Real Estate News

Jones Lang LaSalle names retail field marketing promotion

12:40:57 | 07/09/2010 - Source: Chain Store Age

Atlanta Jones Lang LaSalle said Wednesday it has promoted Julie Crane Rickey to senior VP marketing.

Thieves hit Vinca Jewelry on the Plaza

04:06:15 | 07/09/2010 - Source: KansasCity.com

Thieves punched through a concrete block wall and bored into a thick metal safe early Monday to steal gold and diamonds from a Country Club Plaza jewelry store.It was like the Mafia, said Simon Zouein, the owner of Vinca Jewelry at 4801 Jefferson St.

Almost a quarter of all foreign buyers in U.S. choose Florida property

23:51:37 | 06/09/2010 - Source: Palm Beach Post

International buyers have helped buttress Florida's real estate market with 22 percent of all foreign clients nationally choosing property in the Sunshine State.

Scotch Plains couple want inspector to file claim for chimney damage they say he missed

19:37:03 | 06/09/2010 - Source: Millville News

Mike and Jessica Gromek had their Scotch Plains home inspected before purchase, and they say the inspector overlooked chimney problems, above, resulting in $18,500 in repairs.

Builder starts Garfield town house ...

15:17:29 | 06/09/2010 - Source: North Jersey Media Group

At a time when most builders have put down their tools, Pulte Group Inc. has started a 184-unit town house development overlooking the Passaic River in Garfield.

The Age probed over real estate agent junkets

11:03:04 | 06/09/2010 - Source: Crikey Website

The Victorian Government will probe Fairfax Media over its real-estate junkets program, after the company decided to extend the controversial free-trips scheme into 2011.

Brien Center buy is rescue, mercy killing

06:53:26 | 06/09/2010 - Source: Berkshire Eagle Online - Berkshires Week

When we checked this spring on the Brien Center purchase of Mt. Carmel Church on Fenn Street in Pittsfield, Catherine Doherty, Brien's chief executive officer, cautiously described the upcoming sale.

Appraisers' handling of cancer label can make or break home sales in The Acreage

02:44:05 | 06/09/2010 - Source: Palm Beach Post

Then came the war of the appraisers. The week before Adamczyk was scheduled to close, a lending company turned down the buyer's loan because the house's appraisal included a discussion of the cancer cluster that state health officials have declared in the community.

Ahead of the curve

22:34:14 | 05/09/2010 - Source: The Washington Post

Home sales fell steeply in July after the expiration of the home buyer tax credit, but the D.C. housing market didn't fare as badly as the country as a whole.

Big changes for realtor licensing requirements coming

14:05:06 | 05/09/2010 - Source: Lincoln Daily News

T he Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has announced significant changes to the designations of real estate agents and to the education requirements to become a "Realtor." Curr ently all are designated as either a "Real Estate Salesperson" or a "Real Estate Broker." The new designations will be "Broker" and "Managing ...

Priced to catch the eye, home sells above asking price

09:55:39 | 05/09/2010 - Source: North Jersey Media Group

The game plan: Obsbaum and Curotto had the house professionally photographed. They listed it on the multiple listing service, advertised it on the Internet and held an open house.

Economy Killed the Real Estate Star

05:45:55 | 05/09/2010 - Source: Scarsdale Patch

Did greedy mortgage brokers, real estate agents and financial gurus kill the economy? Or did the economy kill the brokers? Are there any benefits left to home ownership? Not according to Time Magazine.

Former exec agrees to pay Simon $766K to settle suit

01:31:16 | 05/09/2010 - Source: Indianapolis Star

A former Simon Property Group executive has agreed to pay $766,000 to the Indianapolis mall developer to settle a lawsuit it filed against him.

Floyd home sales up in August

19:07:00 | 04/09/2010 - Source: Rome News - Tribune

The housing market in Rome and Floyd County ticked upward in August, with 61 homes sold, up from 53 in July and 53 in August of 2009.

Real estate agents get creative to help home sellers

14:57:32 | 04/09/2010 - Source: KYTV Springfield

Record low levels of demand continue to haunt the U.S. housing market. After the tax incentives to buy a new home ran out, July and August were pretty dismal months for real estate.