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- 11/28/2005 - Real Estate News
Real estate inventory climbs in October
The supply of existing homes available for sale nationwide increased to its highest point of the year in October, with particular increases in the supply of condos and co-ops, the National Association of Realtors trade group reported today. The estimat... - 11/28/2005 - Real Estate News
Help-wanted advertising stands pat
The Conference Board help-wanted advertising index, a key measure of job offerings in major newspapers across America, remained at 38 in October, the same as in the previous month. In the last three months, help-wanted advertising declined in eight of ... - 11/28/2005 - Real Estate News
Ohio home sales jump in October
The state's average sale price (January-October) of 157,017 marks a 3.3 percent increase from the $151,975 average price posted during the period a year ago, the OAR said. The total dollar volume of more than $19.5 billion is 8.8 percent ahead of the $... - 11/28/2005 - Real Estate News
California luxury real estate values break records
The average luxury home in San Diego is now $2.07 million, up $215,000 from a year ago. Values have posted seven consecutive quarters of double-digit, year-over-year gains, according to the index. San Francisco Bay Area values rose 1.8 percent from the... - 11/28/2005 - Real Estate News
Consumer confidence improves on lower gas prices
Consumer confidence ended a three-month plunge in November with substantial improvements from previous months due to declines in gas prices, according to the University of Michigan's Survey of Consumers. "The recent rise in consumer confidence was due ... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Overnight real estate rates trickle lower
Long-term mortgage interest rates continued to fall Tuesday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield dipped to 4.43 percent. The 30-year fixed-rate average sank to 5.79 percent, and the 15-year fixed-rate slipped to 5.36 percent. The 1-year adjus... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Consumers are the judge at real estate ratings site
Home buyers and sellers can rate the attributes of real estate agents at a free Web site that is the brainchild of a title company employee in Ohio. Mike Primeau, who created RealtyRators.com, said he wants to empower consumers by providing them with a ... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Small real estate inheritance sparks taxation
DEAR BOB: In 2000, my wife's parents both passed away within a month of each other. They left their estates to my wife and her brother. The estate was worth more than $650,000 so they paid estate taxes. Part of the estate was a property in Sarasota, Fla. ... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Kitchen remodeling without breaking the bank
Q: I would like to update my kitchen without spending a fortune. I've bought a gas cook top to replace the electric one now in place. Here are my questions: 1.) When I have the new cook top installed, will they just set it in place so that I can take it ... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Unpaid taxes impede real estate sales proceeds
On Nov. 15, 2000, Robert J. Ambrose conveyed his house to International Advisory Services Inc. (IAS). On Aug. 11, 2003, the Internal Revenue Service made jeopardy tax assessments for unpaid taxes of $170,890 against IAS. The IRS recorded its income tax li...