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Real Estate Commissions and Compensation: 2011
Real Estate Commissions and Compensation: 2011
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Snowball Selling a Real Threat. Short Sellers Book Profit Before Bernanke
Posted To: MBS Commentary Sellers gained control of the bond market yesterday.
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Snowball Selling a Real Threat. Short Sellers Book Profit Before Bernanke
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Residential Mortgage Application Drops in U.S. as Rates Uptick
Based on data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey
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Aldar’s 2010 Financial Results Reflect Severity of Abu Dhabi’s Real Estate Slowdown
Al Bandar (ABU DHABI, UAE) — Aldar Properties PJSC, Abu Dhabi’s property development, investment and Management Company, yesterday announced its full year results for 2010, reporting a loss of $370 million before impairments and fair value losses. The loss for the year, after recognizing the impairment and fair value losses, was $3.46 billion. In 2009 Aldar’s profit was $228 million
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Aldar’s 2010 Financial Results Reflect Severity of Abu Dhabi’s Real Estate Slowdown
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The Day Ahead: Bernanke, $24 Billion 10s, GSE Reform Hearing
Posted To: MBS Commentary Treasury yields weakened overnight with the benchmark 10-year note trading in a range between 3.71% to 3.77%, versus the Tuesday close at 3.72%. Treasuries have weakened in the past seven sessions as money continues to flow into equities.
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The Day Ahead: Bernanke, $24 Billion 10s, GSE Reform Hearing
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Home Values Continue to Drop in Q4; 27% of All U.S. Homes Now Have Negative Equity
According to Zillow’s fourth quarter Real Estate Market Reports, home values in the United States posted their largest quarterly decline since the first quarter of 2009, falling 2.6 percent as the temporary stimulus of the home buyer tax credits wore off. The Zillow Home Value Index declined 5.9 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter to $175,200. Home values have fallen 27 percent since they peaked in June 2006
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Home Values Continue to Drop in Q4; 27% of All U.S. Homes Now Have Negative Equity
Deep Discounts Drive U.S. Vacation Home Market
Mercer Island, Washington Who would have thought it – Americans buying vacation homes during one of the country’s worst Recessions in 50 years? According to brokers polled by The Wall Street Journal, that is exactly what is happening today.
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Deep Discounts Drive U.S. Vacation Home Market
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Tokyo Surprises REIT Market With Plans for $1.8 Billion Property Fund
Tokyo skyline You don’t hear of many big real estate deals coming out of Japan these days as the once-booming island country strives to regain its economic balance. But an announcement from Tokyo-based Tokyo Land Corp., Japan’s fourth- largest developer, caught the attention of REIT market watchers
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Tokyo Surprises REIT Market With Plans for $1.8 Billion Property Fund
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