Homester.com Web News Archive

As the New Year Approaches, Some Predictions for the Local Real Estate Market (Washington Post) - As I have done in previous years, I am taking a break from answering questions from readers, and instead will try to predict the future of real estate in the Washington area.

Real estate forecast: everyone benefits in 2006 (Fort Worth Business Press) - While the U.S. economy was hit hard in 2005 with rising fuel costs and a bad performance year for retail, the real estate sector has kept the economic engine running and analysts have mixed views on how real estate will fair in 2006.

Real Estate People & Places: 12/31/05 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Coldwell Banker Real Estate Inc. has added new agents Tom Stirling of Moon and Donna Stagno . Formerly with Prudential Preferred Realty, Mr. Stirling joined the Airport/West Regional office. A former Howard Hanna Shadyside sales associate, Ms. Stagno joined the Coldwell Banker Squirrel Hill office.

Real estate booms in ’05 by nearly 26% (GJ Sentinel) - The dollar value of real estate sales this year in Mesa County exceeded last year’s total by almost 26 percent, according to a local real-estate expert.

Real estate upbeat with 100 pc FDI norms in 2005 (The Hindu) - NEW DELHI: Relaxation of FDI norms and high demand for commercial property from the booming IT & ITES sector, even in non-metros, raked in the moolah for the real estate sector, which saw a robust 30 per cent growth in 2005 even as increase in cement pri ces drove up the construction costs.

Bangalore leads in hectic year for real estate (Rediff.com) - Liberalisation of foreign direct investment policy and guidelines for private equity investment in real estate has seen a flood of investments in the city

Real estate upbeat with 100% FDI norms in 2005 (Press Trust of India) - New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI) Relaxation of FDI norms and high demand for commercial property from the booming IT & ITES sector, even in non-metros, raked in the moolah for the real estate sector, which saw a robust 30 per cent growth in 2005 even as increase in cement prices drove up the construction costs.

StreetEasy: NYC Real Estate Research (Lifehacker via Yahoo! News) - StreetEasy is a neat real estate research site that gives you all you need to know about a city (at this time New York only) when shopping for a home.

Area real estate had big year (Dallas Morning News) - Buying, building and leasing – 2005 has been a big year for the local real estate market. Low interest rates and rabid investor appetites fueled a boom the likes of which Big D hasn't seen since the 1980s.

Thomson gets OK to offer online real estate courses (Business Journal of Tampa Bay) - The Thomson Corp. has been given a green light from the Florida Real Estate Commission to offer its entire online real estate education package to brokers throughout the state.