Archive for February, 2009

Chinese Premier hopes for stable, healthy real estate sector (People’s Daily)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday he hopes to see a stable and healthy development of the country’s real estate sector in the face of the global financial crisis. China should strengthen management and regulation to keep housing prices and the scale of property construction “at a reasonable level”, said Wen during an online […]

On the Block / The week’s top postings from The Chronicle’s Real Estate blog, sfgate.com/ZGBR (San Francisco Chronicle)

Sellar’s incentive - $5,000 finder’s fee It’s no longer enough to simply hire a real estate agent or post an ad and wait for your home to sell. Sellers are finding innovative ways to lure potential purchasers, be it the offer of a throw-in Ferrari or… […]

A Suburb Set For A Real Estate Revival? (CBS News)

Some experts believe we’re seeing the first signs of a real estate revival. Home prices in one Virginia suburb of Washington, DC have fallen so far, there seems nowhere to go but up. […]

Experts ponder real estate’s future in Vancouver Sun round table (Vancouver Sun)

Metro Vancouver’s real estate markets turned in 2008, which has meant falling sales and declining prices since late last spring. Now, with gloomy economic developments dominating the news, uncertainty reigns over what is going to happen in real estate markets and when a recovery might be expected. The Vancouver Sun wanted to take […]

Local real estate sales sputter throughout January (West University Examiner)

Real estate sales throughout the Examiner areas and the rest of Houston continued to stall in January, fueled by a lack of buyer confidence and the still rippling effects of the recession.
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Ask the real estate lawyer (Bluffton Today)

Some commission agreements have the real estate broker earningthe commission once they have found a ready,willing and ablebuyer.Ifthat buyer decides to walk from thedeal,the commission agreementwould effectively give that broker the commission earned.
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Experts ponder real estate’s future in Vancouver Sun round table (Global TV B.C.)

Metro Vancouver’s real estate markets turned in 2008, which has meant falling sales and declining prices since late last spring.
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Sen. Gregg had real estate stake in former Air Force base (The Indiana Gazette)

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama’s former nominee to become commerce secretary, Sen. Judd Gregg, steered taxpayer money to his home state’s redevelopment of a former Air Force base even as he and his brother engaged in real estate deals there, an Associated Press investigation found.
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ACCOMACK: County proposes tax hikes of 45 cents on personal property, 9 cents on real estate (Eastern Shore News)

ACCOMAC — Accomack County residents could face a personal property tax increase of 45 cents per assessed $100 in valuation, and a nine-cent hike in the real-estate tax, as officials deal with repercussions from the worst national economic recession since the Great Depression.
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Dale Sorensen Real Estate Launches Online Ad Updated Daily (PRWeb)

In response to consumer demand for instant access to pertinent real estate information and requests from the company’s database of buyers, Dale Sorensen Real Estate has launched yet another way to bring its traditional weekly ad information to the global community in a comprehensive, 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week color online version. (PRWeb Feb 28, 2009) […]