Real Estate

HouseValues Renames Itself As Market Leader

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!HouseValues, the real estate lead generation company, changing it’s name to Market Leader. The company is not giving up the lead generation product that goes under the HouseValues name.
According to company sources what they will be doing is expanding [...]

6Nov2008 | Tom Royce | 3 comments | Continued

Think House Keys Are Safe, Think Again

If you think your house keys are safe from being copied as long as the bad guys do not touch them? Think again.
New research from the University of California shows that a new software package created by the schools computer scientist can create replicas of your house keys from a grainy digital image.
The technology is [...]

6Nov2008 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued

Luxury Real Estate Market Still Strong If You Know How To Market To It

The luxury market for real estate has not been nearly as affected as the lower ends of the market by the downturn. True upscale properties in desirable locations still have a market, but the seller and agent need to understand how to determine the buyers to market to.
One of the problems is that luxury [...]

5Nov2008 | Tom Royce | 3 comments | Continued

Obama Leads States With Real Estate Declines, McCain Leads Those With Gains

On this election day, the polls do tell the story of the electorate. But this tidbit on how those who live in states that are experiencing a decline in real estate prices are voting for Obama while those who live in states that are still profitable are voting for McCain.
The message of Change is [...]

4Nov2008 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued

Howard Hanna Acquires Realty One

Howard Hanna Real Estate Services has purchased Realty One in a major consolidation of Ohio real estate firms. The new firm will be the 2nd largest real estate firm in Ohio.
Reports from Crain’s Business say that positions will not be cut with the combined companies and that duplicate offices will remain open.

The acquisition, [...]

4Nov2008 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued

Chicago Alderman Vrdolyak Falls In Rezko Scandal

It being election day, it is quite fitting that another Chicago Alderman that was tied closely to Tony Rezko has plead guilty to accepting an illegal finders fee for a Gold Coast real estate deal.
The presses failure to dig deep into the cesspool that is Chicago politics will be harmful to our country as we [...]

4Nov2008 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued

One Brooklyn Bridge Sign of New York City Real Estate Woes

One Brooklyn Bridge, the condo development that has magnificent Manhattan views is facing a rough time. The 550 million dollar project has been hit square on by the slowdown in New York City real estate.
Where a year ago there was a huge demand problem and developers could name their price, the combination of Wall [...]

3Nov2008 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued

Selling Homes in a Tough Market - Include On Site Medical Care

When selling luxury condominiums in a tough market, you need to think outside the box.
The people at The Mansion at Peachtree in Atlanta, Georgia have gone far outside of the box. The customers they are courting are those who expect their needs to be met. That is why they have partnered with MD on [...]

2Nov2008 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued

Mountain View Residents Protest Affordable Housing

Let’s face it, Mountain View, California is an upscale community. There is no bad section of town, so when the city says they want to put 50 units of low income housing onto 1 acre of land, it puts the neighborhood on alert.
While having a good demographic mix is good for a community, it is [...]

1Nov2008 | Tom Royce | 4 comments | Continued