Buyers don't quite yet hold all the cards, but they aren't smirking behind the hand they hold without reason.

Economic conditions are poised to give buyers more homes at lower prices this fall and winter, and as luck would have it, it's that time in the annual buying and selling cycle when more motivated sellers are more open to negotiations.

Setting up just how much you want to walk away with each month, however, isn't as simple as adding up all your expenses, tacking on an additional 25 percent and sitting back waiting for the tenants to move in.

One of the most important aspects of the investment game is creating a positive cash flow from your rental properties. The basic principles apply: buy low/sell high; cover your monthly expenses with your monthly rental payments; go to the bank a happier, richer person.

In a slowing market, with four consecutive months of sales declines, you hear a lot about the fragile psychology of the buyer.

But some of the most noteworthy market jitters are coming from Realtors themselves.

The information highway is awash with tales of closing real estate offices and agents heading down river.

Electra Real Estate Ltd. has approved the raising of up to NIS 200 million via a bond placement among financial institutions. It plans to initially raise NIS 150 million, but could raise the offering to NIS 200 million if demand is heavy.

Electra Real Estate will expand its issue of Series B bonds first issued in August 2005, when the company went public.

Electra Real Estate Ltd. has approved the raising of up to NIS 200 million via a bond placement among financial institutions. It plans to initially raise NIS 150 million, but could raise the offering to NIS 200 million if demand is heavy.

Electra Real Estate will expand its issue of Series B bonds first issued in August 2005, when the company went public.

Learn everything you can about the market in general and the specific type of investment you're considering before you put down any money. Educate yourself.

Talk to an expert. If you're not a financial or legal expert, consult a qualified accountant and attorney before embarking on any real estate deal.

WASHINGTON -- The National Association of Realtors announced that US home prices will fall temporarily as the housing market correct. 

Prices should bounce higher in a few months as the market works through a build in housing inventory.
Median existing-home sales prices should rise about 2.8% this year and 2.2% next year, the realtors said in their monthly economic outlook. Median new-home prices are expected to rise 0.2% in 2006 and 2.4% in 2007.

The tragedy of the World Trade Center towers instantly erased 15 million square feet of office space  from the New York commercial real estate market.

That sudden reduction is proving to be a boon for New York real estate brokers who are scrambling to find spaces, large and small, for businesses that have been displaced by the 11 September attacks

How can someone's IRA become a real estate developer?

The answer is simple. They have something called a self-directed IRA. It doesn't matter whether it is a regular IRA, a SEP (self-employed) IRA or a Roth IRA. Any of these could be administered by a trust company that specializes in allowing people to invest their savings in any number of businesses or assets.