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Mattamy Homes is Big Winner-Nine Awards-in Home Builders Association of Charlotte's 2011MAME Awards

15:54:13 | 03/05/2011 - Source:

CHARLOTTE, N.C. --- Mattamy Homes U.S. Group in Charlotte earned nine top awards during the recent Home Builders Association of Charlotte's 2011 Annual MAME Awards for major achievements in marketing excellence. Bill Kiselick, Charlotte division president, said Mattamy Homes won five Gold Awards and four Silver Awards during the presentations at Founders Hall in Uptown Charlotte. Mattamy's Gold MAME Awards included: Brochure Design; Interior Merchandising in the Lily model home at Hubbard Falls; its Sales Center at Mountain Laurel; Product Design for the Orchid model home at Mountain Laurel; and Community Signage. Mattamy earned Silver MAME Awards for Customer Service; Interior Merchandising in the Orchid model home at Mountain Laurel; a print advertisement for Riverbend; and Product Design for the Lily floor plan at Hubbard Falls. "We are honored by the awards recognition from our peers and my personal favorite is our Gold MAME Award for Product Design," Kiselick said. For more information visit www.mattamyhomes.com. About Mattamy Homes U.S. Group Mattamy Homes U.S. Group, www.mattamyhomes.com expanded into the U.S. in 2003 and is headquartered in Winter Park, Fla. with divisions in Charlotte, Jacksonville, Orlando, Minneapolis and Phoenix. The homebuilder, the largest and most active in Canada with annual revenues exceeding $1.3 billion was ranked among the highest of all homebuilders in the greater Toronto and Ottawa areas in a nationwide customer satisfaction survey conducted by J.D. Power Associates.

Construction of two models, six ready-to-move-in single family homes to start in July

15:11:41 | 03/05/2011 - Source:

AUSTIN, Tex. --- David Weekley Homes will start construction of two models and six ready-to-move-in single-family homes priced from the low $200s in July at The Springs of Walnut Creek, located near I-35 and Yager Lane in North Austin. Richard Kunz, a principal at Avalonpark Texas, LP the Texas joint venture of Florida-based Avalon Park Group headed by Beat Kahli in Orlando, said the three, four and five bedroom homes will range in size from 1,800 square feet of living space to 2,500 square feet in both one and two story designs. Kunz said construction of 53 home sites in the first two phases will be completed in July/August. Altogether, 110 single family home sites are planned at The Springs of Walnut Creek. Kunz added that he is currently talking with additional home builders about the town home site (Phase 4) which will have between 40 and 60 home sites. Avalon Park Group developed the 1,860-acre Avalon Park, an award-winning neotraditional community of more than 3,500 homes in east Orlando and New River Township, an 1,800-acre master planned community north of Tampa in Pasco County.

MERITAGE HOMES OFFERING THREE NEW FLOOR PLANS AT FORESTBROOKE IN OCOEE

14:24:02 | 03/05/2011 - Source:

ORLANDO, Fla. - Meritage Homes is now offering three new floor plans at its community of Forestbrooke, located off Ocoee-Apopka Rd. in Ocoee. Brian Kittle, director of sales for Meritage Homes in the Orlando region, said the new floor plans range from 4,163 square feet of living area to 5,107 square feet. Homes at Forestbrooke are priced from below $200,000 to $285,990, Kittle said. Meritage Homes has 38 home sites at Forestbrooke.

Downtown Boston condo sales decline

13:57:12 | 03/05/2011 - Source: The Boston Globe

Boston's downtown condo market slowed in the first quarter of 2011, following a statewide trend of sluggish sales in the new year, while prices rose slightly.

High rents leave Aussie families homeless

09:37:45 | 03/05/2011 - Source: NEWS.com.au

Surging rents are creating more homeless families in Australia. Picture: file. Rent rises of 10-20 per cent a year in Sydney Rural poor crowding into capital cities Early intervention is "critical" for children A GROWING number of Australian families are being left homeless because of a shortage of rental homes and public housing, a study released ...

5 ways to better your real estate business

09:37:44 | 03/05/2011 - Source: Inman News

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Wisconsin Realtors' political contribution riles some real estate pros

05:17:57 | 03/05/2011 - Source: Inman

Inman News More than 120 agents and brokers are listed as supporters of Real Estate Professionals for a Better Wisconsin, which is protesting the Wisconsin Association of Realtors' backing of Gov.

Idaho's high-end homes languish on the market

21:03:51 | 02/05/2011 - Source: KTVB.COM

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- Real estate agents in northern Idaho say there is a six-year supply of homes valued at $1 million or more on the real estate market.

Home sales increase 5 percent

21:03:50 | 02/05/2011 - Source: Christian Science Monitor

This chart shows national pending home sales from 2001 to March 2011. The NARs chief economist Lawrence Yun says the market is recovering on its own.

How To Beat Your Short Sale Competition

20:14:53 | 02/05/2011 - Source:

As a home owner, you know that a distressed property in your neighbohrood is going to be bad for your homes value. Learn how to beat the short sale competition and get your home sold. Read More: How To Beat Your Short Sale Competition

Why You Need Title Insurance More Than Ever

17:39:18 | 02/05/2011 - Source:

As one of the more expensive parts of buying a Farr West home or refinaincing a mortgage, many people believe that title insurance is unnessacry in today's technology driven world. With the amount of data available in computer records, is title insurance really necessary for your home purchase? I mean, have you ever even heard of someone that had a title claim? - Read More: Why You Need Title Insurance More Than Ever

NAI Realvest Puts Hudson Restaurant Property in Online Auction

14:11:01 | 02/05/2011 - Source:

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Paul P. Partyka, managing partner at NAI Realvest in Maitland, is going online to sell a 9,367 square foot restaurant building on a 2.8 acre site in Hudson to the highest bidder on May 11. Partyka said the facility, located on S.R. 52 in Hudson between U.S. 19 and County Road 1, is well located on a busy thoroughfare, posts daily traffic counts that range between 30,000 and 63,000, surrounded by residential neighborhoods. "It's an excellent opportunity for development as a restaurant or for redevelopment with another use," Partyka said. Buyers of mid-range commercial facilities don't often tour Hudson looking for opportunities. "The online auction format offers us an excellent opportunity," Partyka said. "We can present to a worldwide audience of potential bidders who are more interested in the facts---demographics, location, facility size, parking---than the general area," he explained. NAI Realvest designed a special web site for the auction at NAIauction.com/Hudson, and bids will be accepted online from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 11.

House Photos Attract TV Cameras

10:34:50 | 02/05/2011 - Source: The Daily Wilton

Alison Sternberg credits the great photos of her property listing on the Halstead Property website with attracting the attention of film director, Jonathan Bucari .

Skulduggery, insult claims: Real estate agents face music

06:20:20 | 02/05/2011 - Source: The New Zealand Herald

A host of badly behaved real estate agents have come before a new disciplinary tribunal - from one who allegedly stole money from an elderly widow to an agent whose foul-mouthed rant on Facebook went unpunished.

croiagusanam on Realtors: Imagine A Montclair You Can Sell

02:10:50 | 02/05/2011 - Source: Baristanet

Montclair councilor Cary Africk wants to know how we can sell Montclair better to potential buyers - what needs to be improved in order to get more people to move here.