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| City Room: How to Avoid Open House Thefts |
29 November 2007 |
| After two women were charged with looting expensive Upper East Side apartments during open houses, real estate agents have offered tips for keeping property safe when showing your home. |
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| After open house thefts, real estate agents on alert |
29 November 2007 |
| Real estate agents have standard advice for homeowners planning their first open house. |
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| Nordea buys 67 pct of Privatmegleren |
01 January 0001 |
| Nordea Bank AB, the Nordic region's largest bank, agreed to buy a majority stake in Norwegian real- estate broker Privatmegleren to expand its offerings in Norway. Terms of the transaction were |
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| The Property Market and Foreign Exchange are Not a One Way Street |
28 November 2007 |
| The property market and foreign exchange are not a one way street. Both are sentiment prone and can turn quickly. European entrepreneurs will see opportunity. Rely on services of the real estate and foreign currency market companies for best results. Dangerous to play against the dollar much longer. |
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| Poor existing home sales, durable goods orders, and a negative Beige Book all point to further interest rate cuts in the US. |
29 November 2007 |
| Poor existing home sales, durable goods orders, and a negative Beige Book all point to further interest rate cuts in the US U.S. Dollar Trading (USD) was weaker against the majors barring CHF and JPY as sales of existing homes fell 1.2% to its lowest level since 1999. Durable goods orders fell for a third straight month, pulling back 0.4%. The Beige Book did not offer any respite for the battered greenback, noting downbeat retail spending and a quite depressed residential real estate all |
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| Q&A: Zillow's Rich Barton on Real Estate, AI and Basement Floods |
29 November 2007 |
| The CEO of the Web's hottest real estate site on brokers, basement floods and better Zestimates. |
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| Latest 'Net gold may rest in Asia's domain |
28 November 2007 |
| A land rush is happening in Hong Kong, but it doesn't involve the high-rise properties for which the city is famous. Instead, it's the epicenter of a brand new patch of cyber real estate soon to go on the global market. |
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| Illinois: Missing Aviator’s Wife Seeks Ruling |
27 November 2007 |
| The wife of Steve Fossett, the adventurer whose plane disappeared in September, asked a court to declare him legally dead, saying she believed he was killed in a plane crash in rugged terrain. Michael A. LoVallo, a lawyer for Peggy V. Fossett who filed the petition in Cook County Circuit Court, said the request was a step toward resolving the legal status of Mr. Fossett’s estate, which according to court papers surpasses “eight figures in liquid assets, various entities and real estate.” Mr. Fossett, 63, disappeared Sept. 3 after taking off in a single-engine plane from an airstrip near Yerington, Nev., heading toward Bishop, Calif. |
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| Istithmar to merge units |
01 January 0001 |
| Istithmar PJSC, a Dubai government- owned private equity investor managing $10 billion, will merge is real estate investments with Nakheel PJSC, another property company owned by its |
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| 27/11/'07 - US National Housing Index & Consumer Confidence On Tap |
27 November 2007 |
| Economic News USD U.S. stock prices declined yesterday as investors worried that rising mortgage defaults and credit market losses would have a drag on the economy. Analysts estimate that the biggest slump in real estate since 1991, turmoil in financial markets, and higher energy prices will probably slow the U.S. economy's growth rate to 1.5% during the 4th quarter of this year. There is still a lot of fear because of the fact that this credit contagion is continuing to widen out, |
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