It occurs on both sides of the political aisle and I for one, am getting very tired of it all a full 10 9 months before the November election! I speak, of course, of the three P’s! These three P’s (there are likely more) consist of the pandering, promises andpolitical maneuvering that takes place all of the time in Washington. And […]
This photo is a portrayal of just how far that is! In other words if there is ever an instance where an attorney, property owner, property buyer, mortgage bank or anyone else find themselves in the midst of a title insurance related emergency, Hallmark Abstract Service will scale or descend from any height necessary to help! The truth is, however, […]
For anyone who is in the market to buy a home or soon will be, finding the right property is typically only half of the battle! The other half, unless one is paying cash, is applying for a mortgage and then fighting the battle to ultimately be approved. In the pre-financial crisis world qualifying for a […]
Often investors need to look for non-verbal clues concerning the actual direction the economy is heading in! But, for those who watch or read business news sources, you will typically find that every selloff is presented as a buying opportunity that will be coupled with the phrase ‘if you liked ____ stock at $___, you should […]
Summary: The Baltic Dry Index plunges below 400 for the first time ever! You’re probably asking yourself about now why would anyone care about the Baltic Dry Index? The reason? Anyone who formulates a strategic plan for their business needs to consider the anecdotal evidence concerning the current strength and potential future direction of the […]
As we head into 2016 the economic news out of China leaves something to be desired! And if China sneezes, does the rest of the world catch a cold? ‘Asian markets tumbled Monday on the first day of trading in 2016, with declines so steep in mainland China that authorities halted trading there for the […]
Summary: Will 2016 be a repeat of 2015 or…Taking out the crystal ball, what do you suppose that we can we expect from the New York City residential real estate market in 2016? Using any variety of metrics, 2015 was a very good year for the New York City residential real estate market! That is actually […]
The pundits on TV have all glommed onto the common argument that declining crude oil prices are responsible for declining stock prices! I, however, am of the opinion that declining crude coupled with the overall decline in the CRB, are merely symptomatic of a greater potential problem. That is the real possibility for the US economy […]
In an October 2013 article we noted how Blackstone Group had become the largest owner of rental homes in the U.S.! In fact at the time, the worlds largest private equity firm had offered Wall Street’s first ‘rental-backed security’. Well now Blackstone had made another large purchase of U.S. rental property (10,399 multifamily units) signaling that, in this company’s […]
For busy professionals it can sometimes be difficult to find and read all of the articles around the internet that may be of interest! We have vetted many of those articles and present to you six that we believe may be useful to you both in your business and personally. The topics of these articles include real estate […]
