Incentive to Buy: Price is King, Extras Also Might Catch a Buyer’s Attention
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HUD Recommends Homeowners to Contact Local Housing Counseling Agencies
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Yardi Systems Acquires Commercial Procurement Services provider SiteStuff, Inc.
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Free Tom Ferry TAG Seminars Help Create Value for Real Estate Agents
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Employers Cautiously Optimistic About Hiring in Q3
RISMEDIA, July 10, 2007—CareerBuilder.com and USA TODAY released the results of their latest survey, conducted by Harris Interactive(R), tracking projected hiring trends for the third quarter of 2007. The survey, titled "Q3 2007 Job Forecast," was conducted from June 1, 2007 through June 13, 2007 of 2,417 hiring managers and ...
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It’s a Small World After all: Understanding and Conquering the International Market
By Stefan Swanepoel
RISMEDIA, July 6, 2007—Over the next five years, as the globalization of property ownership and generational mobility blend and shape the world, we are going to see a smorgasbord of foreign companies, both online and offline, become active in the U.S. real estate industry.
Many leading U.S. brokerages, especially national franchises, have not only been working with international buyers for many years, but have also aggressively expanded their reach into foreign markets. Brands such as RE/MAX, ERA, Century 21, Realty Executives, Coldwell Banker and Realty World are already shaping the real estate landscape on most continents around the globe.
Still this has strangely enough been almost exclusively a one-way street. Although
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