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Swiss Real Estate Will Become The New Gold

(Source: ftalphaville Posted by Izabella Kaminska) – Here’s an interesting view on the consequences of the SNB’s move from Societe Generale’s Sebastian Galy.


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The Never-Ending Real Estate Woes Of Bravo’s Real Housewives

(Source: Business Insider) – Drama and backstabbing! Shopping sprees! Lavish events and parties! Cat fights!


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Appraisers Say New Rules Will Cause Confusion

(Source: The Boston Globe By Jenifer B. McKim) – New guidelines aimed at standardizing the way home appraisals are conducted will result in confusion, delays, and higher costs in an already vulnerable housing market, according to many home-appraisal professionals.


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Convicted Sex Offender Fights to Keep Real Estate License

(Source: By Andrea F. Siegel, The Baltimore Sun) – A longtime real estate agent who is a convicted sex offender is fighting the decision to revoke his professional license, arguing that his crimes were unrelated to his work as a [...]


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Real Estate Woes of “Real Housewives”

(Source: CBS News) – Drama and backstabbing! Shopping sprees! Lavish events and parties! Cat fights! But, on a more serious note, there has also been a rash of headlines involving bankruptcy, foreclosures and short sales.


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Home Prices Bounce Back, But Market Still Struggles

NEW YORK (Source: CNNMoney By Les Christie) — Home prices made a comeback during the second quarter, but the struggling housing market isn’t out of the woods yet.


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Coldwell Banker Chief Calls for White House Summit

(Source: The Daily Eastchester by Fenella Pearson) – Realogy Corporation, the parent company of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y., a leading provider of real estate and relocation services, announced that it has sent a formal [...]


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Number of Short Sales on the Rise

(Source: USA Today By Julie Schmit, USA TODAY) – Short sales are increasing as a percentage of home sales in many states, helping some neighborhoods and homeowners avoid the more devastating impacts of foreclosures. Short sales — when lenders allow [...]


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Atlanta’s Real Estate Recovery ‘Puzzling’ Says Chief Economist

(Source: Smyrna Vinings Pach By Sydney Busby) – Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, shared mixed reviews for Atlanta’s real estate market during his keynote address at the 11th Annual Showcase.


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Commercial Real Estate in Weak Recovery, Realtors Say

(Source: LA Times) – Modest growth in the occupancy of commercial buildings such as offices, warehouses, shopping centers and apartments was predicted by the National Assn. of Realtors.


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Something Strange Is Happening In The Chinese Real Estate Market

(Source: Business Insider) – Despite the official data suggesting that home prices aren’t really falling much, there are something rather more interesting that I have been reading and hearing for a while now.


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Phoenix Real-Estate Market a Confusing Environment

(Source: by Catherine Reagor The Arizona Republic) – Recent reports say foreclosures are declining in metro Phoenix and large numbers of homes are selling.


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Patience Paying Off in Short-Sale Process

(Source: Chicago Tribune Mary Ellen Podmolik) – Are short sales getting easier?


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More Short Sales Seen as Lenders Accepting Less

(Source: San Francisco Chronicle) – Homes nearing foreclosure accounted for 12 percent of total sales in the second quarter, as banks agreed to more sales at prices below the mortgage balance, RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday.


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Commercial Real Estate in Weak Recovery, Realtors Say

(Source: LA Times) – Modest growth in the occupancy of commercial buildings such as offices, warehouses, shopping centers and apartments was predicted by the National Assn. of Realtors.


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Atlanta’s Real Estate Recovery ‘Puzzling’ Says Chief Economist

(Source: Smyrna-Vinings Patch By Sydney Busby) – Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the sNational Association of Realtor, shared mixed reviews for Atlanta’s real estate market during his keynote address at the 11th Annual Showcase.


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Finding Embers In The Ashes Of The Real Estate Market

(Source: NASDAQ by Roger S. Conrad) – The Great Recession officially ended about two years ago, but the  U.S. housing market remains in shambles. According to real-estate information provider Zillow ( Z ), more than 28 percent of  U.S. households [...]


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Banks Shave More Off Home Prices

(Source: By Mary Shanklin, Orlando Sentinel) – Banks appear to be offering bigger discounts on Orlando-area foreclosures and short sales than in the past, according to a new report by RealtyTrac Inc.


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German Investors Second Largest in European Commercial Property

(Source: IB Times) – Commercial real estate investors from Germany remain significant players in the European property market, but are increasingly focusing on their home market, according to the latest data from CB Richard Ellis (CBRE)


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Home Short Sales Increase as Banks ‘More Realistic’ on Market

(Source: Bloomberg By Dan Levy) – U.S. homes nearing foreclosure accounted for 12 percent of total sales in the second quarter as banks agreed to more transactions at prices below the outstanding mortgage balance, RealtyTrac Inc. said.


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Feds Want Foreclosures Sold in Bulk to be Rentals

(Source: by Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic) – The federal government would like to sell some of its huge portfolio of foreclosure homes to investors who will rent them out.


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Homeowner Groups Sue to Force Foreclosures

(Source: Bloomberg By John Gittelsohn) – Members of the Vintage East Condominium Association in Miami Beach got tired of waiting for JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) to foreclose on unit 9, so they sued the bank in February to take [...]


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Some Builders Are Ready for the Wave of Seniors

EAST NORTHPORT, N.Y. (Source: New York Times By RONDA KAYSEN) — When the housing market collapsed in 2008, construction of retirement and assisted-living housing ground to a halt, just as it did in most commercial real estate sectors, as access [...]


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Cash is King for Southwest Florida Real Estate

(Source: Herald Tribune By Michael Braga) – For Southwest Florida buyers, cash is king — and shows no signs of abandoning its throne.


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Husband of Woman Gunned Down in NJ Got $2M in Real Estate Deal Before Murder

NEW YORK (Source: A New York Post) – The man who allegedly conspired to have his wife gunned down while the pair took a stroll in suburban New Jersey with their two-year-old son cut a $2 million real estate deal [...]


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Good Deals At the High End of Commercial Real Estate

(Source: Madison.com) – In a commercial real estate market that remains sleepy overall, Madison’s Far West Side is emerging as a sweet spot for lease deals in the best office buildings and as a likely future location for new office [...]


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A Breeding Ground for ‘Get-Rich-Quick’ Schemes

(Source: New America Media) – There is an old saying that while it takes hands to build a house, it takes hearts to build a home.


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Shadow Inventory Improves But Still Threatens Housing Recovery

NEW YORK (Source: CNNMoney By Les Christie) — An ominous cloud is hanging over the housing market: Millions of distressed properties could be put up for sale at any moment, potentially adding to the glut of unsold homes that are [...]


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Miami Leading Real Estate Boom In Florida, Latest Data Shows

(Source: IB Times) – Sales of homes and apartments in Miami, Florida, are continuing their upward trend and are now 47% and 33% higher than a year ago, the latest figures show. Miami appears to be leading a sales revival [...]


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S&P Probed Over Mortgage Bond Ratings, Sources Say

(Source: By Louise Story New York Times) – The Justice Department is investigating whether the nation’s largest credit ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s, improperly rated dozens of mortgage securities in the years leading up to the financial crisis, according to [...]


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