December 30, 2009
Dan McCarthy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of our parent company, Network Communications Inc., explained recently in his blog that NCI has done as much work and research as possible in order to make sure it understands specifically what it is the company has to offer its customers in order to produce the most successful [...]
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November 19, 2009
A world-class panel of business experts is ready and willing to help struggling entrepreneurs grow their business, create an “economic recovery” and bolster the economy with new jobs and opportunities. Forming “The League of Extraordinary Minds,” about 50 marketing and business leaders, such as Al Reis, Jack Trout, Jay Conrad Levinson, Serigo Zyman and Stephen [...]
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November 9, 2009
Banff National Park is a well-known and highly desirable place to live in Alberta. But residency restrictions and government leasing arrangements are big drawbacks. Now, a development adjacent to Banff allows residents a luxury lifestyle with the park’s amenities but without the restrictions. The latest over on the Language of Luxury blog details Canmore and [...]
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October 12, 2009
McMonigle Finance, Inc., a private real estate investment developer based in Southern California, is pleased to announce an annualized return of 10.30% for its MFG Secured Income Fund I, LLC; September completed the Fund’s first month of operation. With a specific focus on mortgage trust deed investments, the Fund services private investors most interested in [...]
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October 7, 2009
Recently featured in an online video made for Crain’s Chicago Business, real estate agent Jenny Ames excitedly announces an increase in activity in Chicago’s market. She received three multiple offers and four other offers in September alone, and sees this as a sign of considerable progress in the market. Sources: www.trulia.com www.bestchicagocondos.com www.chicagotribune.com —Georgia Stergakos
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October 6, 2009
For the third quarter, luxury-home prices in central London rose 4 percent as the number of properties to be purchased became fewer, according to Bloomberg. The number of homes for sale is about 25 percent less than the average number of homes for sale over the last five years; this could account for the rise [...]
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October 5, 2009
New York, NY, October 1, 2009: According to the third quarter Manhattan residential market report released today by Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales, the effects of the recession on Manhattan have lessened. The average apartment price of $1,274,563 was down 13% from the same period a year ago. This was, however, a slight improvement over [...]
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October 5, 2009
Last week’s Case-Shiller Index showed broad improvement in home prices in July, with a 1.6% price increase among the 20 metros followed by the index. “The rate of annual decline in home price values continues to decelerate and we now seem to be witnessing some sustained monthly increases across many of the markets” says David [...]
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October 2, 2009
New-home sales rose for newly built single-family homes in August, up 0.7 percent from July to August, according to the Census Bureau (click here to download full report). This is the fifth month in a row that the Census Bureau has reported numbers in sales that were increasing and inventories that were decreasing from month-to-month. [...]
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September 8, 2009
IAS360 House Price Index Slips 0.5% after Four Straight Months of Growth DENVER, CO—September 8, 2009—Integrated Asset Services®, LLC (IAS®) (www.iasreo.com), a leader in default management and residential collateral valuations, today released the latest IAS360™ House Price Index (HPI). Based on the timeliest and most granular data available in the industry, the index for national [...]
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