News stories about a mortgage crisis and tightening credit shouldn't keep homebuyers from looking into purchasing, say members of the real estate industry. [read more]

The International Real Estate Federation, FIABCI, has announced that it will present this exciting international Congress on October 23-25, 2008 at the Sheraton Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. [read more]

Applying for a loan to finance your home acquisition in Fort Lauderdale real estate is a good idea. It will help you purchase your ideal home in the city without going broke in the process; which is usually the case when you use your own financial resources to acquire a property. [read more]

Q. My husband is 83 and I am 81. We have lived in a condo for eight years and now have decided (or, I should say, our children have decided for us) to move to a senior community. With the real estate market so bad, what is your opinion on land contracts, or do they even have them anymore? We will be moving in the near future, so would appreciate a quick response. [read more]

Nelson Brothers Professional Real Estate, LLC , a Southern California based real estate investment company, has officially closed on their first TIC transaction with Palm Valley La Piazza Retail Center which was purchased for $6,800,000 according to the firm's principal and co-founder Patrick Nelson. [read more]

Lee R. Francia has been appointed president of JL Finance Co., Inc., a new Saipan-based real estate and financing services firm. Francia has more than 20 years experience in the banking business. She had held key positions during her stint at Home Federal Bank, Bank of Hawaii and Bank of Saipan. [read more]

Zillow.com today announced the formation of a Broker Advisory Board to provide counsel on existing Zillow services for the real estate industry, and evaluate ideas for future products and services. [read more]

New Zealand’s “phony boom” or urban property bubble that got underway around May 2001, caused by artificial land supply scarcities and inappropriate infrastructure financing - is now over. [read more]

• What is the difference between “short sale,” “REO” and “foreclosure”? [read more]

Q. My husband is 83 and I am 81. [read more]

Cayuga County's June unemployment rate was a full percentage point above prior-year levels, and it reached its highest point for the month since 2003, according to the latest state Department of Labor job market data. [read more]

THE Bank of England’s dilemma over runaway inflation and slowing economic growth will be laid bare on Wednesday when minutes of the latest interest rate meeting are published. [read more]

INFLATION is expected to have remained high in the June quarter, but economists say another annual figure above 4 per cent is unlikely to force the central bank towards another interest rate rise. [read more]

Annual percentage rates for select major credit card categories were mixed to lower this week, as [read more]

July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico's peso reached its strongest in five years after the central bank boosted borrowing costs for a second time this year in a bid to curb the highest inflation rate in more than three years. [read more]

July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate for the second straight month to curb the highest inflation rate in more than three years. [read more]

Dear Terry, My girlfriend drives a 2005 Jeep Wrangler that eats gas like no other -- she gets 14 miles per gallon in the city and 18 mpg on the highway. She currently owes $20,000 with a 16 percent annual percentage rate and now wants to sell her vehicle or trade it in for a Toyota Prius. [read more]

AUSTIN, Texas----Annual percentage rates for select major credit card categories were mixed to lower this week, as the Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates unchanged for the remainder of 2008 amid challenges posed by both economic weakness and inflation. [read more]

North Carolina hasn't had a job market this bad in more than four years. Unemployment rose to 6 percent last month from 5.9 percent in May, according to figures released Friday by the N.C. Employment Security Commission. In South Carolina, the unemployment rate dipped to 6.2 percent in June from 6.5 percent in May. In North Carolina, it was the sixth consecutive monthly increase and the highest ... [read more]

July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate for the second straight month to curb the highest inflation rate in more than three years amid higher food and energy prices. [read more]