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06/20/2007 Dominion Enterprises on the rise
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Editor's note: Marketing experts expect a continuing migration of real estate advertising dollars online, so it's no surprise that a growing list of companies are seeking to capitalize on the online marketing trend. Some companies are focused around a single Web site, while others are approaching the industry from many fronts and with many sites to draw both real estate professionals and consumers. In this three-part special report, Inman News analyzes three large companies that each have multiple real estate holdings and Web sites.
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06/20/2007 TREB: Mid-June
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TORONTO, June 19, 2007 - During the first fifteen days of June, resale home transactions jumped 24 per cent compared to the same timeframe a year ago, Toronto Real Estate Board President Dorothy Mason announced today. The first half of the month yielded a remarkable 5,074 sales, an increase of 1,000 transactions from last year's mid-June figures. This total was also 12 per cent higher than the 4,522 sales recorded in the first half of May, which ended as the most active month ever.
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06/20/2007 Short-Form Disclosure Statement Gains
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Confirming what anyone who has ever purchased a house already knows -- and what the mortgage business has been saying for years -- the Federal Trade Commission released a study last week that found that current disclosure forms fail to convey key loan costs and terms.
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06/20/2007 Feds Say Current Disclosures Muddy Mortgage Morass
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It's not that too much or too little is disclosed about home loans.
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06/20/2007 Market Conditions
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Local experts report that Gilbert, Arizona, is the fastest growing city in the nation, with 1,000 new residents a month! But is the real estate market booming?
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06/20/2007 How to Invest in Real Estate -- Without Investing in Real Estate
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Using your pension to invest is hot. The problem is, like most other popular investing trends, there are pitfalls for the inexperienced.
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06/20/2007 Ask the HOA Expert
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Question: We have several individuals who complain about board decisions and rudely intrude into director homes at all hours of the night to "discuss" their views. Do you have any suggestions on how to protect the board members from being punching bags?
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06/19/2007 Arizona House expected to greenlight appraiser licensing bill
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Arizona legislation that offers licensing exemptions for property-valuation Web sites is expected to receive final approval today from the state House of Representatives -- the last stop before the governor's office.
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06/19/2007 Zaio to buy N.Y.-based Real Info and appraisal firm
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Canada's Zaio Corp. says its U.S.-based subsidiary will purchase two affiliated businesses -- the appraisal firm Kirchmeyer & Associates and real estate information provider Real Info Inc. -- for $5.5 million in cash and stock.
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06/19/2007 California, Florida at highest risk for home-price drops
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Cities in California and Florida dominate a list of areas where a private mortgage insurer expects home prices are the most likely to decline in the next two years.
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