Archive for March, 2010

Yardi Systems Acquires PropertyShark for Real Estate Data (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—-Yardi Systems announced today that it has acquired PropertyShark, creators of PropertyShark.com, the premier real estate data website.
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Virtual Premise Announces Revolutionary Enhancements to Its Real Estate Information Management Solution for Retailers (Marketwire)

Powerful Strategy and Analytics Component Enables Retailers to Align Real Estate Operations With Company Objectives to Increase Profitability
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Two Valley Real Estate Firms Merge (WYTV Youngstown)

Two Valley real estate firms have teamed up. First Place Real Estate and Northwood Realty Services have entered a joint venture and will operate under Northwood’s name beginning Thursday. The companies will now employ nearly 200 people and hold more than 930 listings across the Valley.
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Factories Drive Growth as Real Estate Struggles (BusinessWeek)

Manufacturers are driving the U.S. recovery, but the real estate industry’s problems continue to hurt employment, reports showed
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Unique Search Categories Provided by IDX Enable Consumers to Create a Truly Personalized Online Real Estate Search (dBusinessNews.com)

EUGENE, ORE. – IDX, Inc. is eager to announce the addition of Ebby Holiday Realtors Jason Thomas to the ever growing network of real estate agents and brokers opting to give their websites an advantage over their competitors with the incorporation of a custom IDX solution.
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Two Valley Real Estate Firms Merge (WKBN 27 Youngstown)

Two Valley real estate firms have teamed up.
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Weight Watchers International, Inc. Engages Cassidy Turley as Real Estate and Project Management Partner for U.S … (redOrbit)

ST. LOUIS, March 31 /PRNewswire/ — Weight Watchers and Cassidy Turley announced today that Cassidy Turley Corporate Services has been named the exclusive real estate representative throughout the U.S. for New York based Weight Watchers International, Inc.
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NBK: real estate deals up to KD 99 mln in Kuwait in Feb. (Zawya)

30 March 2010 KUWAIT — The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) said here Tuesday that value of the real estate contracts registered in all sectors last month reached KD 99 million, posting a retreat by 15 percent compared with the previous month.
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Real Estate Roundtable spent $670K lobbying in 4Q (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

The Real Estate Roundtable, which represents commercial property owners, spent $670,000 in the fourth quarter of last year lobbying on federal assistance for the troubled industry, according to a recent disclosure form.
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Rebound in real estate prices (The Daily Democrat)

A surprisingly strong rebound in California’s real estate market helped lift a key home price index for the eighth month in a row.That’s good news for people who plan to sell their homes this spring. Prices are now up almost 4 percent from the bottom in May 2009, but still almost 30 percent below
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