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RE/MAX Hall of Fame Award Presented to RE/MAX Prestige Agents
The Lazrak DuRoss Group, with RE/MAX Prestige in Chelmsford, has recently been presented with the RE/MAX Hall of Fame Award, which honors successful agents who have earned more than $1 million in commissions during their careers with the company. In 2009, only 16 percent of all RE/MAX Affiliates... - August 05, 2010 - RE/MAX Prestige
Dream Town Realty to Announce Chicago Photo Contest Winners at Awards Benefit
Dream Town Realty will announce the winners of its "Chicago in Focus" photo contest at a special event on Thursday, August 5th to benefit local charity, La Casa Norte. Selected photos from the competition will be featured in a picture book published by Dream Town later this year. - August 05, 2010 - Dream Town Realty
Lennar Announces Second Community in Atlanta
Homebuilder Acquires Beyers Landing in Scenic Buford Area. - August 05, 2010 - Lennar, East Coast Division
NewProductHelp.com Tabbed as Official Marketing Representative for Lite House Lock Box Invention
Rosa D., an Ontario, Canada-based inventor, has contracted South Florida invention assistance leader NewProductHelp.com to represent her Lite House Lock Box invention to industry over the next 2 years. A simple yet effective new product targeted at realtors, the Lite House Lock Box boasts a unique... - August 04, 2010 - New Product Help, Inc.
Stimulus Money is Viable Source for Real Estate Investors
Real Estate Investors and Business Owners Can Benefit from Grants. - August 04, 2010 - Get Real REI
EcoBroker Partners with myEnergyLoan, LLC to Provide Increased Access to Green Mortgage Tools Including Lender Incentives, Green Loan Certifications and More
EcoBroker announces a new partnership with myEnergyLoan, LLC, a network of lenders and mortgage brokers providing loan incentives, energy audit quality assurance and green loan certifications that reward energy efficiency and make any mortgage a green mortgage. This partnership makes special myEnergyLoan services available to active EcoBrokers, including marketing opportunities and direct access to myEnergyLoan lenders with specialized knowledge of the growing green mortgage market. - August 04, 2010 - EcoBroker International
Avanta Offers 50% Cost Saving on Meeting Rooms During August
Companies looking to hold meetings, conferences or training sessions this month can enjoy substantial cost savings at Avanta’s managed office centres. With handy locations in London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Reading, Avanta are offering a 50% room hire cost saving on all bookings for meeting... - August 04, 2010 - Avanta
Prudential Real Estate Ranks Highest for Seller Satisfaction in J.D. Power and Associates’ 2010 Home Buyer/Seller Study
J.D. Power and Associates announced on July 28 that the Prudential Real Estate Network ranked “Highest Overall Satisfaction for Home Sellers among National Full Service Real Estate Firms” in J.D. Power and Associates' 2010 Home Buyer/Seller Study. This marks the second time in three... - August 04, 2010 - Prudential Homesale Services Group
Finding a Solution: Shopping Cart Abandonment
For e-commerce companies, shopping cart abandonment is an ever-present setback. Customers visit the site, engage with the brand, research the products, and finally start the purchasing process – only to discard their order, often without explanation. Pegasus Lighting’s recent efforts to improve its checkout process proved to be quite invaluable. - August 03, 2010 - Pegasus Lighting
Eos Group Releases v2.4.1 of Eos Explorer Extended
The newest version of Explorer Extended from Eos Group, Inc. provides improved performance and data export of Oracle's P6. - August 03, 2010 - Eos Group
RE/Advantage IDX 3.0 SmartFrame Client Mike Forte of Friedberg Properties in Alpine, New Jersey Took Advantage of the NJMLS Promotion
RE/Advantage would like to congratulate Mike Forte of Friedberg Properties in Alpine, New Jersey for taking advantage of the NJMLS - RE/Advantage IDX promotion. Mike paid just 50% of the set-up fee and only $10 a month to receive listing information from the thousands of real estate properties... - August 03, 2010 - RE/Advantage
Davidson Realty in World Golf Village Names 5 Things to Know About Short Sales & Foreclosures
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, as many as one in seven home loans are past due or in foreclosure. However, according to Davidson Realty President Sherry Davidson, “Most folks are still confused about the options available for homeowners in distressed financial situations, and... - August 03, 2010 - The Neighborhoods of World Golf Village
ETHIP Enterprises, LLC Unveils Itself as 9100 Visual Solutions
9100 Visual Solutions, a premier 3D Rendering company, is proud to unveil itself and its new website. - August 03, 2010 - 9100 Visual Solutions
New Unique Search Tool for Chautauqua County New York Home Buyers and Sellers
Key Real Estate of Western New York announces use of mobile technology to assist home buyers and sellers. - August 02, 2010 - Key Real Estate of Western New York LLC
Hammond Hingham Office Welcomes Wilbur
Continuing the firm’s expansion, Jeff Forsythe, Senior Vice President of Hammond Residential’s Hingham office, has announced that Susan Wilbur has joined the firm. In her new position, Wilbur will be representing buyers and sellers from Hammond’s office located at 15 Leavitt... - August 01, 2010 - Hammond Residential Real Estate
TTR Sotheby’s International Realty Welcomes New Associates
TTR Sotheby's welcomed twelve new associates to its team this, a ten percent increase for the fast growing brokerage of distinctive properties in the Washington DC area. - August 01, 2010 - TTR Sotheby's International Realty
Barbour ABI Releases Quarterly Construction Analysis
Barbour ABI have recently released their quarterly review analysis, which highlights key building projects and the best performing sectors. - August 01, 2010 - Barbour ABI
Free Town Hall Meeting Being Held for Nevada Homeowners
Real Estate, Legal, Mortgage and Financial Experts Volunteer to Answer Questions and Discuss Options to Avoid Foreclosure. - August 01, 2010 - Prudential Americana Group
Special One-Day-Only "Name Your Price" Event to be Held This Sunday, August 1st, 1pm - 4pm
Capstar Properties, LLC is holding a 1 day only Name Your Price real estate event on Sunday, Aug., 1st, between 1 and 4pm. The residential redevelopment company often buys CT houses from banks, renovates them, and then sells them at well below their market value to homeowners eager to find great houses at great prices. - August 01, 2010 - Capstar Properties, LLC
SeeVirtual Select GoPaperless’ eSignOnline for On-Demand Electronic Signature Service
SeeVirtual Marketing & Photography and GoPaperless Solutions announced their partnership to provide eSignOnline electronic signature technology to SeeVirtual’s real estate clients. As image experts, SeeVirtual knows it is difficult to stand out in today's quickly changing technological... - August 01, 2010 - Go Paperless Solutions Inc.
U.S. Demand for Cement and Concrete Additive to Reach $2.8 Billion by 2014
Chemical additive products will remain the largest segment. - July 31, 2010 - MarketResearch.com
Dream Town Realty Welcomes New Agent in June
Chicago real estate firm Dream Town Realty announces that Ben Bodelson has joined the company. Mr. Bodelson started with Dream Town at the end of June. He offers buying and selling services for residential real estate. - July 30, 2010 - Dream Town Realty
Greater Valley Group Introduces “Founder’s Club” at Riverside Estates
Greater Valley Group (GVG) announces the creation of its “Founder’s Club” program at Riverside Estates. Twenty homeowners will have an opportunity to purchase lots and build homes in this exclusive Chambers County, Ala., golf course community at “Founder’s Club”... - July 30, 2010 - Greater Valley Group, LLC
Prudential Homesale Named Finalist in Best of the Web Awards
Prudential Homesale Services Group, a local realty firm operating twenty offices throughout south central and southeastern Pennsylvania, was recently recognized as a finalist in The Central Pennsylvania Business Journal’s 2010 Best of the Web Awards. The Best of the Web Awards are designed... - July 30, 2010 - Prudential Homesale Services Group
Award Winning Architects Commissioned for Neighborhood Near Kia in Georgia
James. L Strickland, founder and president of Historical Concepts and L. Mitchell Ginn, founder of L. Mitchell Ginn and Associates, Inc., were commissioned by Greater Valley Group to capture true Southern architecture. - July 30, 2010 - Greater Valley Group, LLC
Innovative iPhone App Targeting the Burgeoning Foreclosure Sector Launched. Enables Rapid Analysis and Flexible Negotiation.
Profitable Opportunities Acquiring Properties in Foreclosure Are Still Out There - But with Little Room for Error. - July 30, 2010 - XOGEN Inc.
Riverview Homes, Inc. Invites Home Buyers to Tour Modular Home Plant
Riverview Homes, Inc. of Vandergrift completes a one-day home buyer, modular home seminar near Harrisburg. - July 30, 2010 - Riverview Homes, Inc.
Congratulations NJMLS Members - RE/Advantage Clients for Taking Advantage of the IDX 3.0 Promotion
Congratulations to the following NJMLS members that took advantage of the current promotion RE/Advantage and the NJMLS is running: Ante Zovko of Agram Realty in Paramus, New Jersey - George Reggo of Reggo and Keleman Real Estate in Bogota, New Jersey - Catherine Parada of Mid-Rise Realty in Kearny,... - July 30, 2010 - RE/Advantage
EcoBroker International Tapped to Support Department of Energy Real Estate Initiative
United States Department of Energy tapped EcoBroker International's member database to add value to focus group for new website. EcoBrokers® from six states participated in the group review of the a new DOE website targeted towards real estate professionals. - July 30, 2010 - EcoBroker International
Utah Homebuilder Announces New Website and Company Philosophy
Parkwood Fine Homes, a Utah-based homebuilder, recently announced the launch of a new website and company philosophy. Gary Summerhays, owner and General Contractor of Parkwood Homes recently started www.parkwoodfinehomes.blogspot.com which features pictures and information about his... - July 30, 2010 - Parkwood Fine Homes
Cheval, South Charlotte’s Newest Luxury Equestrian Community, Announces Beacon Builders as the Newest Member of Their Renowned Featured Custom Builder Program
Cheval is pleased to announce Beacon Builders as the newest member of their renowned Featured Custom Builder Program. Beacon will begin building custom homes throughout all phases of Cheval in Fall 2010. Their attention to detail and careful consideration of family needs and lifestyle make their... - July 29, 2010 - Cheval
Acoustiblok Quiets Ireland’s Renowned Paint Hall Studiio in the Historic Titanic Quarter of Belfast
Belfast’s Paint Hall Studio, Europe’s largest film studio located in the historically renowned Titanic Quarter of the city installed Acoustiblok® sound abatement material to dramatically reduce outside noise pollution from entering its massive sets in time for its biggest film production to date. - July 29, 2010 - Acoustiblok, Inc.
Extensive W1 Garden Floor Offices Become Available in Attractive Period Building, Portland Place
Extensive W1 office space becomes available on garden floor of attractive Portland Place period building, containing several offices and meeting rooms, storage space and kitchen facilities - July 29, 2010 - Merjs Charted Surveyors
Impressive Sales Earn Century 21 Arizona Foothills Sales Associate One of the Century 21 Systems’ Top Mid-Year Honors
Mike Horton Earns Pacesetter Gold Award for First Half 2010. - July 29, 2010 - Century 21 Arizona Foothills
Sterling, Rockford, Aledo, Oregon and Viola Agents Earn RE/MAX Top 10 Slots in Northern Illinois Real Estate Sales
The sales team led by Tim McCaslin of RE/MAX Sauk Valley in Sterling, Ill., claimed the top spot for the first half of 2010 among RE/MAX sales associates in northern Illinois who work outside the Chicago metropolitan area. The ranking is based on commissions earned during the six month period and... - July 29, 2010 - RE/MAX Northern Illinois
Thomas Construction Builds Connections at County Fairs
Thomas Construction, the largest home remodeler in the St. Louis metro area, has been supporting local county fairs and speaking to event-goers about their remodeling needs. - July 28, 2010 - Thomas Construction
HomeRun Homes Achieves New PCI DSS Web Security Compliance
HomeRun Homes successfully completed the newly-mandated Federal PCI DSS Credit Card Regulations for website data security compliance. Sweeping Reform of the Credit Card Industry Due to the sweeping reform of the credit card industry, there have been new rules implemented regarding the security... - July 28, 2010 - HomeRun Homes
Avanta Sets New Weekly Viewing Record
Avanta’s brand new direct sales team has broken all previous company records by receiving almost 300 serviced office enquiries in one week and then booking 84 new client viewings at its 19 UK business centres in just one week. “We’ve seen a steady increase in office space... - July 28, 2010 - Avanta
Patti Fitzgerald Joins RE/MAX Prestige
Andrew Armata and Stacey Alcorn of RE/MAX Prestige, an 11 office Real Estate Firm, are pleased to announce that Patti Fitzgerald has joined their office as a sales associate. With 10 years of real estate experience, Patti provides real estate services to areas within an hour of Burlington and... - July 28, 2010 - RE/MAX Prestige
RE/MAX Holds Leading Share of Home Sales in DeKalb County Real Estate Market
The RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network held the largest share of the DeKalb County residential home sales market during the first half of 2010. RE/MAX agents were instrumental in closing 17.2 percent of the 392 home sales reported in the county by Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC (MRED) for... - July 28, 2010 - RE/MAX Northern Illinois
Tanya Marchiol, Real Estate Guru and CEO of TEAM Investments Announces Dates for Unprecedented Interactive Investment Seminar
Tanya Marchiol, real estate guru and CEO of Phoenix-based TEAM Investments, a leading real estate investing firm is partnering with appraiser John May for an exciting and interactive seminar. This unprecedented event will take place September 18th-19th in Scottsdale, AZ at The Millennium Resort. - July 28, 2010 - Team Investments
Attorney Ephraim Gottlieb of All American Title Joins RE/MAX Prestige
Andrew Armata and Stacey Alcorn of RE/MAX Prestige are pleased to announce another addition to their Prestige Team, Attorney Ephraim Gottlieb of All American Title Services. Ephraim Gottlieb Esq. attended the Massachusetts School of Law focusing on contact law and real estate law. He was admitted... - July 28, 2010 - RE/MAX Prestige
Cyprus Estate Agent FOX Estates Now a Preferred Agent of Savills
FOX Smart Estate Agency announces is new status as proffered agent in Cyprus to Savills, a leading global estate agent listed on the London Stock Exchange. FOX Estates, one of the largest estate agency networks in Cyprus, will now be able to offer a larger range of premium property services to all its clients. - July 27, 2010 - Fox Smart Estate Agency
MERJS Appointed Sole Commercial Property Agents for Recently Refurbished Noho Office Suite in New Cavendish St, W1
MERJS has been appointed as sole agents for a prestigious self-contained 1,200 sq ft office suite in Noho, offering an assignment of the existing lease expiring in May 2012. - July 27, 2010 - Merjs Charted Surveyors
Toll Brothers Introduces Five New Home Designs at Green Level Crossing Giving Buyers Options from the Low $400’s
Toll Brothers, the nation's leading builder of luxury homes and developer of fine communities across the Triangle region, is proud to introduce several new home models to the Woodlands and the Manor neighborhoods at Green Level Crossing. These new home gives buyers options from the low 400's in one of the Triangle's most sought out locations. - July 25, 2010 - Toll Brothers
K. Hovnanian Homes Offering 4 Percent Mortgages on Homes in New Jersey
K. Hovnanian Homes, New Jersey's largest homebuilder, is offering 4 percent mortgages on select homes throughout New Jersey. Homes include single-family homes, condominiums, active-adult homes and market-rate homes. The homes must close by Sept. 30. - July 24, 2010 - K Hovnanian Homes
CT Real Estate Investors Association (CT REIA) Announces Free Webinar with Than Merrill on July 27, 2010
On July 27, 2010 the Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association will be hosting a free webinar with Than Merrill of A&E’s “Flip This House.” Attendees will learn what is working in the real estate market right now. - July 24, 2010 - Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association - CTREIA
Rockspring Acquires Ash & Birch Industrial Estate, Kembrey Park, Swindon
Rockspring TransEuropean IV, advised by Caisson Investment Management and represented by Alder King, has acquired the freehold investment of Ash & Birch Industrial Estate, Kembrey Park, Swindon from Prupim for approximately 7.20m pounds Sterling. - July 24, 2010 - Caisson Investment Management
nCompass Homes Creates an Outdoor Paradise for One Local Family
An overgrown and virtually unusable backyard gets a face-lift by creating an outdoor paradise that includes dual patios, built-in grill and fire pit, plus a putting green. This backyard haven has something for everyone to enjoy. - July 23, 2010 - nCompass Homes
Chicago Agent Joins Dream Town Realty in May as Part of O'Connor/Hebson Group
Chicago real estate agent Joffre Colbert was welcomed to Dream Town Realty in May as a member of the newly formed O'Connor/Hebson Group. He provides buyer and seller services in the city of Chicago. - July 23, 2010 - Dream Town Realty