COVID-19: unemployment and the mounting financial crisis. Understanding how people live paycheck-to-paycheck and the implications of extended unemployment. Q: In your recent column in the Washington Post, it was stated that “nearly 80 percent of Americans were living paycheck to paycheck before the pandemic…” I want to know how do you define living paycheck-to-paycheck when [...]
How will China’s economy affect the U.S. housing market? Is there a way to invest in real estate that isn’t so time consuming? Get answers to these questions by listening to this week’s episode of the Ilyce Glink Show. You can click the audio link below to listen to the full show, or download the [...]
https://youtu.be/EmF7XDcYaVQ Elon Musk has created reusable rockets and award-winning electric cars. Now he wants to help you power your home with a battery. In May, Musk’s company Tesla introduced the PowerWall, a massive lithium ion battery you hang on the wall of your house or garage. It comes in two models, 10 kilowatt [...]
On this week’s WSB radio show Ilyce discussed the economy, real estate market, how to make an elevator pitch and a road map for first-time investors. Then, Ilyce explains why you should never deed your house over to your kids and what's the difference between a reverse mortgage and a home equity line of credit. [...]
Here are a few of the topics covered on this week’s WSB radio show. The economy at the end of 2014 [1:50] In the third quarter of 2014, GDP increased to an unbelievable 5 percent due in a large part to the lower gas prices that are freeing up funds for consumers. We are also [...]
Ilyce Glink Show on WSB Radio: Is it still a good time to buy a house, and are interest rates going to stay low? On this week’s Ilyce Glink Show on WSB radio, Ilyce discussed whether or not it is still a good time to buy a house and how she thinks a real estate [...]
Ilyce Glink Show on WSB Radio: How is the economy doing and where is it headed with interest rates at historic lows and a budget deficit that is falling? On this week’s Ilyce Glink Show on WSB radio, Ilyce discussed the positives in the economy and where we are seeing economic growth. Ilyce touched on [...]
Ilyce Glink talks about how we have the lowest mortgage rates in history and what this means for the economy. It’s difficult to believe that mortgage interest rates are now officially at the lowest point in history. Or, at least history as defined by the Freddie Mac, which has been keeping track of 15-year fixed [...]
Is there another recession ahead? We're dealing with weak growth, but there are some positive signs the economy is turning around. Not according to Kermit Baker, chief economist for the American Institute of Architects and a senior research fellow with the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard. To the contrary, he believes positive signs [...]
The real estate outlook for 2013 continues to look muddled: While new home sales increased in 2012, the economy still struggles. Each week, pundits step forward to proffer yet another prediction about where the housing market is going. Since 2006, when the housing market began its descent into madness, all we’ve heard that the residential [...]
