For the 80% of home buyers turning toward the Internet to help make an informed real estate purchasing decision, Trulia.com, the national residential real estate search engine, today emerged from beta phase to announce new services and a significant site upgrade. Trulia Voices, Trulia Alerts and new smart filtering features now make it easier than [...]

The local real estate market is on fire and shows no signs of letting up any time soon.
More than $39 million in sales were made last month alone, shattering any previous monthly record kept by the Sarnia-Lambton Real Estate Board, said president Michelle Timmers.
Sales in May were up 14 per cent over the same period [...]

The Buccini/Pollin Group and REMAX Premier Properties/MARK FRITSCHLE GROUP announced that they hosted an open house for the Ocean City, Maryland Real Estate community, Tuesday, May 22. The all day event gave the, more than 200 REALTORS® in attendance, an inside look at the Rivendell, the “beach’s” newest most elegant waterfront condominium building.
“We were very [...]

The city is unlikely to replace Florida or Arizona as the next retirement haven, but local real estate experts are tracking an uptick in the sale of condominiums and speculating it might indicate an increasing market for retirement living.
Sales of condos and villas — traditionally thought to appeal to retirees because they don’t have to [...]

Even as experts fret over a dramatic burst of the bulging U.S. real estate bubble that might send prices plunging across the nation, the land and housing values in the Potomac Highlands are defying the trend.
“With an average unit price of $174,503 and a lot of wild life,” the RealtyTimes.com reported last month, “the buyers [...]

MILLBURN - Two local real estate companies have come to the rescue of the financially struggling Paper Mill Playhouse, one of the Northeast’s premier nonprofit theaters, according to a newspaper report.
At an emergency board meeting at the theater on Thursday night, Kenneth Thorn, chairman of the theater’s board of trustees, said two real estate companies [...]

MANATEE - The bad news: the number of existing-home sales fell 8 percent in Bradenton-Sarasota in January, compared to a year earlier. The good news: Bradenton-Sarasota was the second strongest performing market in the state, which saw the number of sales fall 27 percent.
Helping more homes change hands was a 20 percent fall in the [...]

AYER - ERA Morrison Real Estate, 21 Main Street, Ayer, recently announced the addition of Sadie Guichard to its team of real estate sales professionals serving consumers in the Ayer, Groton, Dunstable, Pepperell, Townsend and surrounding areas.
Sadie joins ERA Morrison with great anticipation and energy to work for both buyers and sellers. As a resident [...]

Some people log on to YouTube.com to enjoy a recap of their favorite sitcoms or to catch an amusing amateur video.
But people might not turn to the popular video Web site as a venue to search for their next home.
A local real estate agent has started uploading virtual tours of his listings last year as [...]

Khuyool Investments, a Dubai based Investment company, announced today plans for its foray in the real estate industry in Dubai, with an investment of Aed 8 billion. Khuyool announced the launch of its first project called “Abjar Tower”, a 62 floor, Aed500 million luxury residential development. Aspire Real Estate, a leading International Real Estate Marketing [...]

Brazilian real estate company JHSF Participacoes is planning an initial public offering of shares on the Brazilian Stock Exchange, or Bovespa, the company said Friday in a filing with the Brazilian Securities Commission, or CVM.
The company did not unveil a timetable or financial details of the operation. JHSF said in the prospectus of the [...]

Brazilian real estate investment company, Pactual Desenvolvimento e Gestao Realty (PDGR3.BR), or PDG, has acquired a 40% stake in local real estate company CHL Desenvolvimento Imobiliario, for 48 million Brazilian reals ($23 million), PDG said in a statement Wednesday.
“The acquisition of the stake in CHL is in line with our investment strategy … and includes [...]