February 4, 2012

RE/MAX Launches New Website

According to a recent press release from RE/MAX International the new site is "Clean. Simple. Smart. Powerful." It's been redesigned to make buying , selling, and managing real estate more intuitive with loads of new features and tools some of which include an easier way to search for homes, a RE/MAX agent or a RE/MAX office. … [Read more...]

Banks May Decide to Hold On to Troubled Loans

.!. Awaydays hd Rocky III trailer Elf release According to an article in Reuters, some banks may be taking a play out of the 90's handbook.  Instead of selling or taking a loss on troubled loans, some banks may hold on to the loans and try to ride it out. Experts at the Reuters Global Real Estate Summit are projecting that commercial real estate downturn is nowhere near the bottom. They are also predicting that home sales may stay somewhat subdued until the economy improves. Of course, this … [Read more...]

Canadians Find U.S. Property More Attractive

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Economic Decline Deepens in Europe

.!. Flushed Away psp The Fox & the Child on dvd Super Size Me ripFiddler on the Roof video Boa vs. Python divxA full-scale recovery in world trade and foreign investment may be slowed by the sluggish economies of Europe. The recessions in the European Union, as well as the United Kingdom and Japan, appear to be turning into deeper and longer ones than the United States has been having, reports Anthony Faiola of the Washington Post. In May, Great Britain reported the steepest … [Read more...]

World Housing Market Struggles

Housing markets around the world continue to struggle amid economic stagnation or decline and rising unemployment, according to Knight Frank's Global Housing Index for 1Q 2009 Serial Mom movie download. On the positive side, 15 countries showed average price increases, year on year. Israel was the top performer, recording growth of 10.9%. The Czech Republic followed with growth of 9.9%. The worst performers were Dubai and Latvia which recorded falls in average prices of 32% and 36% … [Read more...]

Hotel Industry still Moving

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Companies Favor Expanding in Mexico

The future looks brighter for Mexico, according to AMR Research reports, despite the 46 percent decrease in Foreign Direct Investment, an estimated loss of half a million jobs in the first half of this year, H1N1 flu virus, drug wars. The slump in investment is mostly due to the global recession, not to economic mismanagement as in the past.Companies looking to expand in Mexico outnumber those planning to cut back by 5 to 1, compared to outsourcing competitor China’s ratio of 2 to 1.  … [Read more...]

Green Certification Moving Toward Common International Metrics

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Overseas Investment in the US may be on the Rise

.!..!.The beleaguered US commercial real estate market may be getting some much needed capital from foreign investors. A survey conducted by the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE) is showing some promising numbers. According to the survey, in the past six months the confidence level of overseas investors has gone up. Over two-thirds of survey respondents among the 200 members stated they planed to invest some debt or equity in the US real estate market before the end of the … [Read more...]

Keller-Williams agents make a move to RE/MAX

It's no secrect that the strongest marketing plan for recruiting agents to Keller Williams is, well, recruiting.  KW pays agents, by way of profit sharing, for bringing on new agents.  In theory it sounds great, and for some it is extremely profitable, but for one Keller Williams recruiter and coach it wasn't enough.  Genny Williams left Keller Williams in search of an office that "valued professionalism and talent as much as she did."Apparently she found what she was looking for in … [Read more...]