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scammers raid real estate site NEWS.com.au ONLINE property listing website, realestate.com.au has been hit by a phishing scam, with scammers posing as landlords offering rental properties to try to obtain personal details. The scammers have infiltrated the accounts of real estate agents on the ... See all stories on this topic »

Insurers See an Opening in Commercial Mortgages New York Times "It is as if these guys died and went to heaven," said Lawrence J. Longua, a clinical associate professor at the Schack Institute of Real Estate at New York University. "Life insurance companies are pretty much the only game in town. ... See all stories on this topic »

In Queens, Neglected Sector Attracts Big Developers New York Times But public officials, developers and other real estate specialists say about half a dozen companies are seeking the development rights for the first phase of the project. Among them are the Related Companies, the developer of the Gateway Center at ... See all stories on this topic »

Foreclosure activity soars in third quarter, ending lengthy lull Los Angeles Times A big August surge in foreclosure actions, led by Bank of America, sent the numbers up in the third quarter, according to DataQuick, a real estate information service in San Diego. Notices of default, the first formal step in the foreclosure process, ... See all stories on this topic »

Newport Capital Advisors is awarded more than $50 million by jury Los Angeles Times The Orange County firm wins a judgment against investment management firm Commonfund in a lawsuit over four real estate projects, including a renovation of the Hollywood Palladium. Newport Capital Advisors had accused money manager Commonfund of ... See all stories on this topic »

National Park Service Snapping Up Real Estate Deals Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter While Congress works to establish a viable plan for selling off federal real estate, the National Park Service (NPS) is actively snapping up new properties. Thanks to the housing market crash, they are getting better deals than they have in years[1]. ... See all stories on this topic »

Office-space rent prices decline in Valley AZ Central.com "The last time rates were this low was first-quarter 2005," Matt DePinto, research manager at commercial-real-estate firm NAI Horizon in Phoenix, said in a report issued Monday. CBRE, formerly known as CB Richard Ellis, the area's largest commercial ... See all stories on this topic »

Training and Education: How to Handle Mortgage Application Rejection Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter Tell your real estate agent, if you have one, that you are looking for some type of seller financing. They will likely have multiple homes on the market where the seller is willing to at least consider financing formats like a lease-option, ... See all stories on this topic »

What's Booming Las Vegas Review-Journal A survey of 1300 Coldwell Banker Real Estate agents and brokers shows attitudes on real estate vary, especially when dividing the segment into older (ages 56-64) and younger (ages 47-55) boomers. More than one-third (34 percent) of agents say younger ... See all stories on this topic »

Advertorial-Brunswick Forest hosts grand opening of new Meadow Park Cottages StarNewsOnline.com The launch of the new cottage homes comes as the 4500 acre Brunswick Forest development enters the closing months of what is shaping up to be a record sales year during an otherwise down real estate marketplace. Home and home site sales through the ... See all stories on this topic »

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