Homester.com Web News Archive

Fewer Coloradans seek license to sell real estate (BizJournals) - Colorado’s soft housing market is reducing the number of people becoming residential real estate agents, as applications for agent licenses continued to drop in the first half of 2008.

Real estate broker files for Ch. 7, closes $2.1M Windermere office (BizJournals) - Charlie Orden, broker/owner of Orlando-based Re/Max Town Centre, quietly closed his $2.1 million, 14,500-square-foot real estate office in Windermere Oct. 22 and personally filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation.

Real estate community pledges $3M to the homeless (BizJournals) - Last week a group of the city’s top real estate professionals paused to consider these statistics:

03-11-2008: ‘Global real estate securities ripe for the picking’ (The Edge Daily) - KUALA LUMPUR: Global real estate securities have been oversold in the past few months to “unheard-of low valuations” that present buying opportunities, says ING Clarion Real Estate Securities LP (ING CRES) head of global research and strategy Indraneel Karlekar.

Caisse de dépôt scales back investing in real estate, private equity (Investment Executive) - The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is scaling back investing in real estate and private equity because of losses on the stock market caused by the global financial crisis.

Local real estate cheap for foreigners (The Star) - DESPITE the current global financial meltdown, the Malaysian property market still remains attractive to foreign investors, according to International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) Malaysia honorary treasurer Yeow Thit Sang.

Real Estate Giants to Become One (FOX 8 Cleveland) - Two giants in the real estate business in northeast Ohio are about to become one. Fox 8 News Kevin Freeman has reaction to Howard Hanna's purchase of Realty One.

Real estate solutions (Baltimore Sun) - The year is quickly fading, along with expectations for a rebound of the real estate market. That's OK because there's always next year. We're looking for New Year's resolutions from buyers, sellers, homeowners, Realtors, contractors and anyone else who has a piece of the real estate pie. Tell us what you promise to do in 2009 to sell or buy a home, renovate, upgrade or improve your living space ...

Real Estate Live (Washington Post) - Welcome to Real Estate Live, an online discussion of the Washington area housing market with Post Real Estate editor Maryann Haggerty and columnist Elizabeth Razzi.

Real estate needs realistic changes (Daily News) - Local Real Estate industry needs to have a set of rules and standards for a realistic development in the sector, said Executive Director of Ceylinco Land Exchange Limited (CLE) Bhathiya Satharasinghe.