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”

• Real Estate Investing Tips For Today’s Market

  
  Free Retirement Planning Tips — Authority: 134
  Real estate investing probably makes you think of a number of things. You might immediately leap to real estate investing being real estate portfolios and real estate retirement plans or you may think instead of short sales, bulk reo investing and virtual real estate investing. You probably also wonder how these ...
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• Real Estate Investing Strategies For Today’s Market

  
  Free Retirement Planning Tips — Authority: 134
  A number of things likely come to mind when you think of real estate investing. You might immediately leap to real estate investing being real estate portfolios and real estate retirement plans or you may think instead of short sales, bulk reo investing and virtual real estate investing. Likely you also wonder how ...
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• Real Estate Investing Strategies For Today’s Market

  
  Free Retirement Planning Tips — Authority: 134
  When you think of real estate investing, a number of things may come to mind. You likely leap to real estate investing as real estate portfolios and real estate retirement plans, and then you may expand to thinking of short sales, bulk reo investing or virtual real estate investing. You may also consider what roles ...
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• Why Blogging for Real Estate is Worth the Time

  
  Real Estate Investing For Real | A BiggerPockets Investment Property Blog — Authority: 481
  In real estate, branding and name recognition is the name of the game. Don’t you agree? Consider this: They need to have heard of you before they will call to list with you. They need to have heard of you before they will call to buy a home with you. They need to have heard of you before they’ll tell their ...
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• Justice Dept. Says Acorn Can Be Paid

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 908
  The administration is advised to honor contracts signed before Congress banned funds to the group.
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• Re: Looking for 1-5 acres in Chatham County thats...

  
  Chatham County Online BBS — Authority: 165
  I think its very cool that youre considering the Clayton iHouse! I learned about it in a green building design course Im taking at CCCC in Pittsboro. Will keep my eyes open for land as you describe ...
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• Home appraisal and financing forum to be held in Kalamazoo

  
  Detroit Business News — Authority: 830
  The Home Builders Association of Greater Kalamazoo and the Greater Kalamazoo Association of Realtors will present a panel discussion on how to navigate through the challenging times of the appraisal and financing process. "This will be a great chance to...
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• How To Avoid Or Stop A Foreclosure In Process

  
  Business Blog - A Guide To Your Business Matters — Authority: 152
  Avoiding foreclosure is a good inducement, and homeowners are given a clean start. Loan alteration in Orange County is an additional option that lenders are currently using, and gives people the ability to negotiate a different set of terms with the lender. Avoiding foreclosure is in your lender’s best importance as ...
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• Looking for 1-5 acres in Chatham County thats...

  
  Chatham County Online BBS — Authority: 165
  going to sound like a wish list! But who know, you may have exactly what were looking for. Were looking for land in Chatham thats on water: creek, pond, river, lake. Cant be in a gated community since we may be buying a Clayton i-house. Thats an eco friendly house and its considered a manufactur...
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• Edmonton Real Estate Market Weekly Update

  
  Edmonton Real Estate — Authority: 124
  Here is our update on the Edmonton real estate market. (Previous weeks numbers are in brackets). For the past 7 days: New listings: 289 (329, 291, 306) # Sales: 217 (223, 213, 225) Ratio: 75% (68%, 73%, 74%) # Price...
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• Greenwich Preparing Itself for the Olympics

  
  Alpena County And Beyond — Authority: 128
  Greenwich council has announced a new deal for leasing of two floors in the Six Mitre Passage commercial complex. The building on the Greenwich peninsula is about to be leased out for promotion of investment all through UK and also allowing the Greenwich Council workers to shift from their current location to new ...
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• LSE gained market share in system failure -TR data

  
  Reuters — Authority: 814
  * Overall trading volumes rose slightly on Thursday -data
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• Duh, Dubai!

  
  Jr Deputy Accountant — Authority: 141
  First of all, before I even go anywhere with this, who didnt see this coming from a million miles away? Obviously not the geniuses who gave them $80 billion in capital to play with. There is quite a bit of bizarre Dubai news and it is being blamed for everything from the stock market tanking to gold taking a dive. ...
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• The Friday Five: November 27, 2009

  
  ickmusic — Authority: 465
  Friday Five : \ˈfrī-(ˌ)dā,-dē ˈfīv\ : On the sixth day of every week I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes and share my five and drop a little knowledge and insight for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, sometimes there isn’t. Sometimes we have guest, but most of the time it’s just me. ...
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• FTSE ends up 1 pct; banks rebound, miners rally

  
  Reuters — Authority: 814
  LONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Britains top share index ended 1percent higher on Friday, recouping part of the previoussessions sharp losses as banks rebounded on subsiding Dubaidebt fears while firmer commodity prices aided miners and oils.
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• Housing starts drop 10.6 percent in October

  
  Crazy Realtor — Authority: 161
  Housing starts drop 10.6 percent in October Construction of new homes plunged last month as builders waited to see whether lawmakers would extend a tax credit for homebuyers. Housing starts - Tax credit - Business and Economy - Business - Property
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• Housing agency’s financial cushion sinks

  
  Crazy Realtor — Authority: 161
  Housing agencys financial cushion sinks The Federal Housing Administration says its financial cushion has dipped to a dangerously low level but should remain above zero under "most economic scenarios." Federal Housing Administration - Business - Real estate - Housing - Residential
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• Replacing a real estate agent with a Web site

  
  Crazy Realtor — Authority: 161
  Replacing a real estate agent with a Web site Selling a home without a real estate agent can save thousands of dollars in commission fees, but it can also be a painstaking, confusing task. Foregoing an agent, however, is easier these days thanks to Web sites that help homeowners advertise their properties. [...]
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• Housing plan reaches 1 in 5 borrowers

  
  Crazy Realtor — Authority: 161
  Housing plan reaches 1 in 5 borrowers After a slow start, the Obama administrations mortgage relief program has reached one in five eligible homeowners, a government report says.
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• Mortgage Bankers Association: Weekly Mortgage Survey

  
  Real Estate Pick — Authority: 163
  Weekly Mortgage Market Update; Mortgage Bankers Association for the week of September 23, 2009 Market Composite Index : (loan application volume) decreased 2.8 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. Refinance Index : decreased 0.8 ...
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