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- 11/11/2005 - Real Estate News
Real estate industry fights to preserve real estate tax deductions
The home builders' group paid for a survey this month that found strong support among consumers for the mortgage interest tax deduction and deductions for state and local taxes, including property taxes. The group also prepared a study of how individual... - 11/11/2005 - Real Estate News
7 ways to beef up your real estate business
(This is Part 4 of a six-part series. See Part 1: Are your ready to sell your real estate practice? Part 2: Finding best successor for your real estate biz and Part 3: How to build a saleable real estate biz.) How much is your business worth? Beefing up y... - 11/11/2005 - Real Estate News
Home additions that stand the test of time
It's human nature to crave the fresh, the new and the fashionable -- and that goes for remodeling as much as anything else. The quest for the mythical "updated look" of magazine lore has long tempted both owners and architects to graft trendy additions on... - 11/11/2005 - Real Estate News
Tile size poses problem for replacement
Q: I want to replace some ceramic tiles that have cracked after 20 years, but have been told they don't make 8-inch tiles anymore, only 9- and 11-inch. Is it still possible to purchase 8-inch ceramic tile? - P.T., via e-mail A: Ceramic tile is made in a... - 11/11/2005 - Real Estate News
San Diego office complex scores buyer
Grubb & Ellis/BRE Commercial arranged the sale of two office buildings totaling 132,920 square feet in San Diego. The value of the transaction was $26 million. The buildings are located at 1650 & 1660 Hotel Circle North. They are situated on two... - 11/11/2005 - Mortgage Headlines
Treasuries Shut; Mortgage Rates Barely Ease
Rates on key mortgage products appeared to have eased slightly on Friday during a holiday-thinned session when the U.S. government bond market and federal offices were shut for Veterans Day.After Thursday's late auction-induced bounce up in Treasury pric... - 11/10/2005 - Commercial Real Estate News
Pinnacle Construction Pays $3M for Tewksbury Industrial Building
TEWKSBURY, MA-Pinnacle Construction Co. pays more than $2.5 million to New England Ventilation to take ownership of a 56,000-sf industrial building here. The company plans to convert the property into industrial condominiums and will use a portion of the property for its construction offices. - 11/10/2005 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage Rates Resist Treasury Yield Decline
A combination of a well-bid 10-year note auction, a strong dollar, improvement in consumers' moods and weakening crude oil prices hoisted prices of U.S. Treasury securities sharply higher on Thursday as yields, which move the opposite direction, sagged. ... - 11/9/2005 - Mortgage Headlines
Treasury Yields Jump, Mortgage Rates Lag
Prices of U.S. Treasury securities slumped on Wednesday while yields, which always move in the opposite direction, jumped again. The rise in Treasury yields, however, sparked little immediate response in key mortgage products, which instead nosed slightl... - 11/8/2005 - Commercial Real Estate News
Cambridge's Biotech Boom Continues With 40,130-SF Lease
CAMBRIDGE, MA-CombinatoRx signs a long-term lease to take 40,130 sf in the Cambridge Science Centre. The biopharmaceutical firm will move into the building by mid-summer 2006.