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Past is prologue, they say. And that's certainly true when looking forward to what the housing market will hold for home sellers next year. WalletPop's predictions for sellers in 2011 are: 1. More Distressed Homes Come on Market, but 'Regular' Deals Have Cachet The number of homes repossessed by...

The days when anyone could claim to have a reliable crystal ball for the real estate market have long passed. Nevertheless, what's past is prologue: There's a lot going on in the market right now that is likely to have a pretty predictable impact on real estate in 2011. Let's look at how homebuyers...

Amazon, Volkswagen and Florida real estate developers are drastically dropping the prices of some of their key products. In a short video, Douglas McIntyre reveals which products are getting the biggest price drops. Could these cuts be a sign that deflation is at work?

Being a man good to his word, conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh is leaving New York with its relatively high taxes on rich people. Limbaugh's 10-room, 20th floor penthouse at 86th Street and Fifth Avenue reportedly sold for $11.5 million. It was originally priced at $13.95 million in...

Sometimes truth so closely imitates fiction that you aren't sure what to believe. That's the case with Jeff Pedelty, purportedly one of the newest residents of a bike-friendly condo development in Boulder, Colo. aptly named "The Peleton." It's not enough that Mr. Pedel - ty (get it?) also seems...

Buy apartments, hotels, land and distressed properties, but focus on infill while avoiding the fringes; hold onto office buildings until the market improves; look for deals in shopping malls, but only in upscale areas. Oh, and go ahead and grab that Miami Beach ocean-view condo you've had your eye...

Just because you've been making your mortgage payments doesn't mean you're in the clear on your house. If you live in a condominium and fall behind on home owner's association dues, your neighbors have the right to foreclose on your property.That reality is almost always written into the purchase...

For first-time buyers and investors, condominiums are often a way to get into a hot housing market, offering the potential for appreciation and/or rental income, without having to worry overly about a lot of maintenance costs, zoning and other issues. See the full report in Acrobat.But the condo...

It might seem hard to get excited about a book called Make Money with Condominiums and Townhouses, given that it was published in 2003. Since then, the financial media has given tremendous attention to all the high-rises in markets like Miami and Las Vegas that left investors and home owners with...

In Manhattan, ground zero of the global credit crisis, the housing market is beginning to feel the effects of the disaster that Wall Street helped create. While condo prices have risen slightly over the past year, sales volumes have plummeted, and many analysts predict that New York is feeling only...