Real Estate News
According to a report from the Texas Workforce Commission, Houston was unable to continued its recent success in terms of job creation.The commission's report revealed that the unemployment rate in the metropolitan region increased to 8.2 percent during May, which is slightly higher than April's total. The seasonally adjusted rate,...
A recent report in the Houston Chronicle relayed that renting might soon be the new trend, ahead of homeownership.The article points to the increasing number of foreclosures, which have been hampering the real estate market for years, as a major factor for many current and potential homebuyers. Those who have homes they can no longer afford are...
RISMedia, June 7, 2011—As time goes on, the landscape of our real estate industry is beginning to look more and more like a high school campus. We have cliques, and whichever one is on top at the time looks down…
RISMedia, June 8, 2011—New listing prices, which lead transactions by three to six months, are already up 8.7 percentage points over the March trough, an indication that sellers are pricing more confidently, says Scott Sambucci, vice president of market analytics…
RISMedia, June 8, 2011—Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) announced recently its second offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates (“K Certificates”) backed only by multifamily mortgages with a 7-year term. The company expects to offer approximately $1.0 billion in K Certificates (“K-702 Certificates”),…
...RISMedia, June 8, 2011—In 2009, an estimated 423,773 children lived in foster care in the U.S., as case workers helped to reunite them with their families or primary caregivers. Recently, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced…
...RISMedia, June 8, 2011— This week’s headlines from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® include: free samples of a customized brochure from NAR’s Print On Demand Service, purchase a select Dell PC and receive a free XBOX360 4GB, and volunteering works…
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RISMedia, June 8, 2011—At a time when new home construction in the Northeastern region of the United States has dropped by more than half since 2007, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), there is at least one…
RISMedia, June 9, 2011—The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced recently that $3.6 million in Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants will be awarded in fiscal year 2011 to assist in the transformation, rehabilitation and preservation of public housing and…
...RISMedia, June 9, 2011— While customer retention and mobile marketing may not yet be synonymous, there may be a way to bring the concepts closer together.
Dave Lawson, director of mobile engagement for Akron, Ohio-based direct digital marketing company Knotice,…
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