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Consumer’s future is online and so is real estate marketing

According to Microsoft, the future of consumer behavior is all about online, and that has brought with it an opportunity for advertisers to understand. The future of consumer behavior lies online – and that’s brought with it an opportunity for advertisers to understand their audiences better than ever, says one of Microsoft’s top online consumer …

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Top rental markets about to “explode”

Numerous recent reports claim renting is on the rise, but John Burns Real Estate Consulting believes demand is top markets is about to “explode,” with some cities seeing a 25% growth over the next three years. According to John Burns, there are about 3.4 million units of pent up demand for rental housing bolstered by …

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Allstate Invests in Real Estate, Infrastructure to Guard Against Inflation

June 1, 2011 Allstate Corporation, the home and auto insurer with more than $80 billion in fixed-income investments, is scaling back bond holdings and buying real-estate equity and infrastructure assets as it prepares for rising inflation. “We should favor alternatives and inflation protection over fixed income,” Chief Investment Officer Judy Greffin told investors today. “That …

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Case-Shiller home-price index hits new low

Is now the time to buy? An index of home prices in the nation’s largest American cities plumbed new depths in March, pushing past a low set during the worst of the Great Recession. The ominous new drop for the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index of 20 cities, a key measure that is closely watched by …

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4 Signals It Might be Time to Buy (vs. Rent) Your Home

To rent or to buy: what used to be a given – that you would buy a home as soon as you could afford to – has become an agonizing conundrum for many a would-be homebuyer, in the face of the housing market’s big bust and super-slow recovery.  Low prices seem to create a wide-open …

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Home Prices Edge Closer to 2009 Lows According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices

New York, April 26, 2011 – Data through February 2011, released today by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller1 Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, show prices for the 10- and 20-city composites are lower than a year ago but still slightly above their April 2009 bottom. The 10- City Composite fell …

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Real Estate Outlook: Foreclosures Remain Focal Point

Foreclosures are still big news in real estate across the country. Most homeowners are looking forward to a day when foreclosures make up a much smaller share of the market. For now, however, 1 in 119 homes are in foreclosure. One in every 577 housing units received a foreclosure filing in the month of February. …

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Buyers Shun New Homes – Bright Spots For Savy Buyers

ONCE A COMMON home buyer’s dream, new homes have lost some of their appeal. Instead, it’s fixer-uppers and foreclosures that have been capturing buyers’ attention, creating a window of opportunity for those still looking for new construction. While the real estate market has struggled across the board, new homes have been hit harder than ever …

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S&P Case-Shiller Index Records Another Drop in Home Prices

Data released Tuesday morning by Standard & Poor’s show that home prices are continuing to trend downwards. The 10-city and 20-city composites of the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index fell 0.9 percent and 1.0 percent, respectively, in January 2011 when compared to the previous month. The 10-city composite is down 2.0 percent from its January 2010 …

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The 5 New Rules of Real Estate

We’re about to enter the peak season for real estate shopping: spring. But, before you jump in with both feet, you should know a lot has changed since the last time you may have bought or sold a house. It’s like dating — all of those old rules you used to know have changed over …

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Four large hotel projects stalled in Ketchum and Sun Valley because of economic downturn

KETCHUM – Four hotel and residential projects valued at $2 billion in the central Idaho resort area of Ketchum and Sun Valley that have all been approved by local officials remain stalled due to the difficult economy, developers and city leaders say. Developer Jack Bariteau wants to build a four-story, 73-room hotel called Hotel Ketchum …

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Freddie Mac: U.S. home prices drop 4.3% in fourth quarter

February 28, 2011 U.S. home prices fell 4.3% on a year-over-year basis in the fourth quarter as foreclosures and slowing sales buoyed inventory levels, Freddie Mac said Monday in its Conventional Mortgage Home Price Index. “Foreclosed-property and short sales remain a big part of the market. However, new foreclosures will begin to gradually slow,” said …

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Why 2011 May Be the End of the Housing Crash

There might finally be some good news this year about the nation’s dismal housing market. Or, at least, the bad news could stop. Either way, it will be welcome relief for current homeowners as well as for potential real-estate investors. Reasons to be optimistic have been sadly lacking since the housing bubble burst in 2006. …

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