Homester.com Web News Archive

Real Estate: The waiting game (The Capital) - Talk to many real estate agents and you'll probably hear that the time from saying "hello" to a client (whether it be a buyer or a seller) to the time of closing a deal has become so protracted that it's difficult to anticipate a reasonable expectation of when they might close the deal, if ever.

'Despite downturn, real estate market favourable' (Trinidad Express) - Global economic crisis aside, the local real estate market looks optimistic.

Real estate firms, kibbutz considering large solar plants (Haaretz Daily) - Real estate companies are getting serious about entering the solar power business.

UAE's Real Estate Industry Needs Time to Recover (Zawya) - 23 November 2009 ABU DHABI -- The UAE's real estate industry will take time to recover from the financial crisis, though some other sectors of the economy are bouncing back relatively quickly, Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al Suwaidi said on Sunday.

Kristy McDonald: New real estate body aims to lift professionalism (The New Zealand Herald) - Professionalism and consumer protection provide the focus for the Real Estate Agents Authority, which was launched last week. It heralds a new environment of accountability for the industry.

Ross Crowe, Real Estate Investment Leader and Innovator, Joins The Impresa Group (dBusinessNews.com) - Austin – The Impresa Group (and CRC Impresa), a leading boutique international real estate services and investment firm, today announced that Ross Crowe, CPM—one of the nation’s most creative and successful investment and asset management professionals—has established it’s California office as a Principle and Managing Director of the firm.

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Expands to Tennessee and Kentucky with Addition of Hometown Connection (RISMedia Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, November 23, 2009—Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC announced the addition of The Vaughn Team, a Clarksville, Tenn.-based real estate brokerage serving Clarksville, Tennessee, and Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to its growing network of agents. The company will do business as Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Hometown Connection. ...

Easttown real estate taxes may increase 12.1 percent (Daily Local News) - By SAM STRIKE EASTTOWN — The township's Board of Supervisors voted for a preliminary 2010 budget Monday that would call for a real estate tax increase of 12.1 percent.

Real estate: Low rates make for great time to buy (The Fort Collins Coloradoan) - There has been much in the news about the tremendous opportunity in the current real estate market for today's home buyer.

Wallace: Portfolios can be diversified with real estate (Times Herald) - You have your CDs, stocks, bonds and mutual funds. You now want to diversify more. Real estate is one good way to diversify your investment portfolio. There are some real deals out there in the current bargain market.