Archive for June, 2009

A.H. Belo invests in online real estate broker Sawbuck (Dallas Morning News)

A.H. Belo Corporation, publisher of The Dallas Morning News , is investing in Sawbuck Realty, an online real estate broker that will bring its services this year into A.H. Belo’s territories in Southern California, Rhode Island and North Texas.
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Local real estate market begins to thaw after long cold spell (The Grass Valley Union)

Real estate agents are busier than they have been in months, as a weak housing market shows signs of a beating pulse — and buyers take advantage of bargains in foreclosures and short sales.
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Five expats get ownership papers for real estate in Doha (The Peninsula)

DOHA: The Real Estate Registration Office for Non-Qataris at the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning has issued ownership certificates of residential properties in the Doha area to five expatriates.
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Record real estate auctions (Scoop.co.nz)

Record numbers are looking to auction their homes, with Christchurch’s Harcourts Grenadier, one of the largest real estate franchises in New Zealand, taking 80 bookings in the month of June, more than twice the average for this time of the year and 10 …
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Leading Real Estate Companies of the World Reports Optimism in the Real Estate Community (RISMedia Real Estate News)

RISMEDIA, July 1, 2009-While sales figures may not yet reflect it, optimism in the real estate community has definitely increased concerning the housing market, according to a recent survey of member brokerage firms of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®. Over 63% of brokers indicated that the mood of consumers …
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Slow Real Estate, Soaring Buyers’ Opportunities (WCBS-TV New York)

The impact of the gloomy real estate market has made an impact in New York City, making both buyers and sellers cautious. However, there are affordable housing opportunities out there if you know where to look, and if you qualify, this could be a prime buying opportunity.
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Linkage Real Estate Team Win T10 Cricket League Title in Style (Khaleej Times)

DUBAI - Linkage Real Estate won inaugural T10 world cricket league after beating Age Group by 18 runs in the final, a press release said.
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Kathy Hedley Named SVP, Sales for Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services (RISMedia Real Estate News)

RISMEDIA, July 1, 2009-Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services, Inc., a Prudential Financial, Inc. company, has appointed Kathy Hedley to the position senior vice president of Sales. Hedley, reporting to Earl Lee, president of Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services, oversees the company’s Global Corporate Relocation Sales group. “We are thrilled …
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LPS forms real estate group (BizJournals)

Lender Processing Services Inc. has formed a new real estate division after acquiring FNRES Holdings Inc.
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The One Thing You Need to Know to Survive in a Down Real Estate Market

If you were dropped out of an airplane to start a real estate career in a new marketplace, what would you do first? List homes. More specifically, become an expired listing expert. Expired listings are the low hanging fruit in any real estate market and you can literally build a real estate empire by becoming [...]