Patricia Houlihan

Some assert that cell phone towers may be the nuclear power plants of the 21^st century. Growing opposition to cell towers is spreading as awareness and concern over the possible negative health effects grows. A growing number of scientists and citizens are concerned that the electromagnetic field ...

Analysts are advising that micro-markets, areas that remain in demand during downturns, continue to make good investments in metropolitan areas with declining real estate sales and prices. These markets are proof that different zip codes and neighborhoods have their own unique market patterns that can defy national downturns.

Micro-markets are found in metropolitan areas with strong loca ...

Okay, I think this is a bit extreme but apparently, therapists, divorce lawyers and real estate agents have noted a side effect common to property booms that they're calling real-estate-enabled divorces. In hot property markets where home values have increased significantly, separating couples are using the profits from appreciated properties to start over in style. This doesn't sound good ...

Buyers of homes love the internet-so do realtors; newspapers, not so much!

The recent drop in real estate advertising in newspapers confirms that buyers are increasingly going online to research home-buying decisions. Apparently newspapers in New York are experiencing a decline in real estate advertising as many real estate executives are reallocating their print advertising budgets to t ...

Hot market seems to be continuing in Vancouver and Toronto

If you think the real estate market in Vancouver is competitive be thankful you aren't trying to buy a place in Toronto! I was surprised to read in the Globe and Mail that in the suburb of Mississauga 150 hopeful buyers lined up outside a new development for three days hoping to purchase a townhouse! Something similar happened i ...