Can it be? Portland is one of the five hottest real estate markets in the nation. What does this mean for homeowners as they–or their financial advisors— try to manage the increasingly valuable asset their home represents? But first, you ask, why assume house prices in Portland will continue to climb? Aren’t current high prices […]
Written in the Lathkill Valley in Derbyshire, England, whilst on a fishing excursion. On the first day, as fishing was over and the afternoon wound down, I sat in the garden of our stone cottage with a glass of scotch in my hand, listening to the sounds of the place and thinking how the pace of […]
The evidence piles up: there are compelling reasons for making home equity part of your client’s retirement income strategy. In an article in the Financial Planning Journal, Wade Pfau, PhD, CFA analyzes the current literature in six studies on whether and how home equity should be incorporated in a retirement income plan, particularly where sequence […]