Archive for August, 2009

Weichert Real Estate Affiliates Adds Five Offices to Growing Franchise Network (RISMedia Real Estate News)

RISMEDIA, September 1, 2009—Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, Inc., the franchise arm of Weichert, Realtors, continued its growth with the addition of five new franchise offices in the West, South and Midwest regions of the country. The companies recently joining Weichert Real Estate Affiliates’ ever-growing roster include two offices from Rhode …
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Government Fears Commercial Real Estate Defaults: WSJ (Fox News)

Federal Reserve and Treasury officials fear the shaky commercial real estate sector could stall an economic recovery, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
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Dilapidations and How They Are Resolved

The dilapidations refers to buildings that have not been duly looked after, and so have fallen into a severe state of disrepair. The term really covers any eventuality where a building has not been looked after by whoever is meant to be looking after it - be it a church, a flat, a house or [...]

Vail Valley Real Estate Update (The Vail Trail)

Your weekly Vail Valley real-estate report is courtesy of Slifer, Smith & Frampton. Check out all the featured properties and find out how to learn more about what the real-estate market is doing.
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Hot Real Estate Listings - South Burnet (Austinist)

Real estate is always unpredictable, but houses are sitting on the market a lot longer now than they were last year and sellers must be nervous. Negotiate like a Pawn Star : offer low and go up slow. Sellers (and your broker and their broker) may not like it, but most will come back somewhere [...]

Inland Diversified Real Estate Trust, Inc. Commences $5 Billion Offering (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

OAK BROOK, Ill.—-Inland Diversified Real Estate Trust, Inc. announced today that its registration statement was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 24, 2009, and that it has commenced a capital raise of up to $5 billion through Inland Securities Corporation’s network of independent broker dealers and financial advisors.
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Hanoi real estate chairman arrested for $168,000 swindle (Thanh Nien Daily)

The chairman of Hanoi-based Euroland Real Estate Company was apprehended Friday for allegedly conning a man out of VND3 billion (US$168,000) by making fake documents to sell a villa.
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Real estate market enjoying signs of life (The Courier News)

Sales of new homes remain stagnant, and if you put your existing house on the market today, don’t expect to sell it by next weekend for more than you paid for it five years ago. But there are signs that, at least for certain kinds of homes and certain kinds of home buyers, the real [...]

Real estate show next week (Cebu Daily News)

REAL estate developers, brokers will showcase their best and newest model houses during next week’s “Real Estate Show 2009” at a Mandaue City mall.
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Helen Hanna Casey, Hanna Real Estate Services (BizJournals)

Helen Hanna Casey is president of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, and also serves as vice president of Hanna Holdings. The company has 105 sales offices, mortgage and title companies, and building and development divisions, and employs more than 3,000 people. She sees many definable signs of life in the residential real estate market in [...]