Home
Date

Apr

3
2007

No separation of church and real estate

By Glenn Roberts, Jr., Tuesday, April 3, 2007.
A real estate broker in Minnesota has moved his real estate business into a church building, The Daily Journal newspaper of Fergus Falls, Minn., reports. Robert Jennings of Robert Jennings Realty, a former IBM employee, bought the 115-year-old church building...  more...

House Hunting... with your Hands?

By Joel Burslem, Tuesday, April 3, 2007.
Perceptive Pixel is a New York based company that is trying to develop and market one of the most advanced multi-touch touchscreen systems in the world. The eight-foot screens they have developed are reminiscent of the screens in the futuristic...  more...

Homeownership rate: Say 'hello' to Mr. Landlord?

By Glenn Roberts, Jr., Tuesday, April 3, 2007.
The U.S. homeownership rate grew every year from 1988 to 2004 but for the past two years has dropped slightly, falling to 68.9 percent in 2005 and 68.8 percent in 2006. The rate was 63.8 percent in 1988 and it...  more...

Ripple Effect of Subprime's Demise

By Patrick Kitano, Tuesday, April 3, 2007.
New Century Financial bankruptcy laid off 3,200 employees on Monday. But in aggregate, the closings and cessation of business of the subprime lenders has widespread repercussions for tens of thousands of mortgage brokers who made their living working with subprime...  more...

Time's Up Team

By kenjenny@sbcglobal.net, Tuesday, April 3, 2007.
OK all you listing agents and brokers out there - time's up. If you are currently advertising a property that does not include the address, price and a great photo at the very minimum - give it up. Most of...  more...