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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• 7 Tips to Thrive in Today’s Economy

  
  RISMedia — Authority: 602
  RISMEDIA, November 27, 2009—In today’s changing economy, many entrepreneurs and real estate agents are wondering what to do. Some have gone through a cycle of shock, disappointment, fear, and now confusion. What seemed to work in yesterday’s marketplace isn’t working today. The truth is there are many ...
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• Today’s Featured Listing – Three Condo Communities, One Public Auction

  
  RISMedia — Authority: 602
  RISMEDIA, November 27, 2009—On December 5, 36 studio, one and two-bedroom condominiums representing the home collections at Avaview, Sunrise on the Lake and The Summit in Seattle, Washington will be sold at a public auction with minimum bids starting as low as $125,000. The auction is being coordinated by J.L. ...
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• 3 Reasons to Watch Real Estate ETFs

  
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  Although the housing sector and the exchange traded funds (ETFs) witnessed a minor setback last week, things are looking better this week as home sales rise to a two-and-a-half year high.Many have suggested that the drop in housing starts in October was caused by the expiration of the first-time...
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• Good news raises hopes recovery wont fizzle (AP)

  
  BusinessRover Blog — Authority: 161
  AP - A flurry of good news this week — including falling jobless claims, stronger consumer spending and higher new-home sales — suggests the economic rebound, modest though it is, might just be here to stay. Read Original Post Here
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• Fannie Mae to tighten lending standards: report (Reuters)

  
  BusinessRover Blog — Authority: 161
  Reuters - Fannie Mae plans to raise minimum credit score requirements next month and limit the amount of overall debt that borrowers can carry relative to their incomes, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. Read Original Post Here
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• Consumer, labor data buoy optimism on recovery (Reuters)

  
  BusinessRover Blog — Authority: 161
  Reuters - U.S. consumer spending and home sales rose more than expected in October, while new claims for jobless benefits fell sharply last week, suggesting the economic recovery was gaining traction. Read Original Post Here
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• Jobless Claims Fall While Home Sales, Consumer Buys Rise (Investors Business Daily)

  
  BusinessRover Blog — Authority: 161
  Investor’s Business Daily - The number of Americans filing claims for jobless benefits fell to a 14-month low last week, the Labor Department said Wednesday, a sign that layoffs are easing as the economy slowly heals. Read Original Post Here
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• Housing data points to rocky rebound (AP)

  
  BusinessRover Blog — Authority: 161
  AP - Sales of new homes rose more than 6 percent in October. But that was only because of strong results in the South. Read Original Post Here
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  AP - AIG and former Chairman Greenberg agree to settle all legal disputes. Read Original Post Here
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• Property Tax Sales Techniques

  
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• Smart City Kochi facess Financial Road-block

  
  Stock Watch - Stock Specific News — Authority: 146
  Smart City Dubai, a subsidiary of TECOM Investments, is mulling to construct a $316m IT super city in India following a local government official suggested the project had hit financial problems. read more
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• The Fed and the Housing Recovery

  
  Real Estate Pick — Authority: 163
  The government is not ready to start raising interest rates. Bernanke is increasingly confident of recovery in 2010 and the recent FMOC meeting has agreed to leave interest rates at historic lows. Fed To Phase Out Bond Purchases The Federal Reserve has been a significant purchaser of Treasury bonds buying as much ...
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• Prudential To Raise MXN6.5 Bln For Mexico Real Estate Fund – Wall Street Journal

  
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  Prudential To Raise MXN6.5 Bln For Mexico Real Estate Fund Wall Street Journal MEXICO CITY (Dow Jones)--The real estate investment subsidiary of Prudential Financial Inc. (PRU) plans to raise about 6.5 billion pesos ($501 million) to ... Prudential starts Mexico industrial real estate fund Reuters ...
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• Dubai World Bond Values Plunge As Investors Fear Contagion – Wall Street Journal

  
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  Globe and Mail Dubai World Bond Values Plunge As Investors Fear Contagion Wall Street Journal Bonds of Dubai Worlds real - estate subsidiary plunged in value Thursday, a day after the troubled Gulf city-state rattled ... Has debt freeze exposed Dubai mirage? CNN Dubai World asks for ...
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• Homes priced between 400K-500K in Albemarle County presented by Charlottesville Real Estate

  
  Charlottesville Real Estate Blog — Authority: 136
  Homes from 400K-500K in Albemarle County (below are some recent listings between $400,000 and $500,000 in Albemarle County. For a complete list of homes, click on the link above)  818 BELVEDERE BLVD, CHARLOTTESVILLE Disclaimer: Copyright ©2004-2009 Charlottesville Area ...
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• Cambodia Warming to Idea of Foreign Ownership – New York Times

  
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  New York Times Cambodia Warming to Idea of Foreign Ownership New York Times But its part of a wider picture,” said Daniel Parkes, country manager for the CB Richard Ellis real estate company. “What it is doing is making investment ... and more »
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• How To Find Low Income Grants

  
  Chillicious.com — Authority: 160
  Low income people like everyone else have dreams of paying off debt, paying for school, starting a business, or buying a house. However, for low income families doing any of these things can be financially difficult. One way that the government alleviates the financially strapped family is by giving out low income ...
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• Green Thanksgiving in the Home

  
  Move Trends Real Estate Blog - The Leader in Online Real Estate — Authority: 143
  The first Thanksgiving in the colonies was in 1621, and since that famous meal between the Pilgrims and Native Americans, we have been unknowingly giving “green thanks.” Thanksgiving, began as an eco-friendly celebration and it can still be one. The meals and the preparation for the holiday were inherently ...
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• Are Real Estate Investment Groups Worth It ? We Want Passive Income From Real Estate Investments – As A Group

  
  Earn Passive Income — Authority: 150
  Possible investors include: friends, family, and other interested individuals.
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• Flip Columbus Real Estate Investment For Profits And Make Money Flipping Real Estate

  
  Chillicious.com — Authority: 160
  The process of flipping a house can be compared to a carefully orchestrated routine. Aside from the rules to consider in buying the columbus real estate investment, you also need to reel in the right stakeholders. Of course, the renovations and the fixes all come in the process of rehab. Expenses come in the form of ...
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