January 12th, 2010
The number of home closings in the Charlotte market rose 13.1 percent to 1,527 in December from a year earlier, according to the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association.
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January 12th, 2010
Fewer people selling their homes cut their listing price in December, according to the latest numbers from San Francisco-based Trulia.com.
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January 12th, 2010
Dallas-based real estate investment management firm Gulfstream Capital Partners has bought a Jacksonville, Fla., apartment complex for $23 million in an all-cash purchase.
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January 12th, 2010
Average mortgage rates in Pennsylvania and nationwide fell last week, reversing an upward trend, according to mortgage rate Web site Zillow.com.
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January 12th, 2010
Renters who are caught up in foreclosures or short sales may get more time to get out before the sheriff shows up to evict them, if a proposed bill gets traction in the Florida Legislature.
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January 11th, 2010
Handyman Matters of San Antonio is assisting in the rebuilding of war-torn Iraq.
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January 11th, 2010
Pittman Development Group Inc. of Denver has teamed with California’s Pathfinder Partners LLC to launch a new private equity fund for buying distressed real estate in Colorado. (PLD)
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January 11th, 2010
The number of home sales in Waukesha, Washington and Ozaukee counties increased in December, offsetting a decline in sales in Milwaukee County, according to housing statistics released by Metro MLS Inc. Monday.
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January 11th, 2010
The extension of the home-buyer tax credit and housing affordability is expected to improve the local housing market this year, but one local expert predicts that 2010 will be a holding-pattern year rather than a rebound year in the Houston market.
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January 11th, 2010
Although the Corbin Park regional mall project in Overland Park is in bankruptcy, an apartment community just south of it is going gangbusters.
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