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A virgin worth $25 million

By Bradley Inman, Friday, February 23, 2007.
E&P (Editor and Publisher) gives us some saucy stuff via the NYTimes on financial guru (lots of real estate wisdom) Suze Orman, who many love to loathe. She is worth $25 million (must be taking her own advice) and is...  more...

eBay for houses

By Matt Carter, Friday, February 23, 2007.
REO properties on the auction block in Detroit. Matt Carter, Inman News  more...

Choose your news

By Jessica Swesey, Friday, February 23, 2007.
Readers: Watch for an in-depth, four-part series on The Real Estate Blog Revoluion on Inman News next week. (Subscribers can get the goods now at this link.) Our reporters, Glenn Roberts, Jr., and Matt Carter, worked really hard to get...  more...

This isn't the company DOJ is looking for

By Glenn Roberts, Jr., Friday, February 23, 2007.
Home builder KB Home, which has had some troubles with past stock-option grant practices, announced today that the company is not a target of a Department of Justice investigation into stock-option practices. The DOJ "has informed KB Home that it...  more...

Of Trailing Edge Ideas

By kenjenny@sbcglobal.net, Friday, February 23, 2007.
I ran across this tag line at the bottom of a friend's AOL e-mail message today: AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. Talk about behind the times - trailing-edge...  more...

Ocean view from every room, even the basement

By Bradley Inman, Friday, February 23, 2007.
I was recently invited to be on FOX TV to discuss a couple of studies that examined how selective words in real estate ads could help a house sell faster, for more money, etc. When I heard what the topic...  more...

Realogy buyout update

By Glenn Roberts, Jr., Friday, February 23, 2007.
Realogy Corp. today announced a memorandum of understanding to settle "purported consolidated class-action litigation" that came in response to the December announcement of a proposed buyout by affiliates of private equity firm Apollo Management. Apollo has proposed a buyout deal...  more...

When Is DOJ Going to 'Get It'?

By Frances Flynn Thorsen, Friday, February 23, 2007.
The U.S. Department of Justice is investing a fortune in taxpayer dollars in a real estate industry witch hunt. How long will this last? How stupid do they think the public is? Where is the public outrage? The DOJ is...  more...

Quality of content trumps SEO tactics.

By toddwcarpenter@gmail.com, Friday, February 23, 2007.
Quality of content trumps SEO tactics. Google works. That's the most important thing to remember while coming up with a strategy for high placement in their search engine. From the perspective of the searcher, Google is king because it returns...  more...

Mortgagelinkation

By toddwcarpenter@gmail.com, Friday, February 23, 2007.
One reason I wanted to blog here at Inman was to share a bit of what's happening in the mortgage world with this blog's largely realty-based readership. Maybe once a week, or every couple weeks, I'll post a little mortgagelinkation...  more...

Ditch the paper and the suburbs Premium Content

By Bernice Ross, Friday, February 23, 2007.

(This is Part 6 of a six-part series. Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5.)

Our last five articles have examined the demographic, digital, economic and Web trends will influence your business in 2007.  more...

Realogy announces proposed settlement of litigation

By Inman News, Friday, February 23, 2007.

Real estate giant Realogy Corp. (NYSE: H) today announced an agreement to settle "purported consolidated class-action litigation" that followed the announcement of a proposed buyout by affiliates of private equity firm Apollo Management. That deal is worth about $9 billion.  more...

New at Inman News

By Inman News, Friday, February 23, 2007.

Inman News is introducing a slew of new products as we turn to our readers to participate more in our news platform. The idea is to expose our content, inspire richer feedback and encourage contributions in the spirit of using the platform to promote innovation in the Inman tradition.

Under the heading "Inman Community Zone" on the Inman News home page, we have launched a series of new features:  more...

Real estate buck stretches furthest in Indianapolis

By Inman News, Friday, February 23, 2007.

Indianapolis maintained its standing as the most affordable major U.S. housing market for a sixth consecutive quarter in the fourth quarter of 2006, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI), released this week.  more...

New Breed to occupy 500,000 square feet

By Inman News, Friday, February 23, 2007.

New Breed, Inc., a national third-party logistics services provider based in High Point, N.C., has extended its lease at 300 Montowese Avenue in New Haven, Conn., through 2015.

The 520,645-square-foot complex, known as New Haven Distribution Center, includes two large industrial buildings on a 63.61 acre site.

Podolsky Northstar CORFAC International and Newmark Knight Frank, in conjunction with Sentry Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc., represented New Breed in this transaction valued at almost $9 million.

New Breed manages millions of square feet of warehouse space  more...

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