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• Homeownership Rate Rallies

  30-10-2016 18:10
  
  Is the tide turning? The homeownership rate rallied slightly at 63.5 percent in the third quarter, higher than the 62.9 percent rate in the second quarter—the lowest point in more than 50 years, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Housing Vacancies and Homeownership report. The third quarter homeownership rate did not differ considerably from last year’s third quarter, however, at 63.7 percent.
  On inventory, roughly 87 percent of housing was occupied in the third qu
  
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• Realtor.com: Inventory Vanishes in ‘Unusual’ October

  30-10-2016 18:09
  
  For-sale inventory in October remained at an unusually low level for the season, with homes moving 2 percent faster than this time last year, realtor.com® recently reported. The median age of properties on realtor.com is expected to be 79 days in October, or two more days than last month.
  “October is typically thought of as the off-season for home sales, but this year, buyers are gobbling up inventory like it’s Halloween candy,” says Jonathan Smoke, realtor.com chief econom
  
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• Staying Focused in a Competitive Market

  30-10-2016 18:06
  
  In the following interview, Rusty Willis, broker with Real Living Capital City in Atlanta, Ga., discusses education, marketing, technology and more.
  Region Served: Atlanta
  Years in Real Estate: 22
  Number of Offices: 1
  Number of Agents: 21
  Top Tip for Thriving in Today’s Market: Stay focused on the primary drivers of business.
  No. 1 Tip for Staying in Touch with Agents: Be available.
  What do you like most about the region in which you work?I love Atlanta. Not only does the city offer a leve
  
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• Housecreep: A Website where Stigmatized Properties Run Amok

  30-10-2016 18:05
  
  On the top of the homepage for housecreep.com, we learn that “housecreep” is a verb meaning: to research and expose homes with secrets, criminal histories and unexplained mysteries. (Thus, housecreep is our new favorite real estate site.)
  Housecreep is where some of the darker aspects of real estate come to life. Their tagline: “Where walls talk – murder houses, grow ops, sketchy apartments, haunted houses and other stigmatized properties exposed.”
  In short, it real
  
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• Nondisclosure can haunt real estate deals - Grand Rapids Business Journal (subscription)

  30-10-2016 11:18
  
  Grand Rapids Business Journal (subscription)
  Nondisclosure can haunt real estate deals
  Grand Rapids Business Journal (subscription)
  As TVs flicker with horror movies for Halloween, it turns out paranormal activities have a place in the real estate industry. In the next few weeks, students at Western Michigan University's Cooley Law School will discuss what disclosures must be made ...
  
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• Real Estate Transfers - Herald & Review

  30-10-2016 10:06
  
  Real Estate Transfers
  Herald & Review
  Source: Illinois Department of Revenue real estate transfer declaration sheets were submitted with the deeds recorded in the Macon County Recorder's Office. Dollar amounts represent the net sale price. Documents process in October. Decatur. 12 Allen ...
  
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• Motley Fool: REIT easy way to invest in real estate - Columbus Dispatch

  30-10-2016 09:59
  
  Columbus Dispatch
  Motley Fool: REIT easy way to invest in real estate
  Columbus Dispatch
  The E-Edition includes all of the news, comics, classifieds and advertisements of the newspaper. And it's available to subscribers before 6 a.m. every day. Subscribe. All current subscribers have full access to Digital D, which includes the E-Edition ...and more »
  
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• BRIEF-Ismailia Development and Real Estate nine-month net loss widens - Reuters

  30-10-2016 09:03
  
  BRIEF-Ismailia Development and Real Estate nine-month net loss widens
  Reuters
  CAIRO, Oct 30 EFG-Hermes and HSBC have been selected as consultants for the initial public offer of state bank Banque du Caire, Egypt's Deputy Finance Minister told Reuters on Sunday. MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf markets may consolidate; lack of positive ...
  
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• Real estate doesn't make an economy - OCRegister

  30-10-2016 08:04
  
  Real estate doesn't make an economy
  OCRegister
  From Southern California to Shanghai and London, inflated real estate prices have evolved into a simulacrum for broader prosperity. In an era of limited income gains, growing inequality, political dysfunction and fading productivity, the conjunction of ...
  
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• Is OC real estate's hiring spree a warning sign? - OCRegister

  30-10-2016 08:01
  
  OCRegister
  Is OC real estate's hiring spree a warning sign?
  OCRegister
  Sales staff for online real estate site Zillow make calls before the grand opening of their Irvine office Thursday. KEVIN SULLIVAN , THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER. By JONATHAN LANSNER / Staff Columnist. Facebook; Twitter; Email; Comments; PRINT ...
  
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• REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Arkansas Online

  30-10-2016 07:55
  
  REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
  Arkansas Online
  Pulaski County real estate transactions of $150000 or more, deeds recorded 09/26/2016 through 10/01/2016:and more »
  
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• Center may notify real estate bill on Monday that imposes 12% interest on builders - Economic Times

  30-10-2016 07:49
  
  Economic Times
  Center may notify real estate bill on Monday that imposes 12% interest on builders
  Economic Times
  The Central government on Monday might notify rules to implement the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA), which will make it mandatory for builders to pay 12% interest to home-buyers for any delay in handing over apartments. The rules ...and more »
  
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• REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS: Reported Oct. 30, 2016 - Herald-Whig

  30-10-2016 06:06
  
  REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS: Reported Oct. 30, 2016
  Herald-Whig
  Shirley A. Riggins, life estate, residence at 418 S. 22nd, to Cheryl B. Brinkman, Jeri A. Nicholson and Susan M. Sammons. Jamie L. Lash and Kevin C. Lash, residence at 1312 S. 29th, to Jamie L. Lash. Pamela A. LaTour, residence at 1221 Cherry Lane, ...
  
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• Real estate transactions for Oct. 30, 2016 - TribDem.com

  30-10-2016 02:43
  
  Real estate transactions for Oct. 30, 2016
  TribDem.com
  Kevin Reasbeck from Wilmington Trust Trustee, by attorney-in-fact, property in East Taylor Township, $34,900. Sherry A. Cummings from Patrick T. Gatmaitan, property in Richland Township, $330,000. John E. Weld from Betty J. Robel, property in Richland ...
  
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