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- 12/7/2005 - Real Estate News
Real estate purchases rebound
Overall mortgage applications were up 5.2 percent last week on a seasonally adjusted basis from the week before, with refinancings posting the largest increase, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's weekly survey. The seasonally adjusted refin... - 12/7/2005 - Real Estate News
Overnight real estate rates reverse gains
Long-term mortgage interest rates were down Tuesday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield dropped to 4.48 percent. The 30-year fixed-rate average dipped to 5.83 percent, and the 15-year fixed-rate slipped to 5.42 percent. The 1-year adjustable... - 12/7/2005 - Real Estate News
Getting the most out of your second-home investment
If the recent downfall of snow has you running to the slopes (or to a plane en route to warmer weather) don't get carried away with the first possibilities of a recreational investment. Yes, there very well could be more potential rental days for cozy cha... - 12/7/2005 - Real Estate News
Divvying up inherited real estate incites family feud
DEAR BOB: My mother died with a trust listing her two homes to be divided equally among her living children. My sister and her sons have lived rent-free for more than 20 years in our mother's second home. They did give my mother a token amount of money to... - 12/7/2005 - Real Estate News
Kitchen remodeling requires new floor
Q: I will be remodeling my kitchen soon and I'm having a tough time deciding whether to install a bamboo floor or a laminate floor. I've heard commendations from friends extolling the virtues of one or the other. I really like bamboo but heard that it sca... - 12/7/2005 - Real Estate News
Real estate broker sues over denied sales commission
Newmark and Bank Co. filed this lawsuit against Capitol Hill Group, alleging the real estate brokerage is entitled to $454,025 in sales commissions and consulting services involving two properties. The first property, the "Town House Land," was sold to Ho... - 12/6/2005 - Real Estate News
Home builders weigh in on Supreme Court wetlands cases
Citing the need to halt excessive regulation and keep housing more affordable, the National Association of Home Builders has filed a brief of amicus curiae on behalf of the petitioners in two wetlands cases before the U.S. Supreme Court: John A. Rapanos... - 12/6/2005 - Real Estate News
Realtors launch ad campaign to protest tax recommendations
The National Association of Realtors this week launched an advertising campaign warning that home values could drop significantly if the recommendations of a federal tax reform panel to reduce the mortgage interest deduction were implemented. "All homeo... - 12/6/2005 - Real Estate News
Pending real estate sales dip in October
A Pending Home Sales Index of 100 is equal to the average level of contract activity during 2001, the first year to be analyzed, and was the first of four consecutive record years for existing-home sales. Sales in 2001 were fairly close to the higher vol... - 12/6/2005 - Real Estate News
Relay, Team Double-Click form real estate partnership
Relay and Team Double-Click have teamed up to give real estate brokers and agents access to virtual transaction coordinators using the Relay system to manage real estate transactions, the California Association of Realtors said Monday. Additionally, as ...