- Transat stock hammered after Q1 loss turns out to be deeper than expected
Transat A.T. Inc. said it's model as one of Canada's largest vacation companies isn't broken even though poor results and the prospect of a loss for the key winter travel period caused its shares to plunge Thursday.]]>
- DocuSign offers 'Realtor Edition'
DocuSign Inc. is offering an electronic signature service tailored and branded for Realtors at a 20 percent discount.]]>
- Are short sales an option?
PHILADELPHIA -- With the highly touted federal mortgage-modification program falling short of its target numbers, the government has looked into alternatives to foreclosure and come up with a possible, though not original, solution: The short sale, a transaction in which the lender accepts less than the balance owed on the mortgage.]]>
- Home Sales: a new report says home sales in the Des Moines metro are increasing
February brought an uptick in home sales in the Des Moines metropolitan area. A report released Thursday by the Des Moines Area Association of Realtors shows home sales increased 3.4 percent compared to February 2009 and 18 percent compared to January.]]>
- First-Time Buyers, Distressed Properties Drove California's Housing Market in 2009, C.A.R. Reports
Affordable home prices, tax credits for home buyers, historically low interest rates, and a large number of distressed properties prompted many first-time home buyers to enter the market in 2009, according to the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ' 2009-2010 "State of the California Housing Market" report released today.]]>
- Renew Iowa: Green Home
A METRO FAMILY JUST MOVED INTO A DREAM HOME....AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS IT'S EASY ON THE ENVIRONMENT.]]>
- 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.]]>
- 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.]]>
- 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.]]>
- 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 - is inexcusable," the mayor ...]]>
- 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.]]>
- Citizens Fight for Their Rights in Centralia
The State is Trying to Get Centralia's Residents to Relocate]]>
- 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.]]>
- 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.]]>
- 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.]]>
- 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.]]>
- 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.]]>
- 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.]]>
- 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.]]>
- 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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