Listing Your Home For Sale in Winter: Why the Real Estate Industry Has It Wrong – Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

A long-standing practice of real estate professionals is to take a home off the market in the winter to “refresh” the listing for the new year, and then relist the home in the spring.  Most will tell a homeowner who is thinking of putting their home on the market in winter to wait until the spring, since more ...Read More

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Critics Say Italy’s Sales Could Harm Already Shaky Real Estate Market – New York Times

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Critics Say Italy's Sales Could Harm Already Shaky Real Estate MarketNew York TimesPolitical wrangling and changes in government have scuttled such large sales in the past, but with Italy desperately trying to reduce its national debt, builders, real estate agents and others in the property industry say they expect the ...Read More

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Retiree All-Cash Buyers Choosing Sun City Las Vegas Homes for Sale Due to … – PR Web (press release)

Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) November 23, 2011 Retirees may be the most discerning investors in America today, making their buying habits popular among all age groups looking for signs of silent advise in an unstable economy. New sales reports reviewed by LasVgeasRealEstate.org show that retirees may be making Las Vegas homes for sale the #1 ...Read More

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Nomura in talks to sell real estate arm – FT – Reuters

Wed Nov 23, 2011 2:22am EST * Private equity players mooted as suitors * Individual assets already being sold off By Alex Frew McMillan Nov 23 (Reuters) – Nomura Holdings Inc has started talks to sell domestic businesses including its real estate arm, the Financial Times reported, as Japan’s top brokerage rushes to beef up ...Read More

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Real Estate News: Illinois home sales continue gains in October, up 15.3 percent – The Rock River Times

Staff Report SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — According to the Illinois Association of Realtors’ (IAR) latest report, statewide home sales (including single-family and condominiums) in October 2011 totaled 8,536 homes sold, up 15.3 percent from 7,402 home sales in October 2010. The statewide median price in October was $130,000, down 10.3 percent from $145,000 in October 2010. ...Read More

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More homes sell in October than expected – Los Angeles Times

By Alejandro Lazo, Los Angeles Times November 22, 2011 More people closed deals on home purchases in October than economists expected, driving down the number of homes available for sale to an eight-month supply. Existing-home sales rose 1.4% from the previous month and were 13.5% above the same month a year earlier. Each month, the ...Read More

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Grand Cypress golf course and villas for sale – Orlando Sentinel

Owners of the Grand Cypress Resort have put its golf courses, villas, racquet club and equestrian center on the market. Located next to Walt Disney World, the 1,500-acre property includes 45 holes of golf courses designed by Jack Nicklaus and the 28,880-square-foot clubhouse. It was selected as one of the top 50 golf resorts by ...Read More

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Hospital chain aims to exit real estate business – The Boston Globe

Steward Health Care System, the for-profit medical organization that has purchased 10 Massachusetts hospitals in just over a year, plans to sell a number of its medical office buildings, lease the real estate back, and use the proceeds for its hospital operations. Steward is offering to sell 11 buildings in Brighton, Dorchester, Foxborough, Fall River, ...Read More

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Gainesville Homes For Sale Reports About One-time Bonus For Full-time … – RealEstateRama (press release)

Gainesville, FL – November 22, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Gainesville Homes For Sale reports news of a one-time bonus worth $1,000 to be given to full-time employees of Gainesville local government. On November 15, 2011, Tuesday, the City Council members approved a one-time payment worth $1,000 to full-time employees and $500 for employees who have ...Read More

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Dominion Homes to offer big discounts for online sale – Bizjournals.com

Dominion’s Andover model typically sells in Louisville for less than $180,000. Dominion Homes Inc.    Dominion Homes Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Dominion Homes picks Ryan Homes exec as new CEOParade of Homes attracts dozen homebuilders for 2012 Elite Homes takes over development of Villas of Rock Springs Follow this company plans to sell ...Read More

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