All posts by Broderick Perkins

Remember predictions that forecast San Francisco Bay Area home prices wouldn't return to pre-crash levels for five, 10, 15 years or more? Fugedabouddit. If the current rate of home price

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has sent into space a smartphone device similar to the "tricorder" that futuristic Star Trek characters depend upon as much as we

Forget the golden goose investor-element that's helping fuel the housing recovery. Potential buyers? Your fence sitting days are numbered. Many investors are largely bottom feeders (buy low, rent and or

Falling prices at the pump weren't enough to offset the impact of the global economy running out of gas. The average rate on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) ticked

"For sellers, stick with the comparables and don"t be overzealous in pricing your property. For buyers, get yourself pre-approved for a mortgage before you start looking and be

There's something both benevolent and sinister about this real estate agent. You'd like to join him for a spot of tea, but you wouldn't want to meet him in

On mortgage reform: "One of the reasons for the collapse was that mortgage borrowers were steered towards high-cost and risky loans they had no real chance of paying

Remember when Sacramento was one of the hardest hit cities in the nation during the housing crisis? Now, with the nation's largest drop in homes for sale, Sacramento, CA

Generation Y or Gen Y, also known as the Millennial Generation, is poised to be the next big demographic to enter the housing market. Gen Y elders are already

It should come as no surprise that nearly 80 percent of Americans aren't buying the housing recovery and many of them think the worst is still yet to

Going paperless is saving zillions of trees and that goes a long way toward saving the planet. Using less paper reduces the use of fossil fuels to manufacture paper. Less

DEADLINE NEWSROOM - Home ownership counseling has become as necessary for home ownership as the money you'll need to invest in what's likely your most valuable asset. Studies reveal

Housing affordability is up! Interest rates are at record lows! It's cheaper to buy then rent! Home prices are rising! The housing recovery is on! Buy now! Conditions are

Consumer confidence worried mortgage rates down this week as many rates fell for the second consecutive week, according to the Erate Interest Rate Update for the week ending

Mortgage rates continued their up-one-week-down-the-next trend, unable, like consumers, to get a fix on the economy, according to the Erate Interest Rate Update for the week ending March

The South San Francisco Bay Area's tumbling supply of homes for sale is causing prices to skyrocket, sales to crash and some market watchers to, well, see bubble. With

No, those aren't real estate agents above. We'll get to that later. After our Movoto Harlem Shake story earlier this week, we were surprised at a recent Silicon Valley

A tax refund of nearly $3,000 can be cause to celebrate. That's the average refund taxpayers will get this year, according to the Infernal Revenue Service and that amount

Forget flash mobs. Move over Gangnam Style. The Harlem Shake is the new public performance art gone viral. Even the real estate industry is getting into the act. Take a look