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The Faster Times: How to Open the Door on Foreclosures

jessonb — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:53:37 GMT

http://thefastertimes.com/personalfinance/2009/10/05/how-to-open-the-door-onforeclosures/

Avenues of Growth in Dubai Property at Present Times

hunt — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:57:32 GMT

Dubai is well-known for the development in the sector of real estate in UAE. The ground-breaking technologies and concepts applied for the development of the city is remarkable. Therefore Investment in Dubai real estate is believed to be safer and most profitable way to double your money even at this moment of economic problems hovering all over the world.

Reason behind the expansion in Dubai property sector is the changes in laws and provision of flexibility for foreign investors provided by the government, which permits foreigners to buy, rent and sell properties in Dubai. Many real estate development organizations are offering resident visa for those who buy real estate from them. Several multinational organizations are currently establishing their offices in Dubai, which made Dubai a first-rate work market for professionals and skilled workers around the globe. More professionals are fascinated towards Dubai for the reason that the city provides attractive high salary. This phenomenon has created enormous demand for accommodation and office spaces. Especially Dubai apartments are very famous among the young and lively professionals and Dubai Villas are the hot choice of relatively affluent class. Laws in Dubai related to property are very understandable and formalities are minimum as compared to other countries.

With the continuous and rapid surge in Dubai’s population, a substantial proportion of which consists of expats and temporary residents living in Dubai for employment reasons, the question of buying or renting a residential property in Dubai is the talk of the day. Both the potential tenants and home buyers may be troubled by the question. But still reports on Dubai real estate say that the changing picture of global financial markets shouldn’t deter the locals from buying Dubai property if their plan is to stay there over the couple of years. As for those who plan to stay in Dubai for more than five years, buying a property can prove to be the wisest decision they ever made given the prices of Dubai property climbing higher and higher with each passing year.
Dubai has also emerged as shopper’s ecstasy due to its open port policy with little import duties and superb logistic facilities. Dubai has a world class facility for conferences and exhibitions; it hosts many international conferences and exhibitions. The Real estate sector in Dubai is experiencing immense activity in the form of investments from public and private organizations which include worlds, largest amusement park, tallest building and largest man made islands etc. Dubai real estate sector is expanding day-by-day to the ground breaking levels by introducing more modern and ground breaking projects.

Property investment in UAE, especially Dubai, is sure to yield heavy returns for the investors. Seeing the current property trend, in which limited supplies fail to fully meet the burgeoning demand, it’s easy to deduce that the time is ripe for the foreigners to invest in the UAE. If you choose to buy a freehold property in Dubai, you’ll enjoy many advantages as a foreign investor. You’ll have the power to sell or rent your property as per your desire. Due to a huge influx of expatriate and temporary residents in Dubai, the demand for short-term rentals is continually shooting higher offering yields around ten percent. The good news for the lenders is that no taxes on income, including that acquired from renting property, are levied in Dubai.

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6.24.09 - Inman News - RealEstate.com Goes Social, Launches Town Square

jessonb — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:53:36 GMT

http://www.inman.com/opinion/guest-perspective/2009/06/24/realestatecom-goes-social-launches-townsquare

June 19,2009 - Houston Chronicle - Bargains about in current real estate market

Jason Cook — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:58:22 GMT

RealEstate.com Senior Vice President, Greg Hanson, was quoted in a recent Houston Chronicle article. Check it out here: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/realestate/homes/6488741.html

June 10, 2009 - The Real Deal - Area brokerages staff up for opportunities

Jason Cook — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:04:44 GMT

RealEstate.com Regional Vice President, Kurt Gleason, contributed to a recent article on The Real Deal entitled Area brokerages staff up for opportunities.

RealEstate.com joins Hitwise top-20 list

Allison Vail — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:49:18 GMT

Little 'churn' in monthly rankings

A monthly traffic ranking of real estate Web sites showed the leading portals firmly entrenched in March, with just one site entering the top 20, and only six sites breaking into the top 100.

RealEstate.com -- the listing and valuation site operated by LendingTree LLC -- was the lone newcomer to the top-20 list in March rankings published by Web metrics company Hitwise.

The sites atop of the Hitwise rankings continued to grab the lion's share of traffic in the category. The top 10 sites accounted for about 27 percent of all visits to sites in the real estate category, while 38 percent of traffic went to sites ranked in the top 20, Hitwise said.

There's been some jockeying for position, but no new additions to the Hitwise top-10 so far this year. With 6.85 percent market share, Realtor.com remained the most popular site in the real estate category in March, followed by Yahoo! Real Estate (3.65 percent), Zillow (3.25 percent) and ZipRealty (2.38 percent). That's the same order in place since August, when ZipRealty moved into fourth position.

Rounding out the top-10 list were RE/MAX Real Estate (2.24 percent), HUD.gov (1.99 percent), Rent.com (1.78 percent) ServiceMagic (1.61 percent), Homegain (1.6 percent) and Trulia.com (1.57 percent).

HUD.gov and ServiceMagic each moved up one position in March, while Rent.com and Homegain fell one place. But there have been no newcomers to the top-10 list since December, when Trulia.com bumped RealtyTrac into 11th place.

RealtyTrac, which offers information on distressed and foreclosed properties, has continued to slide in the Hitwise rankings, to 13th in January, 15th in February and 17th in March. Other top-20 sites slipping in the March rankings were Foreclosure Store (down from 12th to 14th), Foreclosure.com (down from 13th to 15th), and Reply! (falling from 18th to 19th). MyNewPlace fell out of the top-20 altogether, displaced by RealEstate.com (up from 22nd to 20th).

Top-20 sites moving up in the Hitwise rankings in March were Century 21 Real Estate (up from 14th to 12th), Apartments.com (16th to 13th), MSN Real Estate (17th to 16th), and Coldwell Banker Real Estate (19th to 18th). Homes.com maintained its 11th place position from February.

There was limited "churn" in Hitwise's Top 100 list of real estate sites, with six new sites entering the list in March, compared to eight in February. The top 100 real estate Web sites accounted for 67 percent of traffic in the category, Hitwise said.

The six companies entering Hitwise's Top 100 list of real estate sites in March were HarmonHomes.com (moving up from 101st in February to 85th in March), National Home Management Solution (106th to 91st), FrontDoor Real Estate (108th to 94th), About Home Buying/Selling (109th to 95th), Agentlistingssource.com (from unranked to 97th), and ApartmentFinder.com (110th to 98th).

Falling out of the Top 100 in March were Sublet.com (sliding from 87th in February to 104th in March), Curbed (90th to 107th), realestate.msn.realtor.com (92nd to 113th), Socialserve.com (95th to 101st), Rental Properties Online (97th to 110th), and Landwatch.com (99th to 119th).

"Fast moving" sites for the four months ending in March included Charles Robbins Realtor (up 678 places), Gundaker Realtors (up 407 places), Hudworks.com (up 1,191 places), Relocation.com (up 439 places), Sheldongood.com (up 464 places), ResortQuest Outer Banks, North Carolina (up 240 places), wihomes.com (up 173 places), Karichele Realty (up 421 places), The RiskMeter (up 966 places), and Student Accomodation (up 885 places).

Prospect Smarter Announces RealEstate.com, REALTORS® as a New Enthusem.com Customer

Allison Vail — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:15:10 GMT

Prospect Smarter Announces RealEstate.com, REALTORS® as a New Enthusem.com Customer

Enthusem.com Press Release, March 31, 2009

RealEstate.com, REALTORS® adopts the Enthusem personalized PRINTED greeting card system for over 1,100 agents.

Tampa, FL (PRWEB) March 31, 2009 -- Prospect Smarter Inc., announced today an agreement to provide their Enthusem product to be a sales and marketing catalyst for RealEstate.com, REALTORS®. The Enthusem product will allow RealEstate.com, REALTORS®'s 1,100 agents to access the web portal anywhere throughout the country so they can create and send printed cards to prospective home buyers and sellers with their own personal design and message.

Steven Tingiris, Founder of Prospect Smarter could not be happier with the success of Enthusem and the newly formed relationship with Realestate.com, REALTORS®. "Enthusem was created to be an instigator of personalized communications. There is no better opportunity to prove this out in the real estate market. We look forward to working together with the RealEstate.com, REALTORS® team to provide more cost efficient ways to reach prospects and customers and create valuable relationships."

Bruce Walker, Director of Marketing for RealEstate.com, REALTORS® is excited about sharing Enthusem with the team, "So many drip campaigns are created for mass mailings, distribution lists and group sends that we've lost touch with the single touch that can be so powerful. Enthusem makes this very easy as it combines the appeal of offline and online media. The concept is wonderfully simple, but still quite dynamic in the way it is executed."

About Enthusem: Enthusem makes sending personalized PRINTED greeting cards as easy as sending an email. Even better, like an email, Enthusem cards can include attachments. That's right; you can attach electronic files like videos, PDFs or web pages to printed greeting cards - and get email alerts when the files are viewed.

If that's not enough, you can also use any image you want for the front of the card, you can write your own personalize message, you can buy and send cards one-at-a-time and you can try Enthusem for free.

Contact Angela Medlar for more information: (813)-321-1402

REALTOR® -- A registered collective membership mark that identifies a real estate professional who is a member of the National Association of REALTORS® and subscribes to its strict Code of Ethics.

RealEstate.com launches on YouTube

Greg Hanson — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:07:40 GMT

Charlotte Business Journal

March 17, 2009

RealEstate.com has launched a real estate channel on YouTube.

The site, at www.youtube.com/realestate displays real estate listings from 20 national markets in a video format.

Visitors can search for videos of homes for sale by entering criteria such as MLS number, address, city or ZIP code. They can then get in touch with a local real estate agent to set up appointments to view houses for sale.

RealEstate.com is based in Charlotte’s Ballantyne area. It is a division of Tree.com Inc. (NASDAQ:TREE), parent company of Charlotte-based LendingTree and GetSmart.com.

RealEstate.com has operations to 20 markets nationwide and employs more than 1,100 sales agents.

The company operates a Web site that provides access to more than 2 million homes for sale.