Real estate

Real estate refers to land and any permanent structures or buildings attached to the location. Real estate is a legal phrase with laws, regulations and practices related to real estate varying from country to country. Residential real estate can refer to single dwelling homes, apartments, condominiums or terraced housing. Commercial real estate would include factories, offices, store fronts and shopping malls.

Real estate is often purchased with a bank loan or mortgage to hold the title of the property until the final payment is made. Real estate transactions may require a licensed real estate agent and a real estate attorney. Real estate laws and regulations change often and vary based upon the laws of the country the property is located in.

The real estate industry has developed new technologies, including search engines and other social networking and blogs to facilitate the way the real estate industry works and increase information available to consumers. Thousands of real estate blogs have emerged often supporting sophisticated web search engine sites with property listings, agency information and local neighborhood information. In an industry that changes often, where information is not just power but also money, the real estate blog can be a powerful destination.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Real estate”

• India bourses delay move for earlier trading start

  
  Reuters — Authority: 640
  * Infrastructure not in place yet for earlier start:brokers
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• The Commercial Real Estate Default Wave is Here: Commercial Mortgage Defaults Now at 16 Year High. 3.4 Percent of all Commercial Real Estate Loans in Default.

  
  My Budget 360 — Authority: 483
  What has been lost in the housing talk recovery is the grim statistics that commercial real estate has fallen 37 percent in value in the last year.  This wouldn’t be such a big problem aside from the tiny detail that some $3 trillion in commercial real estate loans are still outstanding .  The commercial real ...
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• The Real Estate Zebra Presents “2010 Top 5 HOT or NOT”

  
  AgencyLogic PowerSites — Authority: 435
  The VAR buzz blog is running a competition: Blog Brawl. There are two competitors and the winner should be Daniel “the Real Estate Zebra” Rothamel (Yes I’m biased, I know Daniel and he is a really good guy ). If you agree please visit the blog and give him a vote . Today is the last day so if you are ...
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• And Another Christmas Gift: The Truthful Realtor T-Shirt

  
  AgencyLogic PowerSites — Authority: 435
  Available from Cafe Press the “Realtors run around all day with their… [ass on fire]” clothing line startes at $17.99:
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• Furnished Apartments – Advantages: Saving Time And Frustration

  
  Luggage Joint — Authority: 150
  For lessors, there can be many benefits to moving into a place like this. The list of furnished apartments – advantages can be quite long. Living this way can be both convenient and time saving. At some point, everyone has moved and wished they did not own quite so much stuff. This is one way to avoid some of the ...
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• UPDATE 1-Russias VTB upbeat on future after 9M loss

  
  Reuters — Authority: 640
  MOSCOW, Dec 17 (Reuters) - VTB , Russiassecond-biggest bank, expects slower growth in provision chargesto result in a recovery after missing analyst forecasts with anine-month net loss of 45.5 billion roubles ($1.49 billion).
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• Finance Nicaragua Vacation Houses

  
  Online Supply Maker — Authority: 131
  Nicaragua vacation houses are more affordable than you would think. Each day brings more exciting financing opportunities to the market place. The Central American real estate market has exploded over the past few years. The area is beautiful and the land values are compelling. Retiring Americans have discovered that ...
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• Loans For Nicaraguan Vacation Houses

  
  Site Promotion with Jules — Authority: 129
  Nicaragua vacation houses are more affordable than you would think. Each day brings more exciting financing opportunities to the market place. The real estate in Nicaragua has exploded over the past decade. Retiring baby boomer have realized that Nicaragua real estate offers the same as can be found in Costa Rica but ...
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• EDF unit agrees 500 mln eur solar funding with EIB

  
  Reuters — Authority: 640
  PARIS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - EDFs renewable energyunit unveiled a 500 million euro ($728 million) deal with theEuropean Investment Bank to help finance upcoming solar powerprojects.
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• Get An Appropriate Real Estate Mortgage

  
  Naked News — Authority: 175
  The possibility of losing your home because you cannot make the mortgage payments can be verifying. Perhaps you are one of most consumers who took out a mortgage that had a fixed rate for the first two or three years and then had an adjustable rate.
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• Innovation, Versatility Help LFC Grow Stronger in 2009

  
  Your Story — Authority: 594
  NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In a year when many traditional real estate companies struggled to survive, the LFC Group of Companies grew stronger, relying on their agil
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• Lake Oswego’s Booktique

  
  ALL ABOUT.....Portland.Oregon.Real Estate — Authority: 128
  Located in Mercantile Village, right off Kruse Way and Boones Ferry Road in Lake Oswego, is the Booktique.  There have been on-going discussions about it moving to another location.  However, now due to an agreement with Providence Hospital who owns the premises, the Booktique is staying at its location in ...
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• Renters who lose their homes to foreclosures

  
  Real Estate Pick — Authority: 161
  Most of the occupants are homeowners, who must scramble to find housing with little notice. They’re being joined by scores of renters who discover, often with no warning, that their rented house or apartment is now owned by a bank, which wants them out. Federal legislation signed in May 2009 gives important rights ...
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• Renters who lose their homes to foreclosures

  
  Real Estate Pick — Authority: 161
  Most of the occupants are homeowners, who must scramble to find housing with little notice. They’re being joined by scores of renters who discover, often with no warning, that their rented house or apartment is now owned by a bank, which wants them out. Federal legislation signed in May 2009 gives important rights ...
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• Smart, Sophisticated Broadbeach

  
  Drawn to Adventure — Authority: 128
  Broadbeach, one of the worlds? most opulent and pristine beaches and the Gold Coast?s most exuberant region. Broadbeach is a center of activity, a loved business and holiday destination for both domestic and international visitors and the type of place you could easily call home. Broadbeach offersa unique village-like ...
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• Texas firms face tax hike to cover jobless benefits (nearly triple the tax)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  AUSTIN – Two-thirds of Texas businesses will pay nearly triple the unemployment-benefits tax next year than they paid this year, the Texas Workforce Commission announced Tuesday. Next years tax rates are the highest since an oil-price and real estate bust stalled the state economy Across the board, unemployment taxes ...
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• Guest Post: American Purgatory

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 740
  Submitted by Greg Simmons and Brett Buchanan of Scope Labs Are financial markets a direct reflection of the overall health of a nation? I wish they were not, but I fear they are. I wonder at times if our nation has entered a state of purgatory –all of us mulling around in the waiting room to Hell, ...
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• Women Drive Real Estate Purchases

  
  Investing Foreclosures — Authority: 139
  Real Estate Advisor asked: Women are working more, earning more and buying more than they ever did. Consequently, they have a significant influence on the American economy in general, and the real estate industry in particular. The collective buying power of US women accounts for about 85 % of all consumer ...
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• Renters who lose their homes to foreclosures

  
  Real Estate Pick — Authority: 161
  Most of the occupants are homeowners, who must scramble to find housing with little notice. They’re being joined by scores of renters who discover, often with no warning, that their rented house or apartment is now owned by a bank, which wants them out. Federal legislation signed in May 2009 gives important rights ...
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• PRESS DIGEST - Hong Kong - DEC 17

  
  Reuters — Authority: 640
  HONG KONG, Dec 17 (Reuters) - These are some of the leadingstories in Hong Kong newspapers on Thursday. Reuters has notverified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
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