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Investment Property Dallas TX

Home builders starting to snap up lots

              With Home starts in North Texas up by 50 percent so far this year, builders and developers  are jumping to buy land and lots. Serveral Purchases have been announced this week.  Toll Brothers already has 10 home communities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.    Its latest acquistion is in the Reserve at Colleyville, a [...]

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U.S. housing starts gain on multifamily building

Multifamily housing Dallas TX

A gauge of future economic activity jumped 1.4 percent in March, the fastest pace of growth in 10 months. The rise in the Conference Board's index of leading economic indictors suggests economic growth is likely to continue for the next three to six months. Economists polled by Thomson Reuters had expected the index to grow [...]

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Investor Interest in Real Estate Triples in 12 Months

Real Estate Investing in Dallas TX

According to a new Move, Inc., survey, interest in real estate as an investment has more than tripled in the past year. In fact, 17.2% of potential home buyers today say they plan to purchase a home in the near future as an investment compared to just 5.6% in March 2009. The survey also found [...]

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Foreclosure Dictionary

foreclosure dictionary dallas tx

  Assumable Mortgage A mortgage that can be transferred from a seller to a buyer; once the loan is assumed by the buyer, the seller is no longer responsible for repaying it; there may be a fee and/or a credit package involved in the transfer of an assumable mortgage.   Bankruptcy Federal law whereby a [...]

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Top 12 Tips for Buying an Investment Property

“Real estate investors aren’t necessarily all-cash buyers with millions in the bank,” said Van Tuyl, Prudential agent. “Normal folks with $50,000 to put down can make solid investments and get positive cash flow.”  Are you ready to buy an investment property? Here are some things to consider.  1. Location, location, location. We’ve said it before [...]

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