Real Estate

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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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  • Comments on CoStar Article About Institutional Transactions


    Retail Chatr Commercial Real Estate Blog — Authority Authority: 117
    This morning, CoStar published an article entitled Institutional Investors Throwing Big Money Around Class A Quality Retail Property .  The article highlights several recent large transactions that have taken place and interviews guys from CBRE, Marcus & Millichap and Jones Lange LaSalle for opinions.  A ...
    8 hours ago

  • Men are quick, women take their time


    WalletPop Blog — Authority Authority: 715
    Filed under: Home , Real Estate For women, its about emotion. Men? Size, of course. No, were not talking about that. Were talking about home buying. And the male-female approach to that activity is about as similar as football and crocheting. To be fair to the less-fair sex, size isnt the whole picture, although ...
    8 hours ago

  • Bank of America Accused of Overcharging on Interest


    The Chicago 77 — Authority Authority: 427
    12 November 2009 – Bank of America seems to have its hands on many troubled Chicago real estate developments, including Block 37 and the Chicago Spire. Most recently, the developer of the Spire, Shelbourne Development Group, has accused the bank of using a faulty method for calculating interest on their loans. ...
    8 hours ago

  • Pace of foreclosures slows in California


    The Foreclosure News — Authority Authority: 147
    Real estate reporter Peter Hong says fewer Californians entered the foreclosure process and fewer homes were repossessed by lenders during the third quarter. Read more at bit.lyRelated posts:Foreclosure pace slows, but still up from last year – Daily PressHow to get hard money loan in LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIABroward ...
    8 hours ago

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    Real Estate Pick — Authority Authority: 162
    30-year fixed-rate mortgage: Averaged 5.14 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending August 27, 2009, up from last week when it averaged 5.12 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 6.40 percent. The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage: Averaged 4.58 percent with an average 0.7 point, up from ...
    9 hours ago

  • In commercial real estate market, buyers and sellers play the waiting game – Daily Finance (blog)


    Discover520.COM — Authority Authority: 164
    CBC.ca In commercial real estate market, buyers and sellers play the waiting game Daily Finance (blog) "Its like a storm is brewing and it has everyone standing on the sidelines," says Bob Spratt, president of commercial real estate firm Hill Partners Inc. ... Survey: Real estate ...
    9 hours ago

  • Birmingham Looks to Recapture Its Glorious Past


    NYT > Theater — Authority Authority: 913
    Birmingham, Britains second city, is working on a rejuvenation plan that will add 50,000 homes over the next 20 years and open up the city center.
    9 hours ago

  • Broker Bling Returns to UES: To much hullabaloo, Upper East Side...


    Curbed NY — Authority Authority: 674
    To much hullabaloo, Upper East Side superbroker Sharon Baum retired her green Rolls Royce (license plate: "SOLD 1") in February 2008 for a Vespa . A Vespa! But now shes dusting the Rolls off once again. Ultimate sign of the markets rebound? Nope, her husband got into an accident and broke his leg. But still, its ...
    9 hours ago

  • Emerging Trends in Real Estate – 2010 Price Waterhouse Coopers


    Office Search Toronto — Authority Authority: 131
    A brief synopsis of the report: Canada’s “boring” real estate markets elude direct impacts of the U.S. credit market collapse, but can’t escape fallout from lowered demand and global recession. Conservative banking practices and stricter regulation kept lending in better check and most investors were saved ...
    9 hours ago

  • The Robert Wilson Group – Belfast, Northern Ireland


    Business. Event. Classified. UAE 2010 — Authority Authority: 455
    The Robert Wilson Group works alongside KGB Mortgages to offer a professional mortgage service with access to a panel of lenders and mortgage products representing the whole of the market. Protection planning for the mortgage is also available.    The Robert Wilson Estate Agency Group is an appointed representative ...
    9 hours ago

  • Whelan Property Consultants – Belfast, Northern Ireland


    Business. Event. Classified. UAE 2010 — Authority Authority: 455
    Whelan Property Consultants was formed in October 2003, as a result of the incorporation of the Whelan Partnership which was established in 1973. We therefore have many years experience in the Northern Ireland property market making us one of the longest established chartered surveyors and commercial property ...
    9 hours ago

  • Top 10 real estate posts of the day for 11/12/2009


    Hassle Free Phoenix Area Home Search — Authority Authority: 132
    1) When the cash-for-clunkers “logic” comes to the real estate market, it’s time for every homeowner with equity to cash in big – Greg makes a good argument that if you have equity in your house right now may be the perfect storm time to consider selling and moving up in houses. 2) 19 tips for better real ...
    9 hours ago

  • Watson International Property Sales – Belfast, Northern Ireland


    Business. Event. Classified. UAE 2010 — Authority Authority: 455
    Watson Property Sales is a specialist independent residential, commercial and overseas estate agency in the heart of one of Belfast’s busiest shopping districts. The Watson family have been involved in estate agency continuously since first established in 1889 in premises close to the River Lagan on east Belfast’s ...
    9 hours ago

  • Real estate firms merge operations – Dayton Daily News


    Discover520.COM — Authority Authority: 164
    Inman.com Real estate firms merge operations Dayton Daily News Columbus-based real estate brokerage Real Living has merged with GMAC Real Estate , an Oak Brook, Ill.-based brokerage, the companies have announced. ... GMAC Real Estate to be renamed Chicago Tribune Brookfield ...
    9 hours ago

  • Big Opportunities for Real Estate Investors? REIT Execs Skeptical – Wall Street Journal (blog)


    Discover520.COM — Authority Authority: 164
    Big Opportunities for Real Estate Investors ? REIT Execs Skeptical Wall Street Journal (blog) REIT executives voiced some skepticism, however, about predictions that big opportunities loom for cash-rich real - estate investors . ... Rödl & Partner on Introduction of reits in Spain - Spanish ...
    9 hours ago

  • Vision Property Agents – Belfast, Northern Ireland


    Business. Event. Classified. UAE 2010 — Authority Authority: 455
    Vision Property Agents plan to run special offers continually throughout the year and these will include significant discounts to our fee or offers designed to help you through the house moving process. As part of our ‘open and honest policy’ our documentation, brochures, website and fees are designed to be clear ...
    9 hours ago

  • Ulster Property Sales – Belfast, Northern Ireland


    Business. Event. Classified. UAE 2010 — Authority Authority: 455
    UPS – Ulster Property Sales are the largest independent Estate Agency network in Northern Ireland. With 6 Branches in prime locations in Belfast and a further 7 Branches strategically located in other major Towns you can be sure that we offer a very wide geographical coverage for Buyers and Sellers alike. Our ...
    9 hours ago

  • Hiring Window Cleaners Shouldn’t Be Hard


    Real Estate Profit Calculator — Authority Authority: 141
    by Mark Wright There might come a point in your life when you are given responsibilities regarding the upkeep of your home or the business you work for. This responsibility should not be taken lightly, and often staff is hired to maintain the finer points of keeping an aesthetically pleasing business. Some of these ...
    9 hours ago

  • Turning Point Properties – Belfast, Northern Ireland


    Business. Event. Classified. UAE 2010 — Authority Authority: 455
    Turning-Point Property Sales was established by Ivan Henry at 4 Main Street Lisbellaw Co Fermanagh in 2004. Over the next two years Ivan and his team gathered valuable experience that is now used extensively to support the large customer and client base that the Coy has built up. In 2006, having taken advice from ...
    9 hours ago

  • Templeton Robinson – Belfast, Northern Ireland


    Business. Event. Classified. UAE 2010 — Authority Authority: 455
    Templeton Robinson, Northern Ireland’s favourite and most trusted estate agents was borne out of humble beginnings in the summer of 1994 – with the opening of their first office on Belfast’s Lisburn Road. Business took off and even from day one Templeton Robinson’s unique approach in working personally and in ...
    9 hours ago

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