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Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Retreat
Mortgage rates broke a streak of three weekly increases, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage falling back to 5.21 percent, according to Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey. The average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.38 discount and origination points. To see mortgage rates in your area, go to http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/mortgages/ The average 15-year fixed mortgage pulled [...]
Continue reading...Spring Auctions are in Full Bloom for Max Spann
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
A nationally-known real estate auction house is holding multiple auctions across four states in the Northeast during the next few weeks, offering a large portfolio of prime properties at great discounts. Max Spann Real Estate & Auction Co., one of the nation’s premier auction companies, is holding seven separate auctions in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and [...]
Continue reading...Living Like the Locals While Visiting Paris, France
Saturday, April 3, 2010
When commercial real estate website guru, Tom Brady, president of The Destination Group, invited his parents Tom and Kathie on their 50th wedding anniversary to Paris recently, he chose to base their visit, not in a snazzy hotel, but among the locals in upscale 6th Arrondissement real estate apartment digs offered by host, Delphine Olivier. “After [...]
Continue reading...Wilmington Landmark To Be Sold at Auction
Monday, March 29, 2010
A stately Wilmington landmark in the Forest Hills Subdivision will be sold to the highest real estate bidder at or above $300,000 on April 15, 2010 at 10 a.m. Name your price for the residence featured in the CW Series One Tree Hill! Proceeds of the sale will benefit the Methodist Home for [...]
Continue reading...Deloitte Reports Commercial Real Estate Potentially Hits Bottom in 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Despite Adverse Conditions, Optimistic Investors Find Opportunities via Distressed Assets While declining values, debt maturity and tight credit access, and stalled construction may continue to plague commercial real estate in the United States for the remainder of 2010, economic indicators point towards the potential for economic recovery this year. For investors, this environment reveals a [...]
Continue reading...The Average AMC Appraiser Has More Than 15 Years Experience: TAVMA
Monday, March 15, 2010
Study also finds AMCs use of certified appraisers exceeds the national average On average, an appraiser working with major appraisal management companies (AMC) has more than 15 years of experience appraising real estate properties, according to a new survey conducted by the Title/Appraisal Vendor Management Association (TAVMA). In addition, the survey showed that the vast majority [...]
Continue reading...Contract Talks Begin for 30,000 New York City Apartment Building Workers
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
- Building Owners See 28% Rise in Property Value While Building Workers Face 11% Rise in Cost of Living Over the Same Period of Time - - Strike Could Directly Affect More Than Three Thousand Apartment Buildings, Coops and Condos and One Million Residents - Negotiations for a new, multi-year contract began today between the Realty Advisory [...]
Continue reading...Worldwide Investments Recommends Overseas Property Investment in Brazil and Argentina
Monday, March 8, 2010
Worldwide Investments, the UK’s leading overseas real estate property investment company, has announced new opportunities in Brazil and Argentina. According to spokesperson, Mrs. Anna Thompson, investors would be recommended to consider developing economies for growth opportunities as opposed to traditional markets. She says, “South American economies are especially developing well by comparison to mature economies [...]
Continue reading...Home Buyer Tax Credit
Sunday, March 7, 2010
If you’ve decided to buy a home and take advantage of the Extended Home Buyer Tax Credit, you’d better hurry – the April 30 deadline is approaching. To get the tax credit, consumers need to close their home purchase between November 7, 2009 and April 30, 2010, or have a binding written contract by April 30, [...]
Continue reading...MIPIM 2010: Expert Opinions on the Future of Real Estate
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
The MIPIM 2010 conference programme will address the key issues facing international real estate today. MIPIM delegates will have access to leading specialists as they address the impact of national economic policies on real estate markets, how to integrate environmental criteria into buildings, the major architectural agendas for the future and investment opportunities in the [...]
Continue reading...Foreclosure Experts Claim Credit Card Reform Harming Housing Industry
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Foreclosure experts at USHUD.com and Heavy Hammer Inc. say the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009, which went into effect this week, is slashing into an already beleaguered real estate market. Michael Urbanski, CEO of USHUD.com and Heavy Hammer Inc., says credit card companies, in anticipation of this law becoming effective, have [...]
Continue reading...Real Estate Auctions Continue To Assist Serious Sellers
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tranzon Integrated Property Group (”Tranzon”) has announced the closing of the Central Plaza Shopping Center, a 50,000 sq. ft. center on over 7 acres of land in North Branford, CT. During the short 5-week marketing period, Tranzon surfaced 230 interested bidders who self-qualified by filling out confidentiality agreements. From this group, 53 parties [...]
Continue reading...It’s Not the Sunshine: Why Snowbirds Become Floridians
Monday, February 8, 2010
For many snowbirds lured to Florida, the biggest attraction is not the presence of sunshine. It’s the absence of Florida estate taxes. Many snowbirds who own homes in both New York and Florida are changing their domicile to Florida according to Attorney Allan R. Lipman who is licensed both in New York and Florida. These not [...]
Continue reading...Mortgage Rates Inch Lower
Monday, February 1, 2010
The average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell for the fourth consecutive week, settling at 5.13 percent according to Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey. The average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.49 discount and origination points. The average 15-year fixed mortgage dropped to 4.54 percent but the larger jumbo 30-year fixed rate moved higher to [...]
Continue reading...After the Near Collapse of Wall Street… What’s Next for the Real Estate Industry?
Monday, January 25, 2010
2nd Annual International Real Estate Capital Markets Conference In light of the current challenging economic conditions for real estate capital markets, Columbia Business School and Goodwin Procter LLP have partnered to present the 2010 International Real Estate Capital Markets Conference on Jan. 29, at the TimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street, N.Y. (agenda follows). The keynote speaker will [...]
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
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