Survey: Pace of foreclosures may be slowing
RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday that the number of U.S. households facing foreclosure in February grew 6 percent from the year-ago level, the smallest annual increase in four years.
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Lawyers in Simon estate dispute seek to make sensitive court documents confidential
Attorneys in the dispute over the estate of billionaire shopping mall magnate Melvin Simon have asked a judge to set strict limits on who can see certain documents that are presented as evidence.
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Menino angry with developer at Filene’s building
A lack of progress on a redevelopment project at the old Filene’s building in downtown Boston has Mayor Thomas Menino angry.
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Penn Virginia plans Marcellus Shale pipelines
A Pennsylvania-based oil and gas partnership has plans to build natural-gas gathering pipelines and compression facilities to service some of Range Resources’ wells on the Marcellus Shale formation.
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A lesson in hardball
When Mayor Tom Menino got wind of Roth’s comments he fired off a letter calling such a tactic “simply outrageous.” “The notion that you would cause this to occur – not due to financing difficulties or other problems beyond your control, but as an intentional cynical ploy to extract concessions from the public sector – [...]
Genesee & Wyoming Feb. traffic falls 9 percent
Short line and regional railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming Inc. said Wednesday its traffic fell 9 percent last month from February 2009, mostly due to lower shipments of coal, coke and ores.
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Citizens Fight for Their Rights in Centralia
The State is Trying to Get Centralia’s Residents to Relocate
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Prosecuted real estate agent escapes conviction
Despite breaching the Fair Trading Act for misleading a buyer, real estate agent Tim Whitehead left the High Court without a conviction and remains a licenced agent.
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Real Estate: Biggest Lies
A funny thing about the digital age – the more information we have access to, the more misinformation we get hit with.
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Police: Man ‘rented out’ homes that were for sale
Something about the 6-foot, 6-inch, 280-pound real estate agent with the scruffy beard just didn’t feel right.
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Mayor threatens to oust Filenea s developer
The Filene’s site looks much like it did nearly a year ago when Don Jones, who works in Boston, walked by on March 23, 2009.
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Boardroom reshuffle as Lakeside group to split
The owners of Lakeside retail park and The Arndale in Manchester are splitting the company into two: with major implications for its board members.
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Ten cities managing to weather the recession
Jobs in Washington D.C. are growing quickly, and in 2008 the city produced more in goods and services than almost anywhere in the country.
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Home Building Assoc. of Richmond
Kevin McNulty from the Home Building Association of Richmond explains how the housing market is changing in favor of buyers.
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Summer rentals are higher this year, most likely due to snowy winter
Rental agent Pat Moss picks up keys from a wall rack full of them before showing clients prospective rental homes in Ocean City.
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General Growth says Fairholme and Pershing Square offer $3.93 billion investment
Shopping mall operator General Growth Properties says two of its creditors have offered to invest $3.93 billion in the company to help it emerge from bankruptcy protection.
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Essex Property Trust buys 349-unit condominium project in California’s Orange County
Essex Property Trust Inc., a real estate investment trust, said Monday it agreed to acquire a stake in a 349-unit condominium project in Santa Ana, Calif., for $128 million.
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McMillin unveils Millenia project
The Corky McMillin Companies ‘ unveiled plans for its new town, Millenia, designed to be the epicenter of the sprawling Otay Ranch community.
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Home sales on Maui up 56% in February
Sales were up but median prices were down for homes sold on Maui last month. The Realtors Association of Maui reported that single-family home sales rose 56 percent to 53 in February from 34 in the same month last year.
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Stanley Housing
The former hospital in Stanley might be converted into apartments to help ease a housing crunch in oil country.
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NYT: Plan to pay homeowners to sell at loss
In an effort to end the foreclosure crisis, the Obama administration has been trying to keep defaulting owners in their homes.
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NYT: Plan to pay homeowners to sell at loss
NYT: The Obama administration has been trying to keep defaulting owners in their homes. Now it will take a new approach: paying some of them to leave.
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Calif. woman, father wanted in mortgage fraud case
Police are searching for a father-daughter pair accused of conspiring to get kickbacks from $4.1 million in fraudulent mortgage loans in the Bakersfield area.
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Mortgage fraud charges filed against former Bakersfield realtor, her father
A former Bakersfield real estate agent and her father face 15 felony counts each of money laundering, conspiracy and grand theft in connection with an alleged multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme, newly filed court charges show.
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Ever Wonder What A $28M Apartment Looks Like?
Share + Mar 5, 2010 2:21 pm US/Eastern NEW YORK 1 of 1 At the former Stanhope Hotel, which has been revamped into a fancy residence over the past few years, the last apartment is for sale – and going for a whopping $28.5 million.
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