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- 12/22/2005 - Real Estate News
Lawyer pursues real estate ballot initiative
David Barry, a San Francisco lawyer specializing in antitrust lawsuits against real estate industry groups, has filed a ballot initiative with the California Attorney General's Office that seeks to establish a statewide residential multiple listing servic... - 12/22/2005 - Real Estate News
Weichert Real Estate network expands in Northeast
Weichert Real Estate Affiliates Inc., the franchise arm of Weichert, Realtors, this week announced the addition of several affiliates in New York and Massachusetts. Since launching its first affiliate in January 2002, the Weichert franchise organi... - 12/22/2005 - Real Estate News
Survey: 85% oppose mortgage interest deduction elimination
Eighty-five percent of U.S. homeowners oppose a proposal by the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform to replace the home mortgage interest deduction with a 15 percent tax credit and eliminate other consumer tax benefits, according to a Decembe... - 12/22/2005 - Real Estate News
No pro-ration if spouse doesn't meet home occupancy test
DEAR BOB: Regarding the capital gain $250,000 exclusion on the sale of a primary residence under Internal Revenue Code 121, I am aware there is a partial exclusion if the seller doesn't quite meet the 24-month occupancy test. However, I have owned and liv... - 12/22/2005 - Real Estate News
Can hot tub land homeowner in hot water?
Question: I have a home that I am going to rent out that has a hot tub spa in the back yard. I can see how this will be a great feature for my renter, but I am concerned about safety for tenants with children. Also, I am worried about my liability for any... - 12/22/2005 - Real Estate News
Colonia Real Estate AG buys 365 apartments in Germany
Colonia Real Estate AG acquired an apartment portfolio of 356 apartments in Bremen, Germany, from a municipal housing society, the company said today. The purchase price was 6.7 million Euros, the company said, and the annual rental excluding utili... - 12/22/2005 - Real Estate News
Real estate investment trust buys 13 Southern California properties
Trizec Properties is acquiring a Southern California portfolio made up of 13 properties, totaling 4.1 mission square feet, as well as several development land parcels for $1.63 billion from Arden Realty. Both the office and land purchases are expec... - 12/22/2005 - Real Estate News
Inland Real Estate buys 9 Kroger-anchored shopping centers
Inland Real Estate Acquisitions has negotiated and closed on the purchase of a portfolio of nine Kroger-anchored shopping centers for about $79.9 million in a joint venture including one of the Inland real estate investment trusts. Inland purchased... - 12/22/2005 - Real Estate News
MLS ballot initiative is 'ill-conceived,' says Realtor lawyer
The proponent of an effort to establish a statewide database for property listings in California said today that the planned system could be modeled after the successful privatization of a Web site registration service. David Barry, a San Francisco lawyer... - 12/22/2005 - Real Estate News
Del Mar Database launches InTrac
Del Mar Database on Wednesday released InTrac, technology that helps small and medium-sized mortgage lenders reduce operating costs by consolidating vendors and systems. InTrac enables lenders to put a single provider lending system into ...