Riding the real estate roller-coaster
Realtor Notebook
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New Orleans: 4 years after Katrina
Real estate market still shows scars
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ecoENERGY Retrofit in Full Swing!
Although ecoENERGY Retrofit –Homes runs until March 31, 2011, Suzanne Deschenes, Deputy Director, Housing Division, Office of Energy Efficiency, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) reports it’s already “very, very successful”:
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PS: I love you
There once was a young Swedish lad, the son of a farmer, who struck out on his own to start a business selling matches door-to-door. Riding his bike each week through harsh climate and topography, he made an astute observation: It cost him no more to deliver greeting cards, pens and packets of seeds to the customers he was already visiting. Then came larger items — furnishings for the home.
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09:27 McInerney takes further writedown of a 156m on land
McInerney Holdings Plc wrote down the value of its land by another 156m as it does “not now foresee any immediate improvement in market conditions.” The company is in “constructive discussions” with lenders in the UK and Ireland about revised loan facilities and expects to extend the UK maturity date to 2011 from March 2010, it said in a statement …
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Mogul Mind Studios is Unstoppable in Pittsburgh
Although still regarded as the Steel City, Pittsburgh might soon become known as the next film and television production mecca.Mogul Mind Studios has set up shop at an industrial park in Pittsburgh’s Strip District, and has just landed its first major…
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First-time investors key in on location
Proximity factor more emotional than necessity
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Improving bachelor-pad appeal
Many male design clients looking to go from single to coupled are optimistic that designers can improve their dating status with decorating details. In the hopes of attracting a mate, men seek to improve their spaces with artistic and feminine touches, all without being too obvious they had assistance. In the end, guys want to look as though they have all the style in the world.
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Know Your Buyers; Better Their Lives
There’s some new research that sheds light on why real estate consumers pick up and move. Not surprisingly, most do so to better their lives. According to Relocation.com, the a leading online consumer resource for moving services, 50 percent of people who recently moved did so to improve their living situation, whether to move into a bigger home or move to a better neighborhood. The results of Relocation.com’s most recent survey, conducted in June, is a dramatic reversal from a similar Relocation.com survey in March 2009 that found the recession played a much larger role in the decision to move.
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HOA Going Green
As energy costs rise and resources become scarcer, more homeowner associations are finding ways to reduce energy consumption and “go green.” With state legislation placing limits on the authority of HOAs to prohibit or regulate certain energy generation devices and energy efficient measures,the issue has come to the forefront of the attention of both HOAs and owners. Given all of this, what are some ways homeowner associations can be proactive in creating or encouraging green practices?
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