Today's Top Real Estate News
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5/20/2013 3:26:49 PM
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Shares in realtor.com operator Move Inc. surge
Shares in realtor.com operator Move Inc. surged more than 10 percent today after Citron Research — the company that briefly sent shares in Zillow on a roller coaster ride last year with a skeptical 18-page research report — revealed on ...
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Imprev integrates Dropbox into marketing platform
Imprev Inc., the Bellevue, Wash.-based developer of marketing tools for real estate brokers and agents, has integrated Dropbox into its marketing platform. Imprev’s Marketing Center is a mobile-optimized platform with single-property websites, YouTube-enabled videos, and prewritten email, print and social ...
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Update your marketing, or get left behind
You update your clothing and your technology, but have you updated your marketing? If you’re still using the same old outdated tactics from five, 10 or even 20 years ago, it’s time to freshen up those old approaches with a ...
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NAHREP: Immigration reform would boost housing
Proposed immigration reform could pump more than half a trillion dollars into the U.S. economy by paving the way for about 3 million Hispanics to buy homes over a five-year period, according to an estimate released by the National Association ...
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London development generates nearly $1B in sales before groundbreaking
Overseas buyers who account for half of new-home purchases in London are helping drive nearly $1 billion in sales in Circus West at Battersea Powerstation, a new neighborhood of 866 homes that will break ground in July, Bloomberg reports. The ...
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Realtor named San Diegos worst rapper
Adweek has named Realtor Rafael A. Perez “San Diego’s worst rapper.” According to Adweek’s “Adfreak,” which celebrates “the best and worst of advertising, branding and design,” “Today, everyone does everything.” So when Perez “decided to produce a rap video to ...
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Yahoo purchases blogging site Tumblr for more than $1 billion
Yahoo has confirmed that it is buying the social media blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion.The site reportedly will operate autonomously after it is acquired by Yahoo. Source: TechCrunch ...
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Pinterest board sparks 2 showing requests in minutes
Mike Gardner isnt going to bother making a stand-alone site for one of his listings. All he needs for the luxury Malibu, Calif., mobile home, he said, is a Pinterest board. My marketing campaign now is to pay for ads ...
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NAR will consider giving realtor.com more leeway to compete with rivals
WASHINGTON — The National Association of Realtors’ board of directors will hold a special meeting in July to explore whether to give realtor.com operator Move Inc. more freedom to compete with other websites like Zillow and Trulia. “Cut the chains. ...
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NAR will allow MLSs to charge members for public-facing websites
WASHINGTON — The National Association of Realtors today adopted a policy that spells out “basic” services multiple listing services can charge all members for — including the operation and promotion of public-facing websites that allow consumers to search for homes ...
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NAR board may hold closed meeting to discuss realtor.com
WASHINGTON — The committee that sets the agenda for the National Association of Realtors’ board of directors approved a motion to recommend the board have a special meeting to discuss the trade group’s official website, realtor.com, and third-party aggregators, NAR ...
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NAR may delay action on public-facing MLS sites
WASHINGTON A committee in charge of recommending policies to the National Association of Realtors’ board of directors has removed language from a controversial policy amendment that would have allowed multiple listing services to charge all members for the costs ...
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Texas homebuilder settles RESPA kickback allegations for $118,194
A Texas homebuilder has agreed to pay more than $100,000 to resolve allegations that he received kickbacks from two mortgage lenders through joint ventures that federal regulators characterized as sham businesses. Paul Taylor will pay $118,194 — the full amount ...
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Feds work is not done
Interest rates on long-term bonds and mortgages have stopped their May rise, a little above the halfway mark of the low and high for the year. The tilt seems to be upward, but the trading pattern has been chaotic and ...
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Improve commercial property now to capture 2013 tax benefits
If you own and rent out commercial real estate and have been thinking about making improvements to the property, you should do so by Dec. 31, 2013. Qualified leasehold property improvements made during 2013 can qualify for the following tax ...
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Hitler meme, coloring sheets and more #madREskillz
Here’s one way to teach people about the perils of overpricing a home: use Hitler. That’s what Jared Reimer did by usingthe “Downfall” meme. Other submissions for yesterday’s #madREskillz that caught our eye: distributing coloring sheets and magnets, adding Captain ...
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Buyers want vacation homes even if they have to pay cash
Underwriting and down payment requirements for second homes are still tight, but the improving economy has fueled demand for vacation homes even if buyers have to pay cash, Investor’s Business Daily reports. Brokers in vacation destinations from the mid-Atlantic to ...
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Miami Association of Realtors marketing to Chinese buyers
The Miami Association of Realtors is partnering with China United Global Real Estate Group, the National Association of Realtors’ representative in China, to generate exposure for the Miami market. Initiatives include television commercials, property expos in Southern China, and property ...
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