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The real estate market is showing further signs of recovery in the form of a higher number of homes receiving multiple offers, according to a recent report.

According to USA Today, real estate professionals are reporting an increase in homes that have received multiple offers, which is said to be a sign that prices are starting to increase, along with the number of buyers on the market.

"If a house is in a good neighborhood, is maintained and is a good value, it'll get multiple offers," Florida real estate company owner Julie Holt told the newspaper, adding that about one in ten homes are currently receiving more than one offer, compared to one in 30 last fall.

Still, not all signs are positive for real estate in the short term. The website Zillow.com reported this week that 21.9 percent of homeowners now owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth, while home values have seen their ninth quarterly decline.

The website also cites a 14.2 percent year-over-year decline in real estate prices, to an average market value of $182,378.

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This real estate purchase decision is taken by the people after realizing the value of the property or when they are looking for an investment property. Real estate investment has very well terminologies. When decided to sell a property in the any place, locate the place carefully whether the property has an excellent value in that area. Only after collecting proper details and information regarding that area, then move on to that area. This is help find a real estate as per desire without wasting money.

Finance and economics have near connection Real estate investments. The term real estate “security” refers to any note stock, treasury stocks, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, transferable shares, real estate investment securities, certificate of deposit for real estate security and a lot of other things are commonly called as security.

In real estate issuer means any person issues or proposes to matter the security, person means any separated, a corporation, a partnership, an association, joint stock Company where the profit of the beneficiary is evidenced by the real estate investment securities, unincorporated organization, government, and any of the subdivision of the government Investing in real estate can be a exact profitable venture. But it also has potential pitfalls that want to be avoided and questions that want to be answered if to reach long-term financial security and success.

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The real estate market has to recover eventually, doesn’t it? Maybe, maybe not. Blasphemy you say? It really depends on what your definition of “eventually” is. You would be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t know that there was a stock market crash in 1929. That crash was one of the precursors to the Great Depression of the 1930s. But how many people would know that the stock market’s 1929 peak wouldn’t be reached again for almost 30 years? If you adjusted the peak for inflation that peak wasn’t reached again until the mid-1960s. That’s a pretty long “eventually.”

There are many that feel that the housing market crash may lead to our next great depression. Certainly the politicians are scrambling to find a way to prevent that from happening. They are throwing everything at it that they can think of in the hope that something works. But surely we can’t compare the stock market crash to the housing collapse, can we? It is different isn’t it? Sure it’s different, but in many ways it’s very much the same.

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Foreign investors in real estate expect to spend much more this year than they did in 2008, according to an annual survey by the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate.

After two years, D.C. regained its No. 1 status as the top global city for foreign investment in properties, followed by London and New York.

Compared to transactions completed by October 2008, equity investors plan to increase investment activity by 40 percent globally and by 73 percent in the U.S.

The D.C.-based association’s near-200 members from 21 countries -- who hold approximately $371 billion of real estate in the U.S. -- responded to the survey in the last quarter of 2008.

The U.S. provides the best opportunity for capital appreciation, according to 37 percent of the group’s members. With 16 percent of the votes, Brazil jumped 10 places to No. 2 to bump China down to No. 3.

The U.S. also gives the most stable and secure real estate investments, according to 53 percent of those surveyed.

“Our investor members have expressed a growing confidence and interest in U.S. real estate,” said James Fetgatter, chief executive of the 21-year-old association, in a statement. “Their investment plans for 2009 for the U.S. resemble the flight to quality that is creating the demand for U.S. Treasuries.”

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Despite a worsening economy, there are still hot real estate markets forecast for 2009 in the Annual Housing Predictor Hottest 10 Buyers Markets list.

Destin, Florida (PRWEB) January 26, 2009 -- Despite a troubled economy, there are still U.S. housing markets that are forecast to appreciate in 2009, and no place shows them better than the Annual Housing Predictor Hottest 10 Buyers Markets.

The credit crisis has triggered record foreclosures damaging communities across the nation as Housing Predictor forecast, but there are markets that will be the exception to the rule. Eight states are represented on the hottest list, including three markets in Texas. There won't be the double-digit appreciation experienced during the real estate boom in 2009, but these markets are supported by exceptionally strong local economies with good prospects for growth.

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DALLAS: Trammell Crow, a one-time accountant with no real estate experience who built one of the largest real estate development companies in the nation, has died. He was 94.

Spokeswoman Cynthia Pharr Lee said Thursday that Crow died Wednesday at a family farm near Tyler in East Texas. The cause of death wasn't immediately released. In 2002, Crow's wife disclosed that the legendary developer suffered from Alzheimer's disease.

Crow grew up poor in Dallas. After serving as an ensign in the Navy, assigned to finance duties, Crow returned to Dallas after World War II and built his first building, a warehouse near downtown, in 1948.

In the 1950s, Crow introduced Dallas to the idea of building on speculation — without a tenant lined up in advance. He soon became a major industrial developer in the city, building the Dallas Market Center in 1957 and his first downtown office building two years later.

In those days, Crow conducted business on a handshake. He relied on hundreds of young leasing agents, and those who proved themselves talented and hardworking became partners.

This approach marked the evolution of Crow's then-unusual methods of working in the real estate industry. As he brought in new people to work on residential and commercial projects, he gave them an equity stake in the business. Crow explained that he believed the projects would thrive if the people managing them were partners rather than employees.

Biographer Robert Sobel said Crow had another reason for using the partnership strategy: By offering equity instead of pay, he conserved his capital for putting up buildings.

Crow's agents did more than $15 billion in development and eventually gave him an interest in 8,000 properties, ranging from houses to hospitals, hotels and office buildings.

Crow affected something of an aw-shucks manner in describing his success.

"I just happened to come along in the right city at the right time," he once told The Washington Post.

By the 1960s, the changing economics of the real estate industry forced Crow to change his loose network of partners into a formal, centralized corporate structure. The company bearing his name expanded beyond Texas, breaking ground on the Embarcadero Center office project in San Francisco in 1968.

But the U.S. recession in the mid-1970s hit the real estate industry hard. Crow's company was forced to renegotiate billions of dollars of debt and restructure, taking back many assets as partners left.

Crow stepped down as chief executive in 1977.

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TORONTO, ONTARIO - If you thought the worst was behind us, think again. The US economy taking a nose dive and Canadians beginning to feel the pinch is just the beginning. The nightmare is not over; we will continue to feel the ripple effect for another 2 years says the president of REClub.

We have already started to experience a sharp decline in housing starts, banks tightening lending practices, CMHC tightening its high ratio program, and houses taking longer to sell in Canada. We will continue to see global volatility, weaker consumer confidence and lower house prices.

However, a market correction is not something to fear; in the great depression and crash of 89, while the average person experienced troubled times, there were a small number of people who became millionaires during the same time. They went against the tide. While everyone was running away from the market, these people were buying properties at a significant discount. Remember, when there's a sale at Walmart, most people buy in bulk, because things are cheap. But, in real estate, most run the other way. Real wealth is made when you go against the tide and buy when there is a sale in the real estate market.
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Consumers who want to buy a home, but are intimidated by reports of a housing slump, should realize that now is an excellent time to buy, according to Mary Ann Gecsi, Manager of the Catawba office of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services. She says there are several reasons why the time is right.
     “Interest rates are at historic lows. In fact, the rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage can be as low as 4.875%, depending upon the credit score of the buyer and the size of the home loan in relation the value of the property to be purchased.”
Furthermore, she adds that home prices have been adjusted by motivated sellers. “Buyers will find real value in housing,” she states. “In addition, housing affordability compares very favorably in our part of the country with other sections of the nation. While some areas of the U.S. experience tremendous upward spikes in pricing periodically, followed by tumultuous price drops, the Great Lakes region offers pricing stability to go along with an outstanding quality of life.”
      Ms. Gecsi also says that the recently passed Housing Recovery Act, along with a number of other home loan programs, are providing opportunities for buyers, including those who are seeking their first homes.  As a way to boost sales, under the Recovery Act, first-time buyers who qualify can receive a tax credit of $7,500 as an interest-free loan that cab be repaid over 15 years, or when the home is sold. “That, in turn, should stimulate activity for move-up buyers,” she added.
     To qualify for the credit, the income of a single candidate must not be more than $75,000. The combined income for married couples can’t exceed $150,000. The purchase of the home must occur between April 9, 2008 and July 1, 2009.
     “Buyers certainly can find excellent opportunities in seeking a home. For details on a plan that will work for them, they need to meet with a Finance Manager with Howard Hanna Real Estate Services.
     Howard Hanna Real Estate Services is the 4th largest full service real estate company and 3rd largest privately held real estate firm in the United States. The full-service company specializes in residential and commercial brokerage services, mortgage, closing and title insurance, land development, appraisal services, insurance services and corporate relocation. The company has 152 offices in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and West Virginia and employs more than 5,200 sales associates and staff. Visit www.howardhanna.com for more information.

Sales of new and existing homes continue to decline in the U.S., as assets of all stripes are re-priced lower and consumers become more risk averse. But the news in real estate is not all bad, and in some of the hardest-hit areas, like California, Florida and Nevada, sales in some areas have been rising in recent months.

While the national real estate figures show the country continues to be mired in a downturn that started more than two years ago, there are increasingly pockets of hope out there. It's true that much of the recent uptick in real estate activity reflects distressed sales, such as foreclosures. But the fact is that drastically lower home prices and more attractive mortgage rates--rates are down almost a full percentage point on a 30-year loan--are creating more buying interest, especially in the areas that have been hurt the most.