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02/21/2007 Renters are racing on the Internet, survey finds
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Fuzzy cell phone reception and a lack of broadband Internet
choices doesn't bode well for the future of apartment communities, according to
a survey by the National Multi Housing Council, a national group representing
apartment firms.
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02/21/2007 TREB: February Shows Solid Results
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TORONTO, February 20, 2007 - Toronto Real Estate Board Members reported 3,240 sales during the first half of February, within two per cent of last February's pace, TREB President Dorothy Mason reported today.
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02/21/2007 The End or More Bumps?
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The National Association of Home Builders is projecting a first-ever overall decline in housing prices for 2007.
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02/21/2007 It's Time To Save For A Down Payment
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With home price appreciation hitting the brakes in many markets it's a good time to take time to save for a down payment.
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02/21/2007 Ask the HOA Expert
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Question: I run an HOA management company and have a new HOA client whose board does not want a representative from management to attend board meetings. What do you think?
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02/20/2007 Builder confidence highest since June '06
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Buyer demand boosted home builder confidence five points in February to its highest level in eight months, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).
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02/20/2007 Welcome to the new Inman News Blog
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Inman News is excited to announce the launch
of our new and improved Inman
News Blog. Now it's easier to get the inside track on the real estate
industry with an easier-to-read format and added functions.
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02/20/2007 Title Insurance Battle Heats Up in New Jersey
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Whenever the subject of real estate affordability comes up there's a strange gap where title insurance is concerned. With the stealth of Houdini, the fees and charges paid for title insurance seem eternally overlooked -- and grossly higher than necessary.
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02/20/2007 "How Much Do You (think you) Know?"
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This ongoing consumer-education column about "Decisions & Communities" seeks to eliminate ignorance, which creates the battleground, and it consistently contributes knowledge, which wins the war -- but that may not be enough. To paraphrase the "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink" description of the weakness of education: you can lead consumers to powerful knowledge, but you can't make them act in their own best interests.
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02/20/2007 Home Networking Services: A New Ancillary Service for Builders
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Builders looking for ways to enhance their bottom lines in an increasingly competitive market, might consider what their Realtor counterparts decided long ago: ancillary services.
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