The residential real estate market did not benefit much from the record low interest rates as home sales and prices continue to decline. The commercial real estate and exchange traded funds, though, have done well this year all thanks to the improved credit market. This has led exchange traded funds to come up with a game plan that heavily relies on the real estate market.
The weak labor market has continually dragged the housing side of the real estate market – but this has not greatly affected commercial real estate values, …

It seems to be a trend, no thanks to the housing market crash and the recent foreclosure stoppage in most states: former homeowners are turning into renters. And South Florida is following in the trend. The area’s Boward and Palm Beach counties have been seeing fewer empty rental apartments and higher rental rates year after year.
The flurry of foreclosures in the past four years may have scared residents out of owning a home, leading to a boom in the rental housing market. Most new renters are actually former …

Even the industry’s largest real estate brokerage firm fell to the declining real estate market. But LA commercial real estate brokerage CB Richard Ellis has bounced back in the second half of 2009 after hitting the reds in the early months of the year. And now, its chief executive is predicting that the market will be on the rebound as well pretty soon.

CB Richard Ellis had make internal cuts and this – coupled with a real estate rebound in Asia – made them turn in some profit for the latter …

The government has done all it can to try and help the housing market recover – from tax credits to low interest rates to mortgage refinancing to government-backed loans. Even so, the market is still crashing, with July of this year seeing the deepest plunge in home sales. This has led some economists and analysts to cry at the government and urge them to choose whether it will not be better to think of future homeowners rather than current ones.
The government has done everything it can to keep the housing …

How to Capitalize in a Hostile Market
DALLAS, The current global real estate market is challenging for most. But there are “Winners” in this tough economy, and real estate expert Sonny Moyers is a good example of how some will prosper and reach lofty goals in hard times.
Sonny writes, “Every economy and every situation creates winners and losers. Entrepreneurs and executives who can decipher the market and find opportunities to win will win big. In my experience, more fortunes are made in tough times than in good times. We looked for …