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Business coalition opposes hike in real estate transfer tax [Chicago] Calling a proposed 40 percent increase in a government fee charged on Chicago home buyers “the wrong tax on the wrong people at the wrong time,” a coalition of real estate agents, home builders and business interests Thursday urged the City Council to delay a …
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US recession will boost Philippines real estate – experts A looming recession in the United States is expected to boost the Philippines’ booming property market and its outsourcing industries, real estate consultants CB Richard Ellis (NYSE:CBG) said Thursday. ‘We see no end for the demand for commercial real estate,’ CB Richard Ellis Philippines chairman Rick …
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Canadians nervous about buying U.S. real estate While sunshine states such as Florida and Arizona have long enticed Canadians to purchase their winter retreats in warmer-weather American cities, the uncertainty clouding the U.S. housing market now has many Canadians favouring properties north of the border. And the mountain resort of Canmore is a “coveted recreational …
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State 3rd in foreclosure rate [Michigan] Michigan’s foreclosure rate ranked third nationwide for 2007, according to data released Monday by RealtyTrac Inc. The Irvine, Calif.-based foreclosure Web site reported that 1.9% of Michigan’s households entered some stage of foreclosure during the year. The company counted 136,205 foreclosure filings on 87,210 properties, a 68% increase over …
Path to wealth is through real estate holdings Sorry, folks, this is not a get-rich-quick book. Still, you may be richer than you think, write authors Catherine McBreen and George Walper Jr. in Get Rich, Stay Rich, Pass It On. More than 7 million American households today claim total assets of a million dollars or …
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Technology Changes World of Real Estate Like so many industries, technology has brought big changes to the selling and buying of real estate. Some agents – and their sales counterparts in other corners of the business world – have taken to it better than others, says real estate agent consultant and coach Michael Russer. Russer …