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”

 

• Big Deal: David Bouley Sells Apartment

  
  immomart.ch — Authority: 147
  The chef and restaurateur sold his East 10th Street co-op for $1.4 million.
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• Real Estate Incentives Out of Style among Price-Focused Shoppers

  
  immomart.ch — Authority: 147
  By Jim Buchta RISMEDIA, July 30, 2010—(MCT)—Government cash didn’t help John Foley and Cindy Case sell their Minneapolis house before the federal home buyer’s tax credit expired at the end of April, so the couple decided to take matters into their own hands. They hosted a backyard party with food and an ...
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• Big Deal: Dylan McDermott Buys Co-op

  
  immomart.ch — Authority: 147
  The actor bought a one-bedroom on West 21st Street for $701,000.
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• Big Deal: Conan O’Brien Sells Duplex for $25 Million

  
  immomart.ch — Authority: 147
  The talk show host sold his duplex for more than $4 million below his asking price.
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• 75 Percent of Nation’s Top Metro Areas Post Increasing Foreclosure Activity in First Half of 2010

  
  immomart.ch — Authority: 147
  RISMEDIA, July 30, 2010—RealtyTrac, a leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties released its Midyear 2010 Metropolitan Foreclosure Market Report, which shows 154 of the 206 U.S. metropolitan areas with a population of 200,000 or more posted year-over-year increases in foreclosure activity even while ...
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• Buy One of Four Remaining Homes in element, Free HOA Dues for a Year

  
  Atlanta Real Estate Forum — Authority: 147
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• Housing Market Outlook and Forecast

  
  Real Estate Consumer News — Authority: 131
  Dennis Norman This week I attended an event at the St. Louis Association of REALTORS® in which Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist for the National Association of REALTORS® was the featured speaker and gave his take on the housing market as well as his housing market outlook. Dr. Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist NAR ...
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• The Art of NOT Overcoming Objections

  
  Boise Real Estate Blog — Authority: 117
  I’ve seen just about every imaginable sales training program during my lengthy real estate career. Many focus on “overcoming objections”. Have you ever been subjected to the “feel, felt, found” technique by an aggressive real estate agent? It goes like this: You walk through a home with your agent and ...
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• Price it right, or it won’t sell in South Lake Tahoe

  
  Lake Tahoe Real Estate — Authority: 126
  Sometimes More means not getting Less later. W e saw this article in USA Today (below) which says homes will sell if priced right. This is always interesting, right pricing, and it is often that one barrier that separates the South Lake Tahoe professional seller from the successful seller.  The ...
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• Seaport apartment complex for sale

  
  Boston Real Estate Blog — Authority: 142
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• EMERGING MARKETS-LatAm stocks dip on U.S. tech weakness

  
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• UPDATE 4-Citigroup to pay $75 million to settle SEC charges

  
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• Sellers waiting for prices to rise

  
  San Fernando Valley Real Estate — Authority: 121
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• Bringin down the house

  
  Tales of the Sissy — Authority: 126
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• Lansing ranks among great cities for young adults

  
  Absolute Michigan — Authority: 125
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• JET Exclusive: T.I. at home

  
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• World richest man, Carlos Slim, buys Manhattan mansion for $44 million

  
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• Carlos Slim buys another piece of New York

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Mexican telecoms billionaire Carlos Slim pays £28m for an eight-storey Manhattan townhouse he does not plan to live in Mexican telecoms billionaire Carlos Slim, reputed to be the worlds richest man, has splashed out $44m (£28m) on an eight-storey mansion on Manhattans Fifth Avenue in one of New Yorks most expensive ...
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• UPDATE 1-Golden Gate raises Zale stake, now biggest investor

  
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• How To Pick A Home Builder Austin TX Values

  
  Published Articles — Authority: 140
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