Real estate news and features

If you are searching for lists and links to real estate blogs - everything from real estate agent bloggers to real estate marketing, industry and news - here are some resources I’ve bookmarked for future reference:
Bloodhound Blogmaintains this� potentially canonical list of real estate weblogs.
Todd Carpenter of Lenderama and Blog Fiesta created REMBEX, a […]

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Bank of Canada’s Carney ponders degree of rate cut - (Reuters) The Bank of Canada has to weigh strong domestic demand against the spillover effects of the slowing U.S. economy when deciding how much to cut interest rates next month, Governor Mark Carney said on Monday. Carney used his first […]

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Canada economy to slow, risks to downside - IMF (Reuters) Canadian economic growth will slow to 1.8 percent this year and there is a risk of an even sharper downturn as weakness in the U.S. economy spreads beyond the housing sector, the International Monetary Fund said in a report on Monday. After growing about 2.5 […]

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Financing Means used by a buyer to acquire an immovable. Financial resource, often in the form of a mortgage loan provided to the buyer by a financial institution for the purchase of an immovable (see Mortgage loan).
Fonds d??�indemnisation du courtage immobilierBody created under the Real Estate Brokerage Act, to which all real estate brokers and […]

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TORONTO, Feb. 15 /CNW/ - BMO Bank of Montreal announced today it is decreasing its residential mortgage rates, effective February 16, 2008. The new rates are: Fixed Rates: ?�?�?� ?�?�?� ?�?�?� ?�?�?� ?�?�?� To: ?�?�?� ?�?�?� ?�?�?� […]

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Attention Las Vegas Real Estate Agents, Mortgage Lenders, Escrow Officers and Small Business Owners….
Kathryn Bovard and I teach a 3 hour continuing education� (PD) class approved by the Nevada Real Estate Commission entitled “Real Estate Blogging 101 - How the Internet is Changing Business”.� We’ve got two classes scheduled for 1st quarter 2008:

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What an amazing experience Bloggers Connect and Real Connect 2007 in San Francisco was!� I posted my 25 Top Tips & Best Ideas About Blogging on my Active Rain Blog.� I invite you to check out what I gleaned as the best comments from the panelists and experts at Connect.
Here are key highlights from […]

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On June 12, I posted Reasons to Join the Active Rain Real Estate Network .� At that time there were over 36,000 members (professionals from real estate, mortgage, title and related industries).� As of today, there are now close to 40,000 members.� In fact, a recent press release on Active Rain states:
SEATTLE, July 11 /PRNewswire/ […]

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Early on and even before you start home shopping , you need to determine the price range that suits you. If you plan to finance your purchase with a mortgage loan, sit down with your lender or mortgage specialist to discuss your needs and get mortgage pre-approval. That way, you know exactly how much you […]

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Deposit A sum of money that accompanies a promise to purchase an immovable. The deposit must be placed in a trust account and will be deducted from the balance payable at the signing of the act of sale, or it will be returned to the proposer if the sale does not go through.
Description sheet Document […]

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