Jumping Off the Fiscal Cliff – Or the Fiscal Curb?

Doomsday scenarios didn’t stop with the failed Mayan Apocalypse of last week’s Winter Solstice. Continued wrangling over the looming “fiscal cliff" of the government’s financial crisis raises the specter for many of a budgetary apocalypse that will send lawmakers and...

After the Election: Changing Trends in Housing?

The recent Presidential election may have changed the political landscape in major ways, even though housing wasn’t a particularly hot topic during the campaign. Still, real estate industry-watchers see some factors emerging in Barack Obama’s second term that may have...