A jewel thief in the Fort Worth area has been posing as a potential buyer for properties to make entering homes easier. The alleged thief, named Steven Breed, is suspected of many thefts over the past decade, including one recent heist in which more than $20,000 in jewelry was stolen. Breed, a minister, prefers to be shown the insides of his Read full article »
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Jewel Thief Poses as Home Buyer to Gain Entrance to Homes, Access to Valuables
category: Real Estate News
tags: Decade, Heist, Home Buyer, House Agents, Jewel Thief, Jewelry, Real Estate Agent, Realtor, Target, Wallets
Beyond Short Sales & Foreclosures – The [Immediate] Future Of Real Estate Investing
UNFORTUNATELY, you missed this excellent training call. We'd like to extend a sincere THANK YOU to the many hundreds of people who joined us for this call. I have asked my special guest from this call to offer an encore presentation, but his schedule can not accommodate it at this time. If this changes, I'll let you know if you're Read full article »
category: Editorial
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Opportunity In The News: Commercial Strip Shopping Malls
I recently saw an article about the huge hit that owners of strip malls have taken in the wake of the challenging economic circumstances some are currently facing. The point of the article was to convey that vacancies in strip malls have spiked to levels not seen in over a decade. This is apparently related to the current consumer preference Read full article »
category: Main Content, Real Estate News
tags: Anchor Stores, Commercial Real Estate, Commercial Strip, Confidence, Consumer Preference, Costco, Current, Decade, Economic Circumstances, Expert, Express Post, Financial Circumstances, Grocery Stores, Industry Segment, Media Coverage, Residential Real Estate, Sam S Club, Shopping Malls, Strip Malls, Vacancies, Warehouse Style
Real Estate Market Numbers Don’t Show The Whole Story…
I saw an article this morning indicating that in some markets, there are more foreclosures coming on the real estate market than there are new homes being constructed. What I think is strange is that this is considered newsworthy. Logically, why would a builder even bother to focus efforts in an area where there will be significant pressure on the market Read full article »
category: Real Estate News
The Politics of Real Estate
Few industries are as profoundly impacted by the political machinations in Washington as the real estate industry. Whether it's old legislation like Jimmy Carter's Community Reinvestment Act or Barack Obama's massive mortgage bailouts, the U.S. political machine has a huge impact (usually bad) on the business of real estate.
Ideally, we could ignore politics. But here at the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter, we insist on seeing the world with clarity - including the reality of Washington's aggressive involvement in every facet of our business, from mortgage lending to real estate sales license; from loan modification regulations to appraisal requirements... every piece of our business is profoundly impacted by politics. So rather than stick our heads in the sand and ignore reality, readers of the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter choose to be informed and prepared.
Mortgage Industry News
Few things change more rapidly than the mortgage market, and with the increasing dominance of GSE's Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over the mortgage business, it's more important than ever to keep up. Here are a few recent mortgage news updates:
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Mortgage News
- HAMP Success Tally Slowly Growing
- Western States Working Through Foreclosure Backlog Quicker than Eastern
- Biggest Down Payments in the Country Found in New Jersey
- President Bypasses Congress, Appoints Director of the Consumer Protection Bureau
- Federal Reserve Recommends Expanding GSEs to Turn Housing Market Around
- Mortgage Rates Likely to Remain Low for a While Longer
- Top Former FDIC, Wells Fargo Execs Say Fannie and Freddie Must Go
- FHA Continues to Extend Anti-Flipping Waiver
- More Homeowners Using Delaying Tactics to Slow Down Foreclosures
- Now that It’s Passed: The True Cost of the Payroll Tax Cut
About Bryan Ellis
Bryan Ellis is an Atlanta-based real estate analyst and publisher of the widely read newsletter "The Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter". With over 200,000 subscribers - including real estate investors, agents, brokers, appraisers and other real estate professionals - the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter is among America's largest sources of unbiased coverage of politics and public policy for the real estate industry.
Bryan Ellis serves as editor in chief for the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter and is assisted by an extraordinary staff of writers, researchers and editors who are each real estate experts in their own right and who assure that the news we report is well researched, factual, and highly relevant to today's real estate industry.
Bryan is very happily married and has two wonderful daughters. He makes his home in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. You can contact the team at the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter here.