However, for the opportunity to see inside the home of true megastar, a trip to Memphis is a must. Elvis Presley's Gracelands home receives in the region of 650,000 visitors a year. The public areas of the house are preserved exactly as they were the day Presley died, in 1977, and a large collection of outfits, gold records, memorabilia and vehicles are on show. This relatively modest southern mansion was bought by Elvis in 1957, for around $100,000.

Whether it's celebrated California beach houses, once valued at $30 million and now selling for peanuts, or acres of South Florida condos being devastated by a hurricane of foreclosures, the national press, TV news and web bloggers seem positively thrilled to be able to deliver the latest tales of doom.

Every decade or so, the Department of Housing and Urban Development do a national study into discriminatory experiences in home renting or purchasing; surprisingly, this current study will be the first time that a HUD study will specifically deal with the discrimination of buyers and renters bases on sexual orientation or identity.

Renovations and repairs vary a lot in scope and difficulty. Some easy jobs for most people might be repainting or re-caulking; those home owners who have a bit more experience with home repairs might consider tackling a more challenging job like installing baseboards or installing new window coverings.

Even though the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is cautiously claiming that the current recession is over, the housing market is likely to still suffer a glut of bank-owned foreclosures in 2010.

While it is common for homes to be wood framed, or “stick framed”, a more eco-friendly way for you to build a home like this is either to make sure that your wood (or stick) vendor has sustainably sourced materials or use an alternative method like cordwood construction which uses short pieces of wood or logs that would otherwise not be useful on house building.

There are simply so many variables informing the many predictions that the optimists will naturally see the good news, the agnostics will look at the data with relative impartiality, and the doom-mongers will hone in on all the negatives

While every home buyer has their own wants and needs when it comes to location, there are some general concepts that the majority of home buyers want when they’re buying a home because they tend to be indicators of a more valuable location that will affect the resale value of the home.

The real estate roller coaster seems to be traveling along just fine in the beginning of 2010. While there have been some very dramatic dips over the past year, this year seems to be a mixture of ups and downs so far.

Tech savvy consumers are now expecting their realtors to be on the cutting edge as well and are demanding instant information from them in the field. To meet this demand, Realtors have to update their marketing strategies and employ all of the current gadgetry available.