Adzookie, a free advertising network for mobile devices, said Tuesday that the company will pay your mortgage if it can paint your house with an ad for the service.
Nevada has the highest foreclosure rate in the country.
The promise of palm tree groves and low-cost real estate lured Alan and Katherine Ackerly across the Rocky Mountains in 2004 from Denver to Nevada, where thousands of new houses beckoned as brightly as any neon sign.
Economic uncertainty, unstable prices and simple math have given Americans less incentive to buy.
Meredith Carr and Vince Melamed of Brentwood are just the sort of couple real estate agents have always counted on to buy a home. Melamed is a successful keyboardist and songwriter who wrote hits including Trisha Yearwood’s “Walkaway Joe,” and Carr is a freelance editor. They owned a home in Nashville, but when they moved to Los Angeles last year they decided they did not want to tie up their money in real estate, or be on the hook for home repairs and upkeep.
American dream of homeownership is not right for everyone.
Homeownership used to be the bedrock of the American dream, but the economic storm and its lasting effects have radically changed how everyone — no matter what stage of life they’re in — looks at their home.