Best Home Improvements To Make In A Recession
Installing energy-saving technologies is a great way to save money on homeowner costs.
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Dog Protects Tenant from Fake Repairman
A man made his way into a woman’s apartment last Wednesday in Pompano Beach, Florida, under the guise of having to make repairs. Sporting a convincing uniform and carrying a…
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New Home Sales Numbers Weakest in 2 Decades
New home sales plunged nearly 15 percent in December, making it the slowest and lowest month on record.
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Mortgage Rates Hold Steady According to Freddie Mac’s Weekly Survey
McLEAN, VA — Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 5.10 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending January 29, 2009, down from last week when it averaged 5.12 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 5.68 percent.
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Replacing Windows? Look for Seal of Approval.
Q: DEAR TIM: I’m about to start a window replacement project. My husband wants vinyl windows because of the easy maintenance, but I’m not a big fan. The number of choices is making it hard for me to decide which kind of windows to install. What are the best replacement windows?
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Closures & Layoffs (Jan. 25-31): Caterpillar, Microsoft, Home Depot Layoff Tally Tops 32,000
In this week’s issue:Caterpillar levels 20,000 jobs.Home Depot shuttering stores; cutting 7,000 jobs.Microsoft to lay off 5,000; halts data center project, office lease talks.Plus, a whole new round of major U.S. corporation closures and layoffs…
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The Role of Energy Efficiency in Today’s Highly Competitive Commercial Real Estate Environment
[Note: To follow is an excerpt of an interview with Anthony J. Buonicore, Chairman and CEO of Buonicore Partners, LLC, publisher of the daily newsletter, Building Energy Performance News and a nationally recognized expert on energy and environmental issues as they impact property. To listen to the show archive or download an MP3, go to www.IncomePropertyInvestmentTalk.com/011409.]
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With New Members, Green Building Code Committee Resurfaces
Updated 9:40 PM ET | Three months after its work was suspended and members dispersed, the committee that is designing the first national building code standard on high-performance green buildings has resumed work.Convening Tuesday morning at the Winter…
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Our Performance Says It All!
I have been in real estate long enough to become cynical, and that may be a good or a bad thing. I like many others in the real estate industry take a lot of claims from other agents with a grain of salt. Our reputation amongst our peers in our industry is one that based partially on fact, but mostly on puffing and ego. Clients and the public will use still another standard; it is called “Performance!”
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Expansions & Relocations (Jan. 25-31): Seyfarth Shaw, Boston Consulting Prelease 121,000 SF
In this week’s issue:Seyfarth Shaw LLP and The Boston Consulting Group Inc. prelease 121,000 square feet in AtlantaThe GSA signs a 400,140-square-foot lease in Hagerstown, MDJacobs Trading Co. leases 285,000 square feet in Hopkins, MNVerizon becomes…
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