The state of California recently rolled out a pair of programs designed to help residents buy new homes or stay in their current ones, one of which provides forgivable loans to buyers for up to 10% of the purchase price. The programs, announced last month, include the Forgivable Equity Builder Loan program administered by the California Housing

  When it comes to getting the best return on investment in the housing market, one real estate investor swears on student housing. “I think that’s the safest bet in real estate,” said Rogers Healy, CEO and Owner of Dallas real estate company Rogers Healy and Associates (video above). The student housing market is what initially

Here’s one sector it pays to dabble in. The events of the past two years have caused many people to rethink their plans, work setups, and living situations. For some, that means relocating to a less expensive part of the country. For others, it means downsizing or getting a new job. All of this is

There are some huge downsides to house flipping worth considering. If you’re interested in getting into real estate investing, you might be considering house flipping. You’re probably familiar with this widely publicized strategy for making money in real estate. It involves purchasing a home and quickly selling it for more than you paid for it

Experts are wondering if the US housing market is in a bubble — and whether it could soon burst. A bubble is when the price of an asset surges, often for irrational reasons or reasons unrelated to underlying fundamentals. Home prices soared throughout the pandemic as debt was cheap and people sought more space during

The bigger they are, the harder they fall. That much is true for housing giant Zillow, which entered a hot and unpredictable housing market as a speculator and got burned. Zillow Group, Inc. reported a $330 million net loss for the third quarter (Q3) of 2021 in a letter to shareholders, blaming the loss on the failure of