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- 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... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Age plays key role in housing discrimination laws
Why are developments and buildings for persons aged 55 and older exempt from restrictions and seem so privileged? A brief review of this country's housing laws, and the reasons for their enactment, would be a logical place to begin that explanation. The ... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
First American signs up for Clareity's MLS security system
First American Residential Group and Clareity Security have teamed up to provide protection against unauthorized access to First American's Multiple Listing Services and its MarketLinx Solutions offerings. The companies yesterday announced a preferred p... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
FEMA extends deadline for hotel lodging of hurricane evacuees
Jim Arbury, senior vice president of government affairs for the council, said in a statement today, "The apartment industry welcomes FEMA's flexible approach to this unprecedented disaster recovery effort. The agency's willingness to extend the deadline ... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Real estate refinancings plummet
Overall mortgage applications declined 3.4 percent last week on a seasonally adjusted basis from the week before, as refinancings fell for the fifth consecutive week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported today. The seasonally adjusted purchase inde... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
California investors land Hawaiian shops
Faris Lee Investments brokered the sale of Kahana Gateway Shopping Center, totaling 60,000 square feet on the island of Maui in Hawaii. The value of the transaction was approximately $26.8 million. Kahana Partners LLC, which consists of a group of Calif... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Page Mill invests in San Francisco office complex
Page Mill Properties L.P., a real estate equity fund based in San Francisco, announced the purchase of a 70 percent ownership interest in 444 De Haro St., a 152,000-square-foot office complex in San Francisco. The value of the transaction was not disclose... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Minnesota joint venture unloads mixed-use portfolio
A joint venture between Investcorp and Minneapolis-based Welsh Cos. has sold four office/industrial properties totaling 446,827 square feet in suburban Minneapolis. The total value of the transactions was not disclosed. RREEF, a full service real estat...