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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Original Technorati articles tagged “Real-Estate”

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Real Estate”

• Westport Property Transfers Nov. 9 - 13, 2009

  
  WestportNow — Authority: 156
  Westport property transfers as reported by the Town Clerk’s office for the period November 9 - 13, 2009: Alice H. Kneller Trust to Mattera Construction 33 Sturges Common LLC, 33 Sturges Common , 75% Interest, $672,750 John W. Kneller Est. to Mattera Construction 33 Sturges Common LLC, 33 Sturges Common , 25% ...
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• Editorial: Giddy Delinquency

  
  Crazy Realtor — Authority: 161
  Editorial: Giddy Delinquency Columnist David Curry shares his opinion on the national real estate climate, with the expectation to ruffle a few feathers.
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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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• North Beach Eviction Wave Proceeds Despite Real Estate Slump - Dec 03 - Beyond Chron

  
  Crazy Realtor — Authority: 161
  North Beach Eviction Wave Proceeds Despite Real Estate Slump - Dec 03 - Beyond ChronNorth Beach Eviction Wave Proceeds Despite Real Estate Slump - Dec 03Beyond ChronBut commercial real estate listings show the Jasper Place as being marketed for speculators. A flyer by TRI Real Estate Services calls the six-unit ...
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• Hotels, like home owners, behind on payments

  
  Crazy Realtor — Authority: 161
  Hotels, like home owners, behind on payments Hotels are starting to drown in debt. The rising defaults paint a grim picture for an industry with increasingly more rooms than guests, and more hotels still opening every day. Hotel - Travel and Tourism - Accommodation - Lodging - Hotels and Motels [...]
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• Weekly Mortgage Market Update

  
  Real Estate Pick — Authority: 163
  Mortgage Bankers Association for the week of October 14, 2009 Market Composite Index: (loan application volume) decreased 0.1 percent from the previous week Refinance Index: increased to 67.4 percent of total applications from 66.3 ...
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• UPDATE 1-Chinas CIC looks at Apax investment -source

  
  Reuters — Authority: 796
  * Adds Apax clients may switch 800 mln euros in commitments
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• NCLR to Congress: Strengthen Latino Homeownership to Boost National Economy

  
  HispanicTips — Authority: 160
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• Edmonton Real Estate Market Exceeds Expectations

  
  Edmonton Real Estate — Authority: 125
  Single family home and condo prices and sales in Edmonton have exceeded everyones expectations this year (except perhaps for some homeowners trying to sell their home). Single family home prices are 1.5% higher this year than they were last year...
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• Freddie Mac, FHLB, Fannie Mae 2009 note calendar

  
  Reuters — Authority: 796
  Dec 3 (Reuters) - The following are scheduled sales announcement dates forpotential Freddie Mac reference, Fannie Mae benchmarknotes and Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) global note offerings in 2009 and2010.
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• Santa Visits Kaden At The ELCC!

  
  Blue Ridge, Blairsville Real Estate, Homes For Sale, Georgia Mountains — Authority: 119
  Well the old saying that a picture speaks a thousand words holds true in this case. Santa came to visit Kaden and all of her friends at school yesterday, and I will let you be the judge on how things went. Kaden is participating in a new program that started this year at the Union County High School . Rhonda ...
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• UPDATE 1-CME to announce possible CDS clearing deal soon

  
  Reuters — Authority: 796
  CHICAGO, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The CME Group , theworlds largest derivatives exchange, on Thursday said itexpected to soon announce whether it had clinched an agreementwith major banks to clear credit default swaps.
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• TEXT-S&P says no rating impact on Bulgarian banks

  
  Reuters — Authority: 796
  (The following statement was released by the rating agency)
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• Thankful to have homes that they own – For tenants in a Mount Pleasant cooperative, buying the building adds zest to the holiday – Latinos in Washington DC

  
  HispanicTips — Authority: 160
  Aggregated by HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information
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• Berlin Real Estate Holding Firm

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  Sunday brunch at the Restauration 1900 in the bohemian cool Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood in Berlin.
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• Things that can build a credit score…or erode one….

  
  Charlottesville Real Estate Blog — Authority: 139
  Posted via email from Charlottesville VA Real Estate Tweet This Post Delicious Digg Facebook Stumble
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• Weekly Mortgage Market Update

  
  Real Estate Pick — Authority: 163
  Mortgage Bankers Association for the week of October 14, 2009 Market Composite Index: (loan application volume) decreased 0.1 percent from the previous week Refinance Index: increased to 67.4 percent of total applications from 66.3 ...
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• What Sellers Must Disclose to a Buyer about the HOA

  
  San Mateo Real Estate | Belmont Real Estate | Redwood City Real Estate | South San Francisco Real Estate | Burlingame Real Estate | San Mateo County Real Estate — Authority: 134
  Condominium Owners Have Unique Obligations Single Family Home Owners Do Not In San Mateo condominium transactions, a buyer is entitled to receive any and all information that materially affects the enjoyment and livability of the property. Owners in condominium community associations have unique obligations that ...
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• Toll Surprise Sends Shares Tumbling

  
  TheStreet.com — Authority: 558
  Toll Brothers earnings disappoint, and investors are showing no mercy on the homebuilder, taking a wrecking ball to its shares on Thursday.
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• Snow Flurries in Charlottesville this Saturday?

  
  Charlottesville Real Estate Blog — Authority: 139
  Well that is what the weather man currently says, lets see? Posted via email from Charlottesville Virginia Tweet This Post Delicious Digg Facebook Stumble
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