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- 12/2/2005 - Real Estate News
Improve your real estate biz's bottom line
In the real estate business, time is much too valuable to spend it doing things the hard way. By implementing specific systems that make your business run more efficiently, you are giving yourself confidence and reassurance that nothing in your work life ... - 12/2/2005 - Real Estate News
New Fiserv business targets secondary mortgage market
A new Fiserv Lending business unit aims to help mortgage-backed security investors identify and mitigate risks in their portfolios. The company, Fiserv Lending Solutions' Portfolio Services, joins Fiserv's fulfillment division. "We help firms get comfor... - 12/2/2005 - Real Estate News
Capital Title owner sentenced to prison, $3 million repayment
Former Capital Title Co. owner Peter M. Shaw was sentenced Thursday to more than four years in prison and ordered to repay $3 million for looting accounts that held customer funds for real estate transactions, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Capit... - 12/2/2005 - Real Estate News
Real estate: The week ahead
The seventh annual Mortgage EC Conference is slated for Dec. 5-6, at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. The event focuses on e-commerce and Internet lending trends. Participants will get ideas for advancing their online mortgage operations. A congress... - 12/2/2005 - Real Estate News
First indictments made under Georgia's anti-mortgage-fraud act
The first four people to be prosecuted under Georgia's new Residential Mortgage Fraud Act, were indicted this week by a Gwinnett County, Ga., grand jury, media accounts said. Jason Edward Brenner, 32; James Reuben Price, 48; Charlie Reed Smith Jr., 36;... - 12/2/2005 - Real Estate News
Nothing compares to condo prices in New York City
Ownership in 15 of the markets evaluated would cost less than $350,000, and that includes such major cities as Montreal, Shanghai and Valencia, Spain, according to the study. The top five most expensive cities in the study include: New York City, $1,44... - 12/2/2005 - Real Estate News
North Carolina defies East Coast real estate trend
Supply and demand in Virginia's home sales market is beginning to even out, with a second month showing a slight decrease in sales over the same period last year, according to the Virginia Association of Realtors. In October, 10,435 sales closed, an 8.1... - 12/2/2005 - Real Estate News
Government report warns of down-payment-assistance pitfalls
Nonprofit groups such as AmeriDream and Nehemiah Corp. of America seem to offer great deals, giving "gifts" to consumers covering the down payments on their government-backed mortgages. But a new government report warns that these gifts may do more harm... - 12/2/2005 - Real Estate News
Regatta Bay units sell in Maryland
Transwestern Commercial Services announced that its Institutional Multifamily Group recently brokered the sale of Regatta Bay Apartments in Annapolis, Md. The value of the transaction was $49 million. Regatta Bay Apartments is a 245-unit community that... - 12/2/2005 - Real Estate News
Sportswear distributor relocates space
Quizz Sportswear Inc. has signed a lease for 91,200 square feet at 10 Kilmer Road in Edison, N.J., a warehouse distribution facility owned by ProLogis. The value of the transaction was not disclosed. Quizz Sportswear is an apparel distribution company ...