Fourth Estate

Is Renting Better Than Buying? Tough question, isn’t it? Some folks fall squarely on either side for very legitimate and often personal reasons. Where you find yourself in life also might affect whether you choose to rent or buy. Then there’s that wild card called the economy, which affects us all. But, absent current variables, here are more questions to ask about renting versus buying. Is it cheaper to rent? The quick answer is it depends where you are. A small town in Montana? Maybe…

Once of the interesting aspects of fencing a home on a corner lot is the additional fencing restrictions that come with it. While you will need to confirm this with your particular council, many councils in Australia place a restriction on the height of front fences on a corner lot as a way to make sure motorists have an unobstructed view when driving around the corner. Brisbane City Council, for example, limits the height of a corner lot fence to one metre. Picket fences suit these fencing…

Years ago when the real estate market crashed many Americans were effected. Not only people looking for homes but also people that had a job relating to this field. It started making many Americans second-guess their jobs or their life goals. There were also people trying to make money and sell their homes but were not able to because no one was willing to buy. During this time my family was one of the many looking to buy a house and we were put off due to the impact of the crash. While all of…

Many indigent litigants in housing court go through court proceeding without representation. It is estimated that at least 90% of indigent civil litigants, or 2.3 million people, in New York go without an attorney in civil matters. 2 Whereas close to 100 percent of landlords have representation. 3 With housing court skewed for landlord’s eviction are almost a certainty and forces people to homelessness. The number of people entering city shelters has passed alarming rates. The only way to…

It's a drag to try to date as a young adult living with mom or dad. It isn't much better if you have a roommate. Life is so much better if you have a space that is truly yours. But how do you make that happen? 1) Run The Numbers Start by finding an online mortgage calculator and playing with it a bit. See what kind of impact different percentages of down payments have on the mortgage payment. Look at homes of the type you aspire to own and get a feel for roughly how much they cost. This…

CPW Andy Chavez attended the family home. Present were Rob Theuma, Rogan, Phoenix, and Raven. The house was in good state of hygiene. The toys were moved in the corner of the living room. A safety gate is place at the foot of the stairs to prevent the kids from climbing. Rob mentioned that he is having trouble with the floor as the workers did not remove a portion of the floor that it created some unevenness. He planned to remove some of it and place plywood to even the floor and add additional…

Proceeding the French Revolution, the significant imbalance of power held a prominent role in French Society and incited the uprising of the third, commoner estate through the corruption it caused. Consequently, as the Enlightenment philosophies began to flourish, deconstruction arose as a key component of the French enlightenment ideals. Therefore, the French revolutionaries pursued not an initiative of chaos, but the purposeful goal of deconstructing the corrupt centralized structures of…

400 × 300 Caption Short-sale buyers purchase homes for less than the mortgage balances on the homes. Alternate Text Group If you're in the market for a new home, a short sale can provide a nice home for an even nicer price. Short sales have a well-earned reputation for being lengthy, however. If you're interested in purchasing a home through a short sale, prepare yourself for a long wait between making an offer and closing the deal. Know too that some deals will fall through and never make it…

Confused about the property market? Cannot afford to get in, cannot afford to get out? Well you are not alone. Surely getting and keeping a roof over our heads should not be this hard. But the housing crisis continues of defy all attempts at a solution. It gets more shambolic and divisive by the day. The haves against the have-nots, rich versus the poor, even old against the young. It used be that Australian’s would spend three or four times the annual income per ABS Surveys of Income and…

For some people, the foreclosures hit them with a force of a bulldozer rolling them out of their comfortable zones and forcing them back into the land of the rental. But for others, like myself, the foreclosure market was an amazing moment when the stars aligned and every house price dropped to prices that some of us could easily finally afford. Not only were we able to afford a house for the first time possibly in history, we were able to have our pick of the litter as it were. It was a buyers’…