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Everything to know about reverse mortgages

Everything to know about reverse mortgages

Source: CBS News --- If you're struggling with the rising costs of inflation, tapping your home equity may provide some relief. With products like cash-out refinances, home equity loans or HELOCs, you can turn that equity into cash and use it for any purpose — whether...

Crypto real estate: the property market built on digital assets

Crypto real estate: the property market built on digital assets

Source: The Big Red --- Portugal’s first property sale in cryptocurrency might have looked unremarkable, but it didn’t feel that way to those who had been working for nearly a year to make it happen. On May 4, in an office in the northern city of Braga, two men pulled...

The US housing market is still in the red

The US housing market is still in the red

Source: The Cryptonomist --- US: housing market shows no signs of recovering The recession is ascertained, but one fact that certifies the severity of the event and worries markets is that highlighted by Goldman Sachs researchers who published “The Housing Downturn:...

We Need To Talk About Hedging

We Need To Talk About Hedging

Source: Real Estate Capital Europe --- Calls from concerned real estate clients have been coming into the London office of risk management firm Chatham Financial with increasing regularity in recent weeks as borrowing rates in the industry have steadily increased. ...

Navigating new-home construction sales

Navigating new-home construction sales

Source: Chicago Agent Magazine --- The relationship between homebuilders and real estate brokers is constantly changing and getting cozier in today’s market. Brokers in the business of representing those buying and selling residential real estate will often tell you...

REAL ESTATE PAGE: How to budget realistically for home repairs

REAL ESTATE PAGE: How to budget realistically for home repairs

Source: CDA Press --- If you're a homeowner and haven't faced a big repair bill yet, just wait. Even in the best-maintained homes, stuff will wear out or break. Budgeting for these inevitable bills isn't always easy. One commonly cited rule of thumb — to save 1% to 4%...