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- 11/28/2005 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage Rates Remain Status Quo
U.S. Treasury securities opened to the downside on Monday due to early reports of a robust start to the holiday shopping season. But the negative tone evaporated on news of a sharper-than-expected decline in October Existing Home Sales (EHS) mixed with s... - 11/23/2005 - Commercial Real Estate News
Harmon Specialty Signs Seven-Year Pact
BILLERICA, MA-Sound system manufacturer Harmon Specialty Group signs a seven-year deal to take 30,000 sf of warehouse and distribution space under a build-to-suit. The company will move into the multi-million dollar Billerica facility early next year once construction is completed. - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Overnight real estate rates trickle lower
Long-term mortgage interest rates continued to fall Tuesday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield dipped to 4.43 percent. The 30-year fixed-rate average sank to 5.79 percent, and the 15-year fixed-rate slipped to 5.36 percent. The 1-year adjus... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Consumers are the judge at real estate ratings site
Home buyers and sellers can rate the attributes of real estate agents at a free Web site that is the brainchild of a title company employee in Ohio. Mike Primeau, who created RealtyRators.com, said he wants to empower consumers by providing them with a ... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Small real estate inheritance sparks taxation
DEAR BOB: In 2000, my wife's parents both passed away within a month of each other. They left their estates to my wife and her brother. The estate was worth more than $650,000 so they paid estate taxes. Part of the estate was a property in Sarasota, Fla. ... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Kitchen remodeling without breaking the bank
Q: I would like to update my kitchen without spending a fortune. I've bought a gas cook top to replace the electric one now in place. Here are my questions: 1.) When I have the new cook top installed, will they just set it in place so that I can take it ... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Unpaid taxes impede real estate sales proceeds
On Nov. 15, 2000, Robert J. Ambrose conveyed his house to International Advisory Services Inc. (IAS). On Aug. 11, 2003, the Internal Revenue Service made jeopardy tax assessments for unpaid taxes of $170,890 against IAS. The IRS recorded its income tax li... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Age plays key role in housing discrimination laws
Why are developments and buildings for persons aged 55 and older exempt from restrictions and seem so privileged? A brief review of this country's housing laws, and the reasons for their enactment, would be a logical place to begin that explanation. The ... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
First American signs up for Clareity's MLS security system
First American Residential Group and Clareity Security have teamed up to provide protection against unauthorized access to First American's Multiple Listing Services and its MarketLinx Solutions offerings. The companies yesterday announced a preferred p... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
FEMA extends deadline for hotel lodging of hurricane evacuees
Jim Arbury, senior vice president of government affairs for the council, said in a statement today, "The apartment industry welcomes FEMA's flexible approach to this unprecedented disaster recovery effort. The agency's willingness to extend the deadline ...