Homester.com Web News Archive

Real Estate Mailbag (Washington Post) - Q DEAR BOB: I am new to real estate and am confused by the word escrow. I've heard it means closing settlement of a property sale and also that it refers to payment of property taxes and insurance. Which is correct? -- Raymond R.

Real Estate Live (Washington Post) - Welcome to Real Estate Live, an online discussion of the Washington area housing market. Post staff writer Kirstin Downey fills in for Post Real Estate editor Maryann Haggerty.

Real estate industry moves to stop proposal (Pittsburgh Live) - Real estate professionals are stepping up opposition to proposed legislation that would triple the state's real estate transfer tax -- from 1 to 3 percent.

Real Estate People & Places: 11/19/05 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Fred Thompson , a 20-year veteran of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, recently won the first Anne F. Hanna Legacy Award.

Prominent Real Estate Agent Fatally Shot (KOAT TheNewMexicoChannel.com via Yahoo! News) - A 67-year-old Albuquerque real estate agent was shot to death and his wife seriously injured in what officers are calling a home invasion.

Understanding Real Estate Terms and Words (PR Web) - New Real Estate Dictionary and Glossary Features Easy Answers for Agents and Home Buyers and Sellers to Difficult Real Estate Terms and Words. [PRWEB Nov 19, 2005]

Principal Real Estate Buys $217M Midtown Manhattan Office Building (Commercial Property News) - A venture between the Normandy Real Estate Partners and The Landis Group has agreed to sell its only Manhattan office building at the corner of Avenue of the Americas and West 56th Street in Midtown, a corporate-heavy neighborhood where some of the country's most expensive office properties are located.

Z57 Inc. Announces InstaCompare Web-Based Tool for Real Estate Industry (RedNova) - SAN DIEGO, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- San Diego-based real estate Internet marketing company Z57 Inc. announced today the addition of InstaCompare to their comprehensive web-based lead generation tools for REALTORS(R). InstaCompare is part of a lead generation series of web-based solutions by Z57.

Indiana's Leading Real Estate Company (WFIE-TV) - Whether you are considering buying real estate, selling real estate, checking out the Southern Indiana Market or considering a career in real estate, you will find the answers here.

With Real Estate, This Time it Really is Different (GoldSeek.com) - By: Peter Schiff, Euro Pacific Capital, Inc. As evidence mounts that the real estate boom has finally peaked, most economists, analysts, and industry professionals continue to predict simply a slowing of price increases, or perhaps, modest price dips.