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Real Estate Press Release

Luxury Real Estate Partners Mobile adds Las Vegas High Rise Condo Listings

January 9, 2012

Luxury Real Estate Partners today announced a partnership with Smarter Agent to provide Las Vegas condo listings on smart phones and tablets. The app uses GPS to identify Las Vegas Condos for sale in the user’s immediate geographic area, when available. Users also can search by a U.S. address, city or zip code to see [...]

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Prudential Real Estate Sells to Real Living (Brookfield Asset Management)

December 7, 2011

Brookfield Residential Property Services Announces Acquisition of Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services Acquisition creates global residential real estate and employee relocation services leader Today, Brookfield Residential Property Services (“Brookfield”), a Brookfield Asset Management Inc. affiliate, announced that it has purchased Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services (“PRERS”), a recognized leader in employee relocation and [...]

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Commercial Real Estate Tops as Best Investment Alternative in 3Q11

December 1, 2011

Multifamily continues to lead recovery according to new CCIM Institute and RERC data. CHICAGO, IL (Dec. 1, 2011)— In 3Q11, commercial real estate ranked highest among investment alternatives, followed by cash, in CCIM Institute and Real Estate Research Corp.’s 4Q11 RERC/CCIM Investment Trends Quarterly.  “Despite the investment losses taken with commercial real estate during the [...]

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How Bill Clinton Boosts Palm Springs CA Real Estate

November 16, 2011

Brad Schmett of Luxury Homes by Keller Williams has announced today that Palm Springs CA real estate is getting a big boost from Bill Clinton and the new Bob Hope Classic Golf Tournament, now called the Humana Challenge. La Quinta, California (PRWEB) November 15, 2011 Brad Schmett, Broker Associate with Luxury Homes by Keller Williams [...]

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Coldwell Banker Howard Joins Forces with Zip Realty

November 10, 2011

ZIPREALTY SIGNS NUMBER ONE RALEIGH BROKERAGE TO ITS POWERED BY ZIP PROGRAM Coldwell Banker Howard and Perry Walston partners with ZipRealty to utilize online customer sourcing and incubation system EMERYVILLE, Calif. – November 10, 2011 – ZipRealty, (www.ziprealty.com; NASDAQ: ZIPR), the real estate company powered by web-based, proprietary technology and effective online marketing, announced today [...]

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Over 20% of Phoenix Home Buyers Get Help From Parents

November 9, 2011

New Real Estate Market Trend Emerging in Phoenix Adult Children Receiving Help From Parents in over 20% of Home Purchases Toma Partners, LLC, a luxury Phoenix real estate company, finds a powerful trend emerging where parents are backing their adult children in the purchase of homes in Phoenix. More than 20% of current transactions involve [...]

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Zip Realty Drops Forced Registration on MLS Listings

October 26, 2011

Company cites shifts in consumer demand as main driver for change ZipRealty the nationally-ranked real estate brokerage powered by proprietary technology and effective online marketing, today announced the Company has opened access to its comprehensive online services by removing the registration requirement on the majority of the ZipRealty website. Effective immediately in most of ZipRealty’s [...]

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Short Sale Property

October 21, 2011

Home Ownership Drops to Lowest in Decades Best Time to Invest in a Short Sale Property through Exit Realty The United States has seen the biggest decline in home ownership since the Great Depression, with the rate of ownership falling to 65.1 percent as of April 2010. That number is just over one percentage point [...]

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Zillow:Suppressed Foreclosure Rates Keep Values Flat In Near Term

October 11, 2011

Home values in the United States showed minimal monthly appreciation in August of 2011, according to the Zillow® Real Estate Market Report(i). The Zillow Home Value Index(ii) increased 0.1 percent from July to August. On a year-over-year basis home values declined 4.5 percent to $172,600. Home values have fallen 28.3 percent since they peaked in [...]

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Home Buying Differences: Older and Younger Baby Boomers

October 11, 2011

While Majority of Agents Report Economy Is Delaying Boomers’ Plans to Sell Homes, Many Are Still in the Market, Especially for Investment Properties PARSIPPANY, NJ, Oct 11, 2011  — A new survey from Coldwell Banker Real Estate finds that 87 percent of 1,300 agents and brokers polled agree that the economy is delaying baby boomers’ [...]

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