In the past couple of years the cable television networks have released a slew of shows devoted to the real estate business. Among them: House Hunters, What You Get for the Money, Buy Me, Flip This House and Designed to...
A poster on the Real Estate Cafe blog raises the question whether "seller incentives" are masking the true decline in housing values. I've read elsewhere about sellers offering a one-year lease on a car (if not an actual car) to...
Most workers have not seen wage gains keep pace with inflation during the current economic expansion, the first time that has happened since World War II, according to a published report.
In the year since Katrina devastated New Orleans, large chain stores like Home Depot and Wal-Mart have reopened most of their damaged stores there. More significantly, retailers like Walgreen and CVS are already looking to add new stores in the area.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke urged policymakers and the nation at large Friday to embrace the global economy and help those hurt by shifting economic patterns, saying disruptions caused by lost jobs or declining profits in some industries would be offset by stronger overall growth.
