The London Free Press reports from Canada. "The latest indication the region’s economy is finally recovering from the 2008 recession came Tuesday when London-St. Thomas realtors released figures showing they’re on a hot streak, chalking up their best July sales since 2007. London-St. Thomas...
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The Associated Press reports on Florida. "To motivate a classroom packed with 87 aspiring real estate agents, instructor Keith Grandy started off his one-week, intensive course with the promise of big money: With hard work, fresh licensees in the Miami metro area could make $100,000 a year if they...
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A report from the Colorado Springs Gazette. "The pace of homebuilding tumbled last month in the Colorado Springs area, continuing this year's downward trend in residential construction, according to the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department. Permit totals have declined in all but one month in...
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The Mercury News reports from California. "The Bay Area set records in the second quarter of this year in the number of homes sold for $1 million or more as well as those costing at least $2 million. In the nine-county region, 5,734 homes sold in the April-June period for at least $1 million,...
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It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Panelists answered the following: Do you feel positive about the direction of the national housing market? Richard Place: 'If you own a house you have to feel positive about the trend. One of the reasons you buy a house is to make money off the...
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The Denver Post reports from Colorado. "Richmond American Homes is breaking new ground in its Peoria Place community — but not in a way that some real estate agents and buyers like. The new development's homeowners association limits rentals to 15 percent of homes in the community. Homes rented out...
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CBS DFW reports from Texas. "Despite a nationwide decline of new homes sales, North Texas is once again serving as an exception to the trend. Tony Caballero, of Net Worth Realty, says people are outbidding one another to get into these houses. Caballero said, 'Most people are paying 18 to 20...
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KSN.com reports from Kansas. "In April the Farm Bill made more Kansas towns eligible for the USDA’s Guaranteed Rural Housing Loan program, now the first recipient of the program in Dodge City has moved into her new home. The loan program used to apply to towns with 20,000 people or less, but now...
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The Orange County Register reports from California. "Mike Shapiro has an uneasy feeling, one that’s refreshingly surprising for a real estate brokerage owner coming off a record month. Shapiro is chairman of Hom Sotheby’s International Realty, a Newport Beach-based operation with a network of...
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The Gainesville Sun reports from Florida. "Jennifer Beguiristain plans to be in Gainesville at least three more years to work on a master’s degree in speech pathology, so she traded in her $700-a-month apartment for a $988 mortgage payment and arranged to rent out two rooms for $400 each. The...
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