Homester.com Web News Archive

Real Estate Live (Washington Post) - Post Real Estate editor and author Elizabeth Razzi discussed the local housing market -- from condos and investment properties to contracts and mortgages.

Commercial real estate woes grow as delinquency rates soar (USA Today) - Owners of shopping malls, hotels and offices are defaulting on their loans at an alarming rate, and the commercial real estate market is not expected to hit bottom for three more years, industry experts warned Thursday.

Did Real Estate Prices Really Bottom? (ETFguide.com via Yahoo! Finance) - If you are looking for sprouting real estate green shoots, you don't have to dig too deep to find them. But ask yourself, have the sources that are nurturing those alleged green shoots proven to have a green thumb?

Cousin of chauffeur pleads guilty to manslaughter in murder of real estate developer Andrew Kissel (New York Daily News) - A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty Friday to manslaughter and conspiracy to commit murder in the stabbing death of millionaire real-estate developer Andrew Kissel.

Ariz. AG files lawsuit against real estate agents (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard is alleging in a lawsuit that numerous Tucson real estate professionals and businesses engaged in a multimillion-dollar real estate fraud scheme.

Mass. man pleads guilty in death of Greenwich real estate developer (Stamford Advocate) - STAMFORD -- On the eve of a trial, a Massachusetts man charged in the slaying of Greenwich real estate developer Andrew Kissel pleaded guilty Friday to reduced charges of manslaughter and conspiracy

Area Real Estate Broker Seeking European Buyers (Central Florida News 13) - A struggling real estate market is causing one broker to go after buyers overseas.

Real estate trusts tipped to return to an even keel (Sydney Morning Herald) - ALL investors have to do is get through the next reporting season. A leading rating agency says real estate investment trusts will revert to a simpler, more transparent operating model next year.

New name, same place for Naples real estate office (Naples Daily News) - RealtyUSA has left Naples but its agents are still selling real estate on Fifth Avenue South. The office has reopened under a new name.

Miss. real estate firm aids wounded soldiers (The Clarion-Ledger) - Beginning today and continuing each Friday, Crye-Leike real estate offices in metro Jackson and elsewhere will help raise money for wounded military soldiers.