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Tue, 15 May 2012 13:39:48 GMT

Canada April Existing Home Sales (Text) - BusinessWeek


Canada April Existing Home Sales (Text)
BusinessWeek
By Ilan Kolet on May 15, 2012 Following is the text of the national resale housing activity from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). According to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national resale housing ...

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Mon, 14 May 2012 13:33:39 GMT

Innovative New Program Helps Realtors Achieve Fewer Days on Market - Canada NewsWire (press release)


Innovative New Program Helps Realtors Achieve Fewer Days on Market
Canada NewsWire (press release)
CALGARY, May 14, 2012 /CNW/ - StageItSold ™ takes the common Real Estate practice of 'staging' to a whole new level, resulting in tremendous success for the Realtors currently involved with the beta-test of this revolutionary new program.

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Tue, 15 May 2012 10:04:26 GMT

Real estate investments head south - Globe and Mail


Globe and Mail

Real estate investments head south
Globe and Mail
The overflow event was run by Florida Home Finders of Canada, a Vaughan, Ont.-based real estate company that connects Canadians with US property, holding regular information sessions around the country. Co-owner Wayne Levy says interest in their ...

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Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:39:42 GMT

Concrete Equities investors back from brink after real estate deals go sour - Calgary Herald


Concrete Equities investors back from brink after real estate deals go sour
Calgary Herald
After attending a couple of the firm's seminars, Crowder sat down with Wealthstreet and hatched a five-year plan that included borrowing against his home and investing in real estate. With headlines in the mid2000s trumpeting Calgary's red-hot real ...

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Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:15:42 GMT

Canadian waiting game for US property ending - Calgary Herald


Canadian waiting game for US property ending
Calgary Herald
CALGARY — A report by BMO says the waiting game for Canadians interested in buying US real estate in select regions could be at an end. “While there's little urgency, now is likely a good time to buy US real estate in regions with relatively low ...

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Sat, 05 May 2012 22:48:07 GMT

Disenchantment fuelled Wildrose - Calgary Herald


Disenchantment fuelled Wildrose
Calgary Herald
CALGARY — Property rights, a desire for balanced budgets and the belief the governing Progressive Conservatives have given the cold shoulder to rural voters is what pushed many of the Wildrose caucus members into the world of provincial politics.

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Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:06:30 GMT

Calgary Chamber of Commerce changing to repond to needs of community - Calgary Herald


Calgary Chamber of Commerce changing to repond to needs of community
Calgary Herald
CALGARY — The Calgary Chamber of Commerce unveiled a transformation of its organization in its annual general meeting on Monday. “For a long time, we've heard that members have said the value for membership is just not there and so we really dug in, ...

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Fri, 11 May 2012 22:34:22 GMT

Jayman staff enjoy a McHappy Day - Calgary Sun


Jayman staff enjoy a McHappy Day
Calgary Sun
On behalf of Calgary and area realtors, CREB Charitable Foundation contributed $25000 to the Servants Anonymous Society Calgary SAFE House Program as part of its 25 for 25 program. The 25 for 25 program was created as a part of the 25th Anniversary ...

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Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:38:23 GMT

Saskatoon home prices rise - StarPhoenix


Saskatoon home prices rise
StarPhoenix
The MLS Home Price Index (HPI), a leading measure of Canadian home prices, stayed above year-ago levels in March 2012, according to statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). Across the country yearover-year gains have been ...

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Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:12:07 GMT

Business briefs - Vancouver Sun


Business briefs
Vancouver Sun
Green has the board's unanimous support, the Calgary-based carrier reiterated this week. Bloomberg REITs surge near five-year high TORONTO - Canadian real estate investment trusts have rallied to the highest levels in five years as rising occupancy and ...

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Tue, 15 May 2012 13:36:10 GMT

Canada April Existing Home Sales (Text) - Bloomberg


Canada April Existing Home Sales (Text)
Bloomberg
Following is the text of the national resale housing activity from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). According to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national resale housing activity edged up by less ...

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Mon, 14 May 2012 13:33:39 GMT

Innovative New Program Helps Realtors Achieve Fewer Days on Market - Canada NewsWire (press release)


Innovative New Program Helps Realtors Achieve Fewer Days on Market
Canada NewsWire (press release)
CALGARY, May 14, 2012 /CNW/ - StageItSold ™ takes the common Real Estate practice of 'staging' to a whole new level, resulting in tremendous success for the Realtors currently involved with the beta-test of this revolutionary new program.

Read more

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:04:26 GMT

Real estate investments head south - Globe and Mail


Globe and Mail

Real estate investments head south
Globe and Mail
The overflow event was run by Florida Home Finders of Canada, a Vaughan, Ont.-based real estate company that connects Canadians with US property, holding regular information sessions around the country. Co-owner Wayne Levy says interest in their ...

Read more

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:39:42 GMT

Concrete Equities investors back from brink after real estate deals go sour - Calgary Herald


Concrete Equities investors back from brink after real estate deals go sour
Calgary Herald
After attending a couple of the firm's seminars, Crowder sat down with Wealthstreet and hatched a five-year plan that included borrowing against his home and investing in real estate. With headlines in the mid2000s trumpeting Calgary's red-hot real ...

and more »
Read more

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:15:42 GMT

Canadian waiting game for US property ending - Calgary Herald


Canadian waiting game for US property ending
Calgary Herald
CALGARY — A report by BMO says the waiting game for Canadians interested in buying US real estate in select regions could be at an end. “While there's little urgency, now is likely a good time to buy US real estate in regions with relatively low ...

and more »
Read more

Sat, 05 May 2012 22:48:07 GMT

Disenchantment fuelled Wildrose - Calgary Herald


Disenchantment fuelled Wildrose
Calgary Herald
CALGARY — Property rights, a desire for balanced budgets and the belief the governing Progressive Conservatives have given the cold shoulder to rural voters is what pushed many of the Wildrose caucus members into the world of provincial politics.

and more »
Read more

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:06:30 GMT

Calgary Chamber of Commerce changing to repond to needs of community - Calgary Herald


Calgary Chamber of Commerce changing to repond to needs of community
Calgary Herald
CALGARY — The Calgary Chamber of Commerce unveiled a transformation of its organization in its annual general meeting on Monday. “For a long time, we've heard that members have said the value for membership is just not there and so we really dug in, ...

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Read more

Fri, 11 May 2012 22:34:22 GMT

Jayman staff enjoy a McHappy Day - Calgary Sun


Jayman staff enjoy a McHappy Day
Calgary Sun
On behalf of Calgary and area realtors, CREB Charitable Foundation contributed $25000 to the Servants Anonymous Society Calgary SAFE House Program as part of its 25 for 25 program. The 25 for 25 program was created as a part of the 25th Anniversary ...

Read more

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:38:23 GMT

Saskatoon home prices rise - StarPhoenix


Saskatoon home prices rise
StarPhoenix
The MLS Home Price Index (HPI), a leading measure of Canadian home prices, stayed above year-ago levels in March 2012, according to statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). Across the country yearover-year gains have been ...

and more »
Read more

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:12:07 GMT

Business briefs - Vancouver Sun


Business briefs
Vancouver Sun
Green has the board's unanimous support, the Calgary-based carrier reiterated this week. Bloomberg REITs surge near five-year high TORONTO - Canadian real estate investment trusts have rallied to the highest levels in five years as rising occupancy and ...

and more »
Read more

Mon, 14 May 2012 06:30:00 -0700

Innovative New Program Helps Realtors Achieve Fewer Days on Market

CALGARY , May 14, 2012 /CNW/ - StageItSold ™ takes the common Real Estate practice of 'staging' to a whole new level, resulting in tremendous success for the Realtors currently involved with the beta-test ... Read more

Tue, 15 May 2012 13:05:00 -0700

Boardwalk REIT Announces Solid First Quarter Financial Results; FFO up 21.8% and FFO per unit up 22.2% year-over-year ...

CALGARY, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust ("BEI.UN" - TSX)Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust ("Boardwalk", "Boardwalk REIT" or the "Trust") ... Read more

Fri, 11 May 2012 08:44:45 -0700

May 14th is national garage sale day

Royal LePage Realtors will be staffing garage sales across the country Saturday raising money for women's shelters. Read more

Wed, 16 May 2012 05:00:00 -0700

Luxury housing sales surge forward in most major Canadian centres in 2012, says RE/MAX

Luxury housing sales surge forward in most major Canadian centres in 2012, says RE/MAX Read more

Tue, 01 May 2012 11:17:00 -0700

RESAAS Announces Changes to the Board

RESAAS Announces Changes to the Board Read more

Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:00 -0700

Canadian home sales edge higher in April

OTTAWA , May 15, 2012 /CNW/ - According to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national resale housing activity edged up by less than one per cent in April 2012 .Highlights:Home ... Read more

Wed, 16 May 2012 03:43:49 -0700

Albers' roles as a Miller brother, Count and Mr. Kleen led to real estate

As a young adult, Ed Albers heard from people on occasion -- including his parents -- that he looked an awful lot like "Big" Bill Miller, the champion wrestler. Read more

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:00:00 -0700

Home prices up in March, but gains continue to moderate

OTTAWA , April 27, 2012 /CNW/ - The MLS® Home Price Index (HPI), the leading measure of Canadian home prices, stayed above year-ago levels in March 2012 according to statistics released today by The Canadian ... Read more

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:10:19 -0700

Poll suggests most Canadian home buyers would walk away from bidding war

By The Canadian Press TORONTO - The national real estate market may seem to resemble a battleground, but a new survey suggests most Canadians would prefer not to go to war. Three quarters of respondents ... Read more

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Fri, 18 May 2012 01:07:22 GMT

Heavenly Properties - Wall Street Journal


Wall Street Journal

Heavenly Properties
Wall Street Journal
Clearly, these people don't really want to sell their houses. A 16-room, $2.75 million mansion in Staten Island looked impressive, but did I really have to hop on the ferry? Happily, I hit gold with the most curious of listings.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 12:03:34 GMT

Literary fellows - The Australian


Literary fellows
The Australian
He is the author, with Richard Freeman Leavitt, of Tennessee Williams and the South (University Press of Mississippi), which is on sale at the festival's pop-up bookstore and at the overflowing Faulkner House Books in the townhouse on the deliciously ...

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Thu, 17 May 2012 15:38:20 GMT

Ursuline Sisters steadfast part of Alton community - Alton Telegraph


Ursuline Sisters steadfast part of Alton community
Alton Telegraph
By VICKI BENNINGTON ALTON — The spring garage sale held for the last 30-plus years at the Ursuline Convent has become a familiar event that sisters and residents look forward to for many reasons. For some, it's simply fun to browse and discover a new ...

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Fri, 11 May 2012 17:09:25 GMT

More Than Opulence, Wealthy Buyers Seek History - Pittsburgh Post Gazette


More Than Opulence, Wealthy Buyers Seek History
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
"Property buyers and visitors who are attracted to Italy, and Tuscany in particular, like the atmosphere of a historic, traditional village." Castelfalfi is an original medieval borgo, or village. The site, covering 1100 hectares, or 2718 acres, ...

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Thu, 03 May 2012 11:14:03 GMT

Fortress' Gagfah Said to Seek Sale of $2.37 Billion German Homes - Bloomberg


Fortress' Gagfah Said to Seek Sale of $2.37 Billion German Homes
Bloomberg
Gagfah SA (GFJ), the European real estate company majority-owned by Fortress Investment Group LLC (FIG), plans to sell as many as 38000 apartments in Dresden, Germany, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The homes are valued at about 1.8 ...

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Fri, 18 May 2012 06:03:49 GMT

Uziela Buchman-Heiman and Doron Kochavi – one for all and all for one - Haaretz


Haaretz

Uziela Buchman-Heiman and Doron Kochavi – one for all and all for one
Haaretz
Uziela ‏(her parents called her that because they wanted a boy, whom they would have called Uzi‏) lives in an apartment on Vitkin Street in Tel Aviv; Doron lives on the same street, three buildings away. Uziela's husband, Tom Heiman, 83, ...

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Wed, 02 May 2012 16:05:29 GMT

Candidates eye state sell-offs as fiscal remedy - Financial Times


Candidates eye state sell-offs as fiscal remedy
Financial Times
Italy, Portugal, Greece and other European Union countries are following a similar path, though few if any can match France – which, geographically, is the largest EU country – when it comes to the value and variety of properties potentially up for ...

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Fri, 04 May 2012 20:05:13 GMT

Ripe for restoration - Financial Times


Financial Times

Ripe for restoration
Financial Times
“If this was for sale in prime Chianti it would be on the market for at least €2.5m.” Another plus for the region is that there is a good selection of properties on the market. Prospective buyers can choose from a ruin ripe for restoration to ...

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Wed, 09 May 2012 11:37:31 GMT

Cinque Terre's Floodlore And Casualties - Huffington Post


Cinque Terre's Floodlore And Casualties
Huffington Post
In Italy, "the land of a thousand bell towers," rustic towns love the sound of their own church bells. They each have their own dialect, favorite saints, and folklore. The folklore of Vernazza and Monterosso will be enlivened with tales of the flood of ...

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Tue, 15 May 2012 00:33:50 GMT

Markets Live: Big miners lead shares down - Sydney Morning Herald


Markets Live: Big miners lead shares down
Sydney Morning Herald
(The problem is few can afford the 'luxury' apartments going up.) And local governments splurged so much in 2008-10 that letting them spend big again is only going to leave a bigger tab of bad loans for taxpayer/banks to pick up in the future.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 01:07:22 GMT

Heavenly Properties - Wall Street Journal


Wall Street Journal

Heavenly Properties
Wall Street Journal
Clearly, these people don't really want to sell their houses. A 16-room, $2.75 million mansion in Staten Island looked impressive, but did I really have to hop on the ferry? Happily, I hit gold with the most curious of listings.

Read more

Fri, 18 May 2012 12:03:34 GMT

Literary fellows - The Australian


Literary fellows
The Australian
He is the author, with Richard Freeman Leavitt, of Tennessee Williams and the South (University Press of Mississippi), which is on sale at the festival's pop-up bookstore and at the overflowing Faulkner House Books in the townhouse on the deliciously ...

Read more

Wed, 02 May 2012 16:05:29 GMT

Candidates eye state sell-offs as fiscal remedy - Financial Times


Candidates eye state sell-offs as fiscal remedy
Financial Times
Italy, Portugal, Greece and other European Union countries are following a similar path, though few if any can match France – which, geographically, is the largest EU country – when it comes to the value and variety of properties potentially up for ...

and more »
Read more

Fri, 04 May 2012 20:05:13 GMT

Ripe for restoration - Financial Times


Financial Times

Ripe for restoration
Financial Times
“If this was for sale in prime Chianti it would be on the market for at least €2.5m.” Another plus for the region is that there is a good selection of properties on the market. Prospective buyers can choose from a ruin ripe for restoration to ...

Read more

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:38:20 GMT

Ursuline Sisters steadfast part of Alton community - Alton Telegraph


Ursuline Sisters steadfast part of Alton community
Alton Telegraph
By VICKI BENNINGTON ALTON — The spring garage sale held for the last 30-plus years at the Ursuline Convent has become a familiar event that sisters and residents look forward to for many reasons. For some, it's simply fun to browse and discover a new ...

Read more

Fri, 18 May 2012 06:03:49 GMT

Uziela Buchman-Heiman and Doron Kochavi – one for all and all for one - Haaretz


Haaretz

Uziela Buchman-Heiman and Doron Kochavi – one for all and all for one
Haaretz
Uziela ‏(her parents called her that because they wanted a boy, whom they would have called Uzi‏) lives in an apartment on Vitkin Street in Tel Aviv; Doron lives on the same street, three buildings away. Uziela's husband, Tom Heiman, 83, ...

Read more

Fri, 11 May 2012 17:09:25 GMT

More Than Opulence, Wealthy Buyers Seek History - Pittsburgh Post Gazette


More Than Opulence, Wealthy Buyers Seek History
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
"Property buyers and visitors who are attracted to Italy, and Tuscany in particular, like the atmosphere of a historic, traditional village." Castelfalfi is an original medieval borgo, or village. The site, covering 1100 hectares, or 2718 acres, ...

and more »
Read more

Thu, 03 May 2012 11:14:03 GMT

Fortress' Gagfah Said to Seek Sale of $2.37 Billion German Homes - Bloomberg


Fortress' Gagfah Said to Seek Sale of $2.37 Billion German Homes
Bloomberg
Gagfah SA (GFJ), the European real estate company majority-owned by Fortress Investment Group LLC (FIG), plans to sell as many as 38000 apartments in Dresden, Germany, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The homes are valued at about 1.8 ...

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Fri, 11 May 2012 07:20:06 GMT

Eurozone crisis live: Spanish banks must find another €30bn to cover bad loans - The Guardian (blog)


The Guardian (blog)

Eurozone crisis live: Spanish banks must find another €30bn to cover bad loans
The Guardian (blog)
Next week sees Spanish and Italian bond auctions, and all eyes will be on the success - or otherwise - of these sales. 4.11pm: Here's some reaction to the Spanish banking annoucements. Giles Tremlett writes: Spain's banking reform gets a qualified ...

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Tue, 15 May 2012 00:33:50 GMT

Markets Live: Big miners lead shares down - Sydney Morning Herald


Markets Live: Big miners lead shares down
Sydney Morning Herald
(The problem is few can afford the 'luxury' apartments going up.) And local governments splurged so much in 2008-10 that letting them spend big again is only going to leave a bigger tab of bad loans for taxpayer/banks to pick up in the future.

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Read more

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:16:19 -0700
Thu, 03 May 2012 04:17:51 -0700

Fortress’ Gagfah Said to Seek Sale of $2.37 Billion German Homes

Gagfah SA (GFJ) , the European real estate company majority-owned by Fortress Investment Group LLC (FIG) , plans to sell as many as 38,000 apartments in Dresden, Germany , two people with knowledge of the matter said. Read more

Thu, 10 May 2012 07:49:40 -0700

Whitehall eyes Barclays' German properties - sources

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German real estate group GSW and its former owner Whitehall Funds are bidding just over 1 billion euros (803 million pounds) for a German real estate portfolio owned by Barclays , two people with knowledge of the matter said. Related Stories BP Cherry Point refinery CDU restart stopped-sources Ferrari sales rise in the US, Britain, drop in Italy Investors inject more cash ... Read more

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:09:26 -0700

Damages for Italian fraud victims

Three NI families who bought holiday homes which were never built, are awarded damages against an Italian lawyer. Read more

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:35:12 -0700

Euro zone strugglers falter in property sell-off

LONDON (Reuters) - Debt-laden euro zone countries hoping to sell state-owned property must cut prices and establish more transparent sales programmes to boost the slow trickle of transactions to date, research showed. While European governments more than doubled real estate sales to 2.3 billion euros (1.8 million pounds) last year to cut debt in the wake of the financial crisis, they were ... Read more

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:20:38 -0700

Debt crisis: as it happened, April 24, 2012

UK growth figures out tomorrow could show a "small negative number", according to a Bank of England policymaker, meaning the country would technically be back in a recession. Read more

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:02:02 -0700

Bold Face: Bonefish Grill opens in grand way at The Strip

Some businesses just have a knack for opening in a big way.   Read more

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:42:30 -0700

Teachers Eating Bugs In Bay City, Michigan (VIDEO)

If you bring an apple to one of these teachers, you better make sure there's a worm squirming inside of it. Read more

Fri, 04 May 2012 07:00:00 -0700

Officer's house becomes home furnishings shop

Latest historic restoration most prominent yet -- it's on Rosecrans Read more

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