Well lets hope 2009 will bring a much needed boost to the lagging real estate market. It appears that the FHA will now be the vehicle of choice for many borrowers. The loan limits have been increased and with 97% financing available FHA will continue to be a major player for many would be borrowe
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12/18/2008
Associated PressVA regulators block appraisers from online systemsBy MITCH WEISS , 11.20.08, 03:34 PM EST Regulators in Virginia are the first nationwide to actively discourage real estate appraisers from using online systems that could allow unscrupulous agents and lenders to remove critical i
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11/20/2008
Long Islands beaches has to be my favorite reason for living hear. As I have traveled around the country I have not found the beautiful wonderous beaches that we sometimes come to take for granted. I love the south shore beaches in the summer and Montauk in the fall. I also love the convenience t
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10/31/2008
By Paul Bubny NEW YORK CITY-Don't expect the office leasing market to get back to normal in the immediate future. At a Real Estate Board of New York panel discussion Thursday evening, predictions on how long the downturn will last ranged from 2010 to 2015. The forecast of a five-to-seven-y
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10/27/2008
The rise and fall of the Real Estate market can be attributed to a lot of factors. It can be attributted to a host of players in the business. Where there is money involved greed will certainly follow and some people are willing to twist and bend the rules for their own financial gain. The bottom
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10/01/2008
Well I do not have a cat but if the talking heads have it half right we are in for a downturn that we have not seen since the great depression. I tend to believe that like most things we lean over the edge one way or the other. On the upside we thought the boom would never end. On the downside we
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09/18/2008
NYC sees expensive property flips 15 Central Park West New York Magazine takes a look at some of New York City's most impressive property flips in the last several decades. Photographer Albert Watson bought 777 Washington Street in 1985 for $850,000 and recently sold it for $34 million. The Henry
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09/04/2008
IT was a lazy end of summer for many, but Halstead Property broker Brian Lewis was hustling last week. He arranged a walk-through and closing for Upper West Side buyer Ivan Rodin, and also scrambled to schedule open houses for a $4.95 million apartment near Columbus Circle. Click link for ful
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09/04/2008
Marni Leff Kottle, Special to The Chronicle Sunday, August 17, 2008 How much is your house worth in this turbulent market? That's the question on the minds of many Bay Area homeowners, but it's become increasingly tough to answer, even for the pros. Instability in the region's housing market is m
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08/28/2008
By Mitch WeissAssociated Press Saturday, August 23, 200 As soaring home prices set the stage for America's great housing meltdown, a critical step in making sure those home sales were a fair deal -- the real estate appraisal -- was undermined from within. After the nation's last major banking di
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08/28/2008
