estate tracker. This is an unsurprising statistic for us at the U.S. Property Shop because we have seen Arizona inventory fly off the shelf for lack of a better term. Phoenix has an unemployment rate well below …
