Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:25:16 GMT
No Skimping on Lobbying in Washington (New York Times)
Corporations, unions and other interests spent a record $2.79 billion in 2007 on lobbying Washington officials, said a study from a watchdog group. The group, the Center for Responsive Politics, said spending in 2007 eclipsed the previous record in 2006 by $200 million, with health care interests, Wall Street, the real estate industry and insurers among the biggest spenders. Sharply higher ...
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Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:20:21 GMT
Private mediators talk about their jobs - Linda DeBene (BizJournals)
• A litigator since 1971, she started doing mediations in 1986 for the Contra Costa County court program and later became a neutral full time. She is admitted to practice in California, Florida, Washington state and the U.S. Supreme Court and is a California real estate broker.
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Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:10:15 GMT
AP poll: Growing majority avoid buying homes as pessimism over housing crisis grows (KVOA Tucson)
Associated Press - April 14, 2008 6:53 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - How much is the nation's sputtering real estate market weighing on the minds of Americans?
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Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:41:34 GMT
Growing majority avoid buying homes (The Kentucky Post)
WASHINGTON (AP) - How much is the nation's sputtering real estate market weighing on the minds of Americans? Quite a bit, according to a new poll.
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Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:58:02 GMT
Many avoid buying as housing pessimism grows (The Capital Times)
WASHINGTON -- A growing majority say they won't buy a home anytime soon, the latest sign of increasing pessimism about the nation's housing crisis, a poll showed today. In a vivid sketch of how the sputtering real estate market is causing distress throughout the country, the Associated Press-AOL Money & Finance poll found that more than a quarter of homeowners worry their home will lose value ...
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Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:08:42 GMT
Poll: Fewer buyers as pessimism over housing crisis grows (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A growing majority say they won't buy a home anytime soon, the latest sign of increasing pessimism about the nation's housing crisis, a poll showed Monday. In a vivid sketch of how the sputtering real estate market is causing distress throughout the country, the Associated Press-AOL Money & Finance poll found that more than a quarter of homeowners worry their home will lose ...
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Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:00:00 GMT
EPA Recognizes USAA Real Estate Company With 2008 ENERGY STAR(R) Sustained Excellence Award (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded USAA Real Estate Company a 2008 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of its continued leadership in protecting our environment through energy efficiency. USAA Real Estate Company's accomplishments will be recognized at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. on April 1, 2008. USAA Real Estate Company is the only real ...
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Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:02:58 GMT
Crime pays for US prison companies (AFP Business News via Yahoo!7 Finance)
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Financiers, real-estate agents and car salesmen might be suffering from America's economic malaise, but bulging jails have triggered a profit boom for corrections companies.
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Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:37:39 GMT
Slowed Down, but Planning Big (Washington Post)
Perhaps nowhere else in the Washington region has the real estate slowdown come to roost more than Prince William County. And yet developer Robert C. Kettler continues to have faith in the slumping eastern corridor of the county.
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Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:42:03 GMT
Park Place building sold (Small Business Times)
Wells Real Estate Investment Trust II, a real estate investment trust (REIT) owned by Norcross, Ga.-based Wells Real Estate Funds, announced today that it has purchased the 230,000-square-foot office building at 11200 W. Parkland Ave., Milwaukee, in the Park Place office complex, from Washington Mutual.
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Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:32:22 GMT
Washington Co. To Purchase City Properties (NBC4 Washington, D.C.)
The Washington County Commissioners have voted to spend $4.6 million to buy real estate in downtown Hagerstown.
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Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:42:44 GMT
Matt Martin Real Estate Helps Northern Virginia Couple Escape from Upside-Down Mortgage (PRWeb)
Jordan and Holly Santiago, a middle-income couple in the suburbs of Washington, DC, were caught in the squeeze of a reverse amortization loan. Their mortgage payments went up and the value of their home went down when the real estate bubble burst last year. They owed more to the bank than their house was worth. Matt Martin of Matt Martin Real Estate arranged a short sale for their house. Now ...
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Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:04:00 GMT
Washington Business Journal Announces Finalists for Best Real Estate Deals of 2007 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Washington Business Journal is pleased to announce the following finalists of the 11th annual Best Real Estate Deals awards program:
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Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:22:29 GMT
Congress urged to boost investor confidence before housing slump fallout goes commercial (San Jose Mercury News)
WASHINGTON - To insulate commercial real estate from a still-crumbling housing market, investors need a confidence boost and Congress should help give it, industry analysts and executives told lawmakers Thursday.
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Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:15:03 GMT
Clark County real estate roundup (The Columbian)
Recent commercial real estate transactions as reported by area brokerage firms. Washington Mutual Bank has leased 4,901 square feet of office space from ALCO Holding Inc. in the WAMU Home Lo...
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