News tagged with real estate
How public should public records be? Increased availability sparks privacy concerns
Online technology has vastly increased citizens' access to public records such as political campaign contributions and real estate transactions. But that explosion of information availability also sparks privacy concerns ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 16, 2012 |
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Study: The right strategy doesn't guarantee advantage in auctions, real estate or stock market
Who wouldn't pay a penny for a sports car? That's the mentality some popular online auctions take advantage of -- the opportunity to get an expensive item for very little money.
Mar 16, 2012 |
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UF survey: Florida real estate market slips once again
Florida real estate experts and investors were pessimistic for a second consecutive quarter, despite encouraging signs in the rise of occupancy rates and prices in the rental apartment market, a new University of Florida ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Dec 02, 2011 |
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What investors have learned from the major earthquake
The Great East Japan Earthquake has dramatically altered the way the Japanese economy is seen. For example, the way that housing and real estate values are seen in Japan has changed since 3.11. Location value ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Study: Housing bust could mean lower college attendance
A study published in the October issue of the Journal of Labor Economics suggests an unexpected consequence of the housing bust: lower college attendance.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Tornado's impact on Tuscaloosa real estate described in UA study
A comprehensive real estate report on the short-term impact and an analysis of the April 27 tornado that ravaged the Tuscaloosa area is now available from the Alabama Center for Real Estate at The University of Alabama’s ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Real estate website Zillow soars in IPO debut
(AP) -- Shares of real estate website Zillow have more than doubled in their trading debut.
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Study shows how an often illegal sales tactic contributed to housing crash
A study of home purchases during the real estate boom years in Chicago shows how one ethically murky – and sometimes illegal - tactic used to sell homes may have contributed to the housing crash.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jul 12, 2011 |
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Zillow real estate value website sets IPO price
Startup Zillow that provides online information about real estate has set the price for its initial public offering of stock at $12 to $14 per share.
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Groupon broaches new segment: Real estate
Chicago real estate brokerage firm Dream Town Realty launches Friday a week-long deal on Groupon, hoping to tap the popular social buying model to attract clients.
Apr 11, 2011 |
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Yahoo! stays in search game with real-time results
Yahoo! on Wednesday began a US rollout of a feature that delivers real time Internet search results as quickly as people can time queries.
Mar 23, 2011 |
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Mortgage defaults at lowest levels in five years
(PhysOrg.com) -- Default risk on home loans fell once again this quarter to its lowest level in more than five years, says a professor at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.
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Dec 23, 2010 |
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Only top spenders consider school quality when buying new homes: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- School quality is not a significant factor for home buyers, except for those purchasing residences priced in the top 25 per cent of the market, according to Sauder School of Business researchers at the University ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Declining energy quality could be root cause of current recession
An overlooked cause of the economic recession in the U.S. is a decade long decline in the quality of the nation's energy supply, often measured as the amount of energy we get out for a given energy input, ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Google creates its own real estate boom
Google's aggressive online growth increasingly has a counterpart in bricks and mortar, with the company's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters mushrooming over the past four years to occupy more than 4 million square feet, ...
Nov 18, 2010 |
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