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Resolutions 2011 – Budgeting

January 23, 2011 by Malcolm Bond

Whether it’s saving more, spending less or paying down debt, it starts in one place… Have any special ways you use to “set a budget” that you’d like to share? We’d love to hear about it. Use the “comment” link below to sound off.

Housing starts to grow 21% in 2011

January 22, 2011 by Malcolm Bond

Housing will see gradual improvements this year, establishing momentum for stronger gains in 2012, said economists at the National Association of Home Builders International Builders’ Show recently. “This year’s spring selling season will be better than last year’s,” said NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe, with job growth providing a stronger stimulus in the housing market […]

Sellers Drop Asking Prices on Fewer Homes in December

January 21, 2011 by Malcolm Bond

The number of price-reduced homes on the market in December 2010 fell by 7.7 percent from the previous month, according to a survey of 26 major U.S. markets conducted by the national real estate brokerage ZipRealty. Despite the month-to-month decline, the company says the number of homes with a reduced asking price remained high compared […]

Resolutions 2011 – Saving More

January 20, 2011 by Malcolm Bond

If one of your resolutions this year was to save more, you’re in the right place. Any other ideas for “Saving Money” this year? Tell us about yours.. use the comment link below to tell us your plan.

Construction Spending on Positive Streak

January 19, 2011 by Malcolm Bond

A sign that an economic recovery is slowly getting underway is evident by figures from one of the most deeply impacted industries during the recession — the construction industry. November marked a third consecutive month with construction spending up. Development of new homes, along with an increase in government funding for federal construction projects, is […]

Housing Recovery Increasingly Tied to Job Growth

January 18, 2011 by Malcolm Bond

Steps to limit price declines may have helped, but economic growth is now critical. Home prices in twenty major metropolitan markets dropped 1.3% from September to October, the third straight month-over-month drop, according to the December S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index released in late December. The decline erases a significant share of the modest gain in home […]

Why Credit Counseling Often Fails

January 17, 2011 by Malcolm Bond

MSN Money columnist Liz Pulliam Weston recently wrote an interesting column about the high failure rate in the credit counseling business. It turns out that most people who sign up for credit card counseling, even if they’re working with a legitimate counselor licensed by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling, fail to pay down their […]

2011 Forecast: Stocks, Housing and Oil

January 16, 2011 by Malcolm Bond

Do you think you know what’s going to happen in the economy this year, or to the stock market, or the housing market? Compare your guesses to the experts from Wall Street… Have predictions for 2011 you’d like to share with our readers? We’d love to hear from you. Just comment below and let’s see […]

Predictions: Last Year’s Wall St vs Main St

January 15, 2011 by Malcolm Bond

At the beginning of every year, Wall St experts predict how it will end, but is Wall St any smarter than Main St? Did you have a prediction last year as to how 2010 would fare? How’d you do? Any predictions for 2011? We’d love to hear from you. Click the ‘comment’ link below to […]

Unemployment Picture Expected to Improve

January 14, 2011 by Malcolm Bond

Experts agree, job creation is critical to getting the housing and mortgage markets back on track – both in curbing delinquencies by ensuring homeowners have the ability to keep up with their mortgage payments and in giving consumers the confidence and security they need to become homebuyers. If unemployment remains elevated for an extended period, […]