Why rent when you can buy? Luxury retailers are booming and using their extra cash to buy up highly coveted retail spaces across the U.S. and Europe.  Prada bought the building where its Fifth Avenue store is located for $425 million, while LVMH is said to be in talks to purchase the building...

Home foreclosures are on the rise. Is this the start of a housing collapse and the buying bonanza for real estate investors touted for the last two years, or a mere blip?  Foreclosure rates have steadily risen since interest rates increased in conjunction with the home affordability...