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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  Real Estate Pick — Authority: 162
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  Real Estate Pick — 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 ...
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• Ten Essential Things You Should Know Buying A Home In Spain

  
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  EWM Realtors — Authority: 146
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• How To Save Utility Costs In Your Rental Apartment Building

  
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• Tales From The Front, My World of Real Estate, November 8, 2009

  
  3 Oceans Real Estate — Authority: 110
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• New Midtown Office for Morris & Raper Intown

  
  Atlanta Real Estate Forum — Authority: 437
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  Austin Real Estate Blog — Authority: 108
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  Luba's San Francisco Real Estate Blog — Authority: 427
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• Thai stocks seen rangebound due to political fears

  
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