Real Estate News

Phoenix realtor pleads guilty to mortgage fraud

04:18:21 | 12/05/2011 - Source: KGUN

A Phoenix real estate agent has pleaded guilty in a mortgage fraud scheme that costs lenders almost $10 million.

TIAA-CREF, CBL Form $1.09 Billion Real Estate Joint Venture

02:18:32 | 12/05/2011 - Source: Chattanoogan.com

CREF's Global Real Estate group owns over $14 billion of primarily high-quality properties in the office, retail, industrial and multifamily sectors across the U.S., Canada, and Western Europe.

Celebrity Real Estate: Jennifer Aniston Closes on First West Village Penthouse

22:09:07 | 11/05/2011 - Source: Curbed

After a housing hunt so epic we can't quite believe it's over, it looks like Jennifer Aniston's move to 299 West 12th Street is pretty much confirmed.

How To Deal With Showing Feedback When Selling A Home

18:52:09 | 11/05/2011 - Source:

Selling a home can make you feel vulnerable to both the agents who show your home and potential buyers rummaging through your things while you're not there. Read More: How To Deal With Showing Feedback

Area's real estate market shows slight gains

18:09:20 | 11/05/2011 - Source: Petoskey News Review

Compared to year-ago levels, Northwest Michigan's residential real estate market showed slight gains during 2011's first quarter in terms of transaction prices and the total number of properties sold.

Slumping oil, commodity prices pop stock rally

16:04:30 | 11/05/2011 - Source: MySanAntonio.com

In this file photo taken May 6, 2011, Warren Meyers, left,... NEW YORK - Stocks paused from a three-day rally after The Walt Disney Co.

Lennar Offers Buyers Chance At Super Deal: Sealed Bid Auction at Sorrento Springs at Eagle Dunes

14:06:25 | 11/05/2011 - Source:

SORRENTO, Fla. --- Lennar is offering home buyers the chance for a deal of a lifetime at Sorrento Springs at Eagle Dunes Golf Club located off S.R. 44 near C.R. 437 in Sorrento. Sealed bids will be accepted during business hours on Friday or Saturday, May 20 and 21, on eight remaining single-family homes at Sorrento Springs at Eagle Dunes. Mark Metheny, president of Lennar's Central Florida Division, said the sealed bid offering is a first for Lennar in Central Florida. All bids must be submitted in person at the Lennar Welcome Home Center at Sorrento Springs at Eagle Dunes Golf Club between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Metheny said bids will be reviewed on Saturday after the close of business and winning bidders will be notified on Sunday. "This is an exciting offer and we've already received more than a dozen calls about it," said David Parker director of sales in the Orlando region. "We expect to see a lot of new home buyers for the auction," he added. New three, four and five bedroom single family homes at Sorrento Springs at Eagle Dunes Golf Club range in size from 1,341 square feet to 3,210 square feet priced from the $130s. Visit www.Lennar.com.

Toledo home prices down

12:04:51 | 11/05/2011 - Source: Toledo Blade

The median home price in metro Toledo in the first quarter of 2011 was $64,900, a 12.5 percent drop from the same period a year ago.

Wayne 11th District GOP Holds Lincoln/Reagan Dinner

09:55:07 | 11/05/2011 - Source: Patch.com

Between now and the 2012 elections, Republicans must do two things and do them well, according to talk at the Wayne 11th Congressional District Republican Committee's annual Lincoln/Reagan Dinner on Monday evening.

Real estate market split by quakes

07:45:22 | 11/05/2011 - Source: Manawatu Evening Standard

Buyers are shunning homes in eastern Christchurch as the effects of the earthquakes split the housing market.

Foreign Real Estate Gains Popularity

06:45:28 | 11/05/2011 - Source: The St. Petersburg Times

Russians buying real estate abroad tend to purchase property in Europe for investment purposes and are seeing up to 12 percent annual returns, a real estate agency said last week.

Search warrants in Iowa real estate agent's death

05:40:41 | 11/05/2011 - Source: KGAN

Police say four search warrants have been served in the investigation into the death of a real estate agent gunned down in a model townhome in West Des Moines.

Home prices stable in North Jersey region

04:35:54 | 11/05/2011 - Source: Leonia Life

Condo and co-op prices dropped more than 10 percent in the New York metropolitan area, including North Jersey, in the first quarter, but home values overall were flat from the same period a year ago, the National Association of Realtors reported Tuesday.

Home resales up, prices challenged

02:30:53 | 11/05/2011 - Source: American City Business Journals

First quarter resales of condos and single-family homes rose in South Florida, but prices generally faced downward pressure, according to the Association of Realtors and Southeast Florida Multiple Listing Service.

Oak Park Mall is part of $1.09B CBL, TIAA-CREF real estate joint venture

22:26:14 | 10/05/2011 - Source: Kansas City Business Journal

Shoppers browse at Oak Park Mall. As part of the deal, CBL sold a 50 percent stake in three of its regional shopping centers, including Oak Park Mall and malls in St.