According to Nielson’s “The Social Media Report,” Facebook is now the most-used website on the internet. The social networking site trounced the competition with American internet users dedicating a total of 53.5 billion minutes each month on the site, compared to second-place Yahoo (17.2 billion minutes), third-place Google (12.5 billion) and third-place YouTube (9.1 billion). Blog platform Tumblr did not Read full article »
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Creative “Financing” Proposed for 2013 America’s Cup Sailing Competition
Is hosting the America’s Cup in 2013 worth free rent, free parking and millions in public and private funds? Billionaire Larry Ellison, who wants to host the cup in San Francisco, thinks so. He has offered to finance and operate the race in San Francisco in 2013, but only if he gets rights to piers and parking lots near the Read full article »
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Google Puts $86 Million into Low-Income Housing
Google is funding a Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) that will provide tax credits to builders and developers who are involved in the creation of housing for low-income families and senior citizens, the search giant announced earlier this week . The process will be managed by the U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation, which is part of U.S. Bank. Experts speculate Read full article »
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PROOF – Why You Should Join The FREE Instant Internet Domination Webinar
On Thursday at 9:00 PM ET, I'm teaching the Instant Internet Domination Webinar (yes, it's 100% free). It's designed to help real estate investors dominate the internet generally and Google specifically. Don't believe that Google can be dominated instantly? I'll prove it to you right now - watch this short video: If you weren't able to watch the Read full article »
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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.