1.U.S. Stocks Drop Amid Earnings as Kerry Warns Russia
“U.S. stocks declined, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index erasing a weekly gain, as results from Amazon.com Inc. to Visa Inc. disappointed and tension escalated over Ukraine. “
2.Denver real estate market favors sellers, homes move in record time
“Homes in the Denver metro area are among the fastest selling in the nation, ranking fourth in pace of sales out of 100 metro markets, according to a report released Thursday by Trulia.”
3.Carefully weigh real-estate investments
“Most people can succeed investing in real estate if they’re willing to do their homework, which includes selecting top real-estate professionals”
4.Why I still like real estate
“I have said this many times. You will not get rich in the stock market, you will get reasonable rates of return over time but people who are wealth generally do not do it that way. Wealthy people are wealth because of 1 of 4 things. “
5.Why the housing market is still stalling the economy
“If the economy still feels stuck, blame the housing market.”
6.Housing goes from hopeful to underwhelming as 2014 moves along
“WASHINGTON — A spate of new economic reports shows that a speedier recovery of the housing market does not appear in the cards this year.”
7.A fading middle-class perk: lower mortgage rates
“WASHINGTON — For three decades, the U.S. middle class enjoyed a rare financial advantage over the wealthy: lower mortgage rates.”
8.Pending homes sales jump in March, short sales decline
“Pending home sales in California rose to their highest level in eight months in March and the percentage of short sales plummeted to levels not seen since 2008, the California Association of Realtors reported Wednesday.”