Real Estate News: Foreign Buyers Getting Firesale Prices on U.S. Housing
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Real Estate News: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s Nine Lives
Here is a look at real-estate news in the weekend’s and Monday’s WSJ:
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Real estate agents take measures to minimize risk of ‘gazumping’
Although the tendency of “gazumping” may have diminished among property sellers across Dubai in the past few years, real estate agents are taking no risk.
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London Estate Agents Stirling Ackroyd: Buyers Shouldn’t Wait To Move on Clerkenwell Property
1888PressRelease London Property experts Stirling Ackroyd advise prospective London homebuyers in anticipation of the London Olympics.Bankside, Hackney and Clerkenwell estate agents Stirling Ackroyd gave potential homebuyers their advice not to wait to buy, as London’s property market goes from strength to strength in the run up to the Olympics. Their advice came as the capital continues to …
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Clapton house for sale, with a musical bonus
Real estate on the Soundboard blog? Well, this listing from www.toptenrealestatedeals.com has a rock ‘n’ roll connection: The company has a listing for a home where Eric Clapton once lived. Not only that, the home would come with a tape of an unreleased Clapton song. Apparently Clapton forgot about a music tape he had made in 2003 and left [...]
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On the Market: Birbiglia to Brooklyn?; M.T.A. Selling HQ; Millionaire Tax Myth; The Vader Building
Coney Island opens first coaster in 80 years, but Bloomberg won’t ride [Crain's, Times] Heidi Klum and Seal offered 0,000 for 55 Thompson penthouses, turned down [Post] West Side’s massive Starrett-Lehigh Building bought by RXR for huge 0 million [Crain's] SVU star Chris Meloni dumping FiDi condo after only a year [Curbed] Mike Birbiglia likes his Upper West Side rental, but is mulling …
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HBO to Make ‘Goon Squad’ Show
HBO plans to turn Jennifer Egan’s Pulitzer-prize winning book A Visit From the Goon Squad into a television series. Ms. Egan joins Neil Gaiman, Michael Chabon, Sloane Crosley and Malcolm Gladwell as an author with a series in the works, but since the book is essentially comprised of interlocking short stories, it’s a somewhat unconventional choice for the network. Here’s the Deadline post that …
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Virtual real estate selling for millions
Real estate records come and go with startling frequency and this $US6 million (NZ.65 million) sale might not sound like much of a record, until you find out Planet Calypso is a fictional place on the Entropia Universe social gaming site.
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Compass Commercial Real Estate Services launches new website
Bend, Ore. Compass Commercial Real Estate Services recently launched its redesigned website at www.compasscommercial.com.We set out with the goals of showcasing properties we represent and better serving our clients with an easy-to-use website, said Compass Commercial President Darren Powderly, who oversees corporate marketing efforts. At Compass, we believe that …
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Have real estate values in Asheville area finally hit the floor?
Spring, a traditional real estate buying season, is here, and numerous homes are coming onto the market. As of March 31, some early trends are beginning to emerge. All the data is not yet in, and I’ll report more over the next weeks.
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Real estate exec: North Jersey a prime location for data centers
Jeff Hipschman, senior managing director of commercial real estate firm CB Richard Ellis speaks with Exec Access columnist Joan Verdon about why New Jersey is an attractive location for corporate data centers.
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Today’s Featured Listing: State-of-the-Art New Jersey Beach Home Is Rich in Architectural Design
RISMEDIA, April 8, 2011—Located in the beach community of Spring Lake, N.J., this stunning, new, energy-efficient home is being listed by RISMedia’s Real Estate Information Network® (RREIN) Member Gloria Nilson REALTORS, Real Living. This seven-bedroom, seven-full bath home, rich…
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Getaways: Fairy Tale Wedding an Excuse to Book Last-Minute London
RISMEDIA, April 8, 2011—(MCT)—Forsooth, it shall be a royal pain traveling to the Wedding of the Century. But believe it or not, you can still do it. The vaunted royal nuptials of Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton are April…
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Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty Launches Rental Web Site to Address Need In Marketplace
RISMEDIA, April 8, 20011—Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty has announced the launch of RandRentals.com , a comprehensive website dedicated to helping people find rental properties in the Hudson Valley, N.Y. region. The new site enables users to search…
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Spring Thaw: Commercial Property Looks Better to Wary Investors
Thanks to improving fundamentals including job growth, U.S. commercial real estate investors are looking past current crises and coming off the sidelines to make deals, signaling a period of steady recovery in most property sectors during the next four years.
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Upgraded Real Estate Investing Websites Released
A real estate investing website firm, www.RealEstateInvestorsWebsites.net, has released new upgrades for their real estate investor websites. The websites cater for all real estate investing needs including buying houses, selling houses on retail, on terms or wholesale, renting them, or even seeking private money from private money investors. The websites come with …
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Whose Fault Is the Failure of Foreclosure Aid?
Forgive this momentary foray into the kinds of things decided in the White House, not the Wilson Building, but this is a real estate blog, and there is some big real estate news afoot: Yesterday, House Republicans voted to end the Obama administration’s troubled foreclosure rescue program, affectionately known as HAMP . The White House is trying to save it, but the New York Times has already …
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Tour million luxury Tuscan retreat
Tucked away on its own massive private lot sits the ‘crown jewel’ of prestigious Nellie Gail Ranch in Laguna Hills.Boasting 8,000 square feet of elegant living space on a…
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Crisis Yields Opportunity; Report Details Trials and Success of Corporate Real Estate as Industry Assumes Leading …
RISMEDIA, Apr 1, 2011—CoreNet Global’s recently released 2011 State of the Industry (SOTI) report notes Corporate Real Estate’s (CRE) evolving enterprise role as the global economy and real estate end users seek cost-effective opportunity amidst economic recovery. According to the…
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On the Market: Green Monitors Mean Greenbacks; Huffington in at 40 Mercer?; Trailer Trash Suit in Burg
What new bed bug regulations mean for renters and owners [Brick Underground] Lindsay Lohan house hunting in Manhattan, mom sez [News] McMansions are so last decade [Post] Firm rolls out “green” systems in hundreds of city buildings [Crain's] Is the city to blame for the Deutsche Bank Building fire, too? [Times] Arianna Huffington mulls renting at Nouvel’s 40 Mercer [Post] JPMorgan will not write …
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Darwin property prices ‘cooling down’
New property research suggests Darwin is the weakest performing capital city in the country for the February quarter.A report by RP Data and Rismark shows home values levelled off in most capital cities …
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TX: Dallas Real Estate Prices Increased in 2010
While home prices plummeted throughout most of the country last year, people moving to the Dallas-Fort Worth area enjoyed improved real estate values.
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North Dakota: Real Estate Market to Watch This Year
North Dakota may not be known for much, but housing experts say people planning on moving should get familiar with the region, as it’s one of the top real estate markets to move to, according to Inman News.
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On the Market: Madonna’s Manse Grows; the Butler Did It; Williamsburg’s Glut Gone?
Hard living in the Manhattanville houses [News] Cobble Hill gets first parking-spot pop-up cafe [Brownstoner] Montauk manse that won architecture award back on the market for .5 million [Real Deal] Finding that perfect three-bedroom throught trial and error [Times] Madonna’s mansion gets its penthouse, and it is fine [Curbed] Long Island City condo buyers can get out after contracts after all …
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Reno real estate broker sentenced for masterminding elder exploitation
A Reno real estate broker described as the driving force behind the depletion of an elderly woman’s savings was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
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Springfield real estate agent pleads guilty to concealing assets
A Springfield real estate agent has pleaded guilty in federal court to concealing assets in a bankruptcy proceeding and to making a false statement to a bank.
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Real estate report: Home sales decline in Maine
A report by a New England regional real estate firm says Maine’s housing market took a dip coming out of the winter season, with home sales declining 10.7 percent in February.
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