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One Sign The Housing Bust Could End Soon Source: U.S. News & World Report | March 28, 2011 It's not usually welcome news when the landlord hikes your rent. But for the housing market, rising rents may be one of the most hopeful signs in years. The markets for rented and purchased homes usually mo...

Where Rents Are Rising The Most, And Least Source: U.S. News & World Report | March 28, 2011 We all want our living costs to go down, not up. But a surge in rents may represent a surprising bit of good news for the housing industry. Like home prices, rents fell during the recession, as millions o...

The 10 Best Cities For Home Buyers Source: Fortune | March 28, 2011 You better believe it - the real estate market is back. It's time to buy again, and here are the 10 best cities for doing so, according to a new report from Deutsche Bank. Many of the cities on this list now have the most afforda...

Real Estate: It's Time To Buy Again Source: Fortune | March 28, 2011 After four years of plunging home prices, the most attractive asset class in America is housing. If all the noise you're hearing about housing has you totally confused, join the crowd. One day you'll read that owning a home has ...

The Future Of The American Home Source: The Atlantic | March 25, 2011 What's in store for the American home in the years to come? Once most foreclosures and other distressed properties are purchased by borrowers who can afford them, the sector will stabilize. Many analysts think that prices will ...

4 Ways Your Home Can Pay You Source: U.S. News & World Report | March 18, 2011 Despite being financially stressed and worried about retirement, homeowners, by and large, continue to see their homes as a roof over their head and not a key financial asset that may improve their retirement prospects...

Home Prices Going Higher This Spring? Source: Morningstar | March 18, 2011 In August 2010, we surmised that home prices would be pressured for at least the remainder of 2010 but that the long-term outlook for at least stable prices was actually pretty good. Home prices sank 3.5% between July and ...

Young Home Buyers Will Lead Housing Market Recovery, Says NAHB Source: NAHB | March 17, 2011 Generation X - young families and adults ages 31 to 45 - are likely to lead the home buying recovery as it gets underway, according to real estate experts who spoke at an educational webinar produced by t...

7 Ingredients Of A Money-Saving Garden Source: Bankrate.com | March 21, 2011 What's green, great exercise and can save you money? Your home's garden. Whether it's a few containers on the patio or a full-fledged vegetable patch, consumers are becoming producers via their own backyard gardens. And ...

More Borrowers Are Opting For Adjustable-Rate Mortgages Source: The New York Times | March 17, 2011 In the years since the financial crisis, adjustable-rate mortgages, or ARMs, with their low initial interest rates that changed over time, have been considered riskier than fixed-rate loans and shu...