Archive for February, 2010

Recession has delivered hard blow to midstate’s commercial real estate (Macon Telegraph)

The commercial real estate industry in Middle Georgia took a powerful hit in 2009, and some say it will take years to see a significant improvement.
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Career in real estate can be ‘tough business’ (Poughkeepsie Journal)

It’s not unusual for people who have lost jobs or who are entering the work force at an older age to choose real estate as a new career. It’s not a bad deal if you can do it well.
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Commercial real estate woes expected to linger (Cape Cod Times)

The commercial real estate market is not expected to recover this year, with vacancy rates set to rise and rents forecast to fall, the National Association of Realtors said last week.
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Boca Raton Real Estate - A Growing Real Estate Market (Turks.US)

Boca Raton real estate is one of the fast growing real estate markets in Florida.
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SMU alumnus finds success in real estate (SMU Daily Campus)

He’s young, he’s hot, he’s single and even Britney Spears has gotten a piece of him. Dallas realtor Rogers Healy’s T-shirts, advertising his real estate agency, might be hotter than the houses he sells.
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Gold, stocks and real estate to lose luster this year (Thanh Nien Daily)

The three major investment avenues of gold, real estate and the stock market do not represent highly attractive options this year, experts say.
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Pitkin County real estate sales dive in January (Vail Daily)

PITKIN COUNTY - Sales data for January shows there won’t be any quick turnaround for the real estate industry in Pitkin County this year. The sales volume plummeted 52 percent during the month compared to 2009 and the number of transactions dropped 37 percent, according to a report compiled by Land Title Guarantee Co. Total […]

Real estate transactions: Feb. 28, 2010 (Americus Times-Recorder)

AMERICUS — The following real estate transactions were recently recorded at the Sumter County Courthouse. • Louise C. Pitts sold property at 105 Swett Ave. to Flavio Barrazar for $71,217.
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Corcoran exec Pamela Liebman says realistic expectations are key to real estate sales success (Palm Beach Daily News)

It’s been six years since The Corcoran Group made its dramatic entrance from New York City onto the Palm Beach real estate stage, instantly acquiring local cachet by acquiring successful broker Paulette Koch’s namesake agency here in late 2003 and, shortly thereafter, purchasing McCann, Coyner & Clarke.
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Real Estate Transfers 2009 (Melrose Beacon)

People were still buying and selling real estate in Melrose during 2009, in spite of a difficult and challenging economy. According to records kept for Real Estate Transfers, there were 51 property transfers in the city during 2009, which was down just five from the 2008 total.
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