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2008 

An article from USA Today, reports that the current real estate slump has convinced many real estate agents to start marketing a group not known for its home-buying habits: Twentysomethings.  In order to connect with them, agents are unleashing a new breed of marketing tactics, from posting home...
06/23/2008
An article from the Denver Business Journal, reports that according to a report released by Hendricks & Partners, construction of apartments in the Denver area is expected to increase this year as developers move away from a softening condominium market.  The company's research states that devel...
06/23/2008
An article from the Wall Street Journal Online, reports that as early as this week, the Senate is set to vote on a package of housing initiatives that would mark lawmakers' most comprehensive effort yet to deal with record numbers of foreclosures and a housing slump that is weighing on the econom...
06/23/2008
An article from the Colorado Real Estate Journal, reports that in November, the biggest block of office space in metro Denver will come on line and head straight into a $1 million makeover.  According to Paul Luber of Ascent Capital Partners, which is redeveloping the property, Cherry Creek Plac...
06/23/2008
An article from RealtyTimes.com, reports that there is evidence that buyers who'd been sitting on the sidelines are now making their way into the housing market.  According to the Mortgage Bankers Association of America's national survey last week, applications for new, conventional loans to buy...
06/23/2008
An article from The Denver Post, reports that when ConocoPhillips builds out the 432-acre Louisville campus it purchased earlier this year, it could bring more than 7,000 jobs to the area.  Mary Manning, general manager for global real estate and facilities services for ConocoPhillips, said while...
06/23/2008
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Most deals these days involve some amount of seller concessions.  For FHA loans (which are increasing dramatically in volume because of the low interest rates and relaxed underwriting guidelines), the seller has two choices - they can either pay for the closing costs, or they can pay for the buye...
06/23/2008
An article from RealtyTimes.com, reports that according to Mike Cannon, executive director of Integra Realty Resources of Miami, small to moderate-scale investors should be looking hard at central-city properties that currently have traditional, relatively inefficient uses that can be transformed...
06/23/2008
  Monday's bond market has opened in positive territory following a negative open for stocks. The stock markets are starting the week off with losses with the Dow down 10 points and the Nasdaq down 15 points. The bond market is currently up 6/32, but we will likely still see an increase in this ...
06/23/2008
Aan article from CNNMoney.com, reports that according to a new study from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, "The State of the Nation's Housing 2008," the country is poised to see an increase in housing demand over the next decade.  Nicolas Retsinas, director of the Joint...
06/23/2008
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