Tag Archives: Recession

Vacation Home Sales Sizzle, Rentals Booking Fast

In the kitchy community of St. Michaels, on the Maryland shore, businesses are gearing up for the official start of the season, Memorial Day weekend. Trucks carrying dozens of bicycles are unloading into waterside racks and shopkeepers are moving their … Continue reading

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First Team Real Estate Announces Plans to Create 500 Jobs over next 12 months

First Team Real Estate is California’s largest independent brokerage We hired people through the recession, creating new offices and resources because we knew California would comeback. Now that time has come,” said Rick Brotherton, First Team Real Estate VP, Marketing … Continue reading

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How real estate is fueling Orange County’s recovery from the Great Recession

Christopher Okula/KPCC A home for sale in Central Los Angeles. Southern California’s real estate market has been recovering, but in Orange County, it’s been particularly strong. Orange County is leading the state and the nation in the recovery from the … Continue reading

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California Sees Return to Boom Days of House Building

WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 18, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — The homebuilding boom could be returning to parts of California, as real estate values are starting to show strong signs of recovery in the last 12 months. According to an article … Continue reading

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Southern Albertans targeted in risky real estate investment

In 2008 Colin Coutts handed over $110,000.00 to a company that promised big returns on a real estate development project near Priddis, Alberta. “For the first year and a half, 2 years, we were getting our returns monthly,” says Coutts. … Continue reading

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VALLARTA SUPERMARKETS MAKES $14 MILLION PURCHASE OF …

SYLMAR-BASED VALLARTA SUPERMARKETS MAKES $14 MILLION PURCHASE OF UNFINISHED BAKERSFIELD CENTER, COLLIERS REPORTS BAKERSFIELD, CA – February 27, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Vallarta Supermarkets, a Sylmar, California-based company that is one of the region’s largest grocery chains catering to the … Continue reading

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They Bailed on Their Homes—Now They Want Back In

While home ownership has fallen dramatically since the recent housing boom, from a high of 69.2 percent in 2004 to 65.4 percent at the end of 2012, according to the U.S. Census, the desire to own a home is still … Continue reading

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They Bailed On Their Homes

While home ownership has fallen dramatically since the recent housing boom, from a high of 69.2 percent in 2004 to 65.4 percent at the end of 2012, according to the U.S. Census, the desire to own a home is still … Continue reading

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Freeman sees buyers market in Ridgecrest real estate

Freeman said the interest rate for most home loans at this point still hovered around 3.35 percent for the area, an indication that could change when the economy shifted forward. When the housing market bubble burst in 2007, home values … Continue reading

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Manhattan Property Sales Spike on Fears of Tax Hikes

The price gains, however, were largely on the luxury end. In looking at the median prices, where half sell for higher and half sell for lower, prices for co-ops were up just 2.1 percent in the fourth quarter. Condominium prices … Continue reading

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