Solar panels evolve with attractive architectural integration

The future home comes equipped with solar panels charging home batteries and an electric car.


My grandfather loved new technologies. He bought a handheld calculator in the early 1970s for over $50. Over the 30 years that followed, calculators became much more complex, and much, much less...

Solar panels evolve with attractive architectural integration

A larger supply of housing is the best form of rent control

Rent control would be unnecessary if politicians allowed developers to build enough housing to meet the demands of our growing population.

Rents (and resale prices) spiral out of control in California, pressuring family budgets all across the state. Many people believe the solution is to put an...

A larger supply of housing is the best form of rent control

How the real estate guru scam works

Real estate gurus scam people with high-pressure sales, leaving their customers with little to show for the money wasted.


When I set out to raise money to buy properties in Las Vegas in 2010, many long-time readers weren’t thrilled about the idea. One of them created the graphic above to...
http://marketinsitenews.com/real-estate-guru-scam-works/

It"s high time for marijuana REITs

The marijuana industry needs financing and real estate for it’s expansion. New REITs spring up to meet the need.

Investing in real estate offers many opportunities to earn high returns — in the case of catering to medical marijuana growers, the “high” is literal. Because ...
http://marketinsitenews.com/high-time-marijuana-reits/

It"s time to reform Proposition 13

VOTERS WARM TO THE IDEA OF REFORMING PROPOSITION 13, BUT LARGE FINANCIAL INTERESTS WOULD VIGOROUSLY OPPOSE ANY ATTEMPTS TO CURTAIL THEIR SUBSIDY.

California legislators face limits on their ability to tax real estate due to Proposition 13, which limits the tax rate to 1% of purchase price with ...
http://marketinsitenews.com/time-reform-proposition-13/

Migration to MarketInSiteNews.com

Today is the first weekday in nearly 10 years that I didn’t publish a new post!
This morning we migrated the posts to the new website MarketInSiteNews.com. The transition is not yet complete, so please pardon the problems and glitches bound to accompany such a large undertaking.
The OC...
http://marketinsitenews.com/migration-marketinsitenews-com/

Real estate will suffer less than bonds when rates rise

Real estate investment trusts profit from cheap debt, and their value depends on low discount rates. Rising interest rates hurt them both ways.

House prices depend on debt. Of the four factors that determine house prices, three of them directly relate to financing terms. If mortgage interest...
http://marketinsite.wpengine.com/real-estate-will-suffer-less-bonds-rates-rise/

The two biggest worries in housing today

The specter of rising mortgage interest rates or an end to the flow of foreign investment concerns speculators in US real estate.

Many investors in real estate worry that the current recovery may be coming to an end. Economic expansions usually don’t last as long as this one, so many...
http://marketinsite.wpengine.com/two-biggest-worries-housing-today/

The two biggest worries in housing today

The specter of rising mortgage interest rates or an end to the flow of foreign investment concerns speculators in US real estate.

Many investors in real estate worry that the current recovery may be coming to an end. Economic expansions usually don’t last as long as this one, so many...
http://ochousingnews.com/blog/the-two-biggest-worries-in-housing-today/

Real estate will suffer less than bonds when rates rise

Real estate investment trusts profit from cheap debt, and their value depends on low discount rates. Rising interest rates hurt them both ways.

House prices depend on debt. Of the four factors that determine house prices, three of them directly relate to financing terms. If mortgage interest...
http://ochousingnews.com/blog/real-estate-will-suffer-less-than-bonds-when-rates-rise/

Are today"s homebuyers considering the impact of rising mortgage rates?

Buyers convince themselves rising mortgage rates won’t impact them, but they fail to consider how rising rates will curb home price appreciation.

I strive to educate this blog’s many readers and dispel fallacies surrounding residential real estate. Sometimes, the public impresses me...
http://marketinsite.wpengine.com/todays-homebuyers-considering-impact-rising-mortgage-rates/

The down payment barrier at the conforming loan limit

The down payment barrier inhibits home sales, but reduces the risk to the US taxpayer.

California endures a housing affordability problem. And it’s not merely that house prices are high. Families with high wages could finance mortgages large enough to buy more expensive properties, but they f...
http://marketinsite.wpengine.com/payment-barrier-conforming-loan-limit/