| In Depth: Austin's Million Dollar Homes | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 1:28:26 PM by Blog57 Team | | (CBS 42) AUSTIN You've probably heard home sales have slowed down in many areas of the country. Many builders and realtors here in the Austin area would disagree with that, especially those who are building and selling million dollar homes. They, apparently, can't be built fast enough.So whose buying these huge, expensive properties and where do they get their money?Take a look around and homes in the Austin area keep getting bigger and bigger, fancier and fancier, pricier and pricier. In Travis County alone, nearly 3,000 homes are appraised at a million dollars or more.In the past year, sales of houses right under a million dollars shot up 71 percent. Those a million and higher increased nearly 50 per cent. This surge has happened in a relatively short time.In 1996, two homes in Austin sold for over a million dollars.... | |
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| | | Point2 Technologies Launches Rental Real Estate Marketing and Lead Management Software Platform | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 7:32:47 PM by Blog57 Team | | Point2 PropMan designed to increase property manager productivity and facilitate rental listing marketing for Point2 broker and Point2 agent users RISMEDIA, November 9, 2006 Point2 Technologies Inc. has launched Point2 PropMan, a rental real estate online marketing and lead management software platform targeted at property management organizations worldwide. The new platform is designed to help property managers enhance the quality of listing presentations online, maximize Internet exposure and leads, automate lead management and incubation, and increase conversion to sales. The rental market presents a natural, significant growth opportunity for Point2, said Brendan King, chief operating officer, Point2 Technologies. Were building on the same technology and expertise that have made the Point2 Agent platform the solution of choice among real estate professionals, to offer to property managers and their local agents meaningful productivity and time to market advantages, and help them to maximize exposure and differentiate their listings online.... | |
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| | | Sage Software Debuts Sage TimeSheet - MAS 90 Edition | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 7:25:14 AM by Blog57 Team | | From its Sage Summit customer conference, Sage Software announced today they will be releasing later this month Sage TimeSheet - MAS 90 Edition, a comprehensive integrated ERP solution that will enable the automatic transfer of information from Sage TimeSheet into Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200. This new integration facilitates key business processes such as project management, employee time tracking, job costing, accounts payable and receivable, and payroll using a single data entry point. Sage TimeSheet is a flexible project and resource management application that offers organizations extensive time and expense tracking, resource allocation analysis, and project headcount justification, and can be integrated with other business management applications. Sage MAS 90 ERP and Sage MAS 200 ERP software are widely used business management applications that offer end-to-end solutions to assist professional services and manufacturing and wholesale distribution organizations with automating key procedures and processes, including inventory management, bill of materials and job costing.... | |
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| | | Real Estate Business Planning Top Story On Real Estate Blog Sites | | Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 3:10:00 PM by Blog57 Team | | (PRWEB) October 21, 2006 -- Like every other business, real estate business planning requires constant analysis of a variety of factors, including the evaluation of key market trends, keeping a pulse on cash flow and maintaining a strong team accountability structure. The lack of this kind of leadership has been identified, as the #1 reason agents do not achieve their dreams of real estate success. True leadership, born from a solid plan, is truly uncommon rarity. .... | |
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| | | ESTONIA: mastering a booming economy | | Posted Friday, October 20, 2006 1:10:34 PM by Blog57 Team | | Since the three Baltic republics regained their independence in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union, Estonia has managed to put itself on the edge of far more than just geography. The tiny nation of 1.36 million was the first former Soviet republic to introduce its own currency, and the first European country to adopt a flat tax system, now widely copied in the rest of Eastern Europe. It has also become one of the most technologically advanced places on the planet. You can use your mobile phone to pay for parking your car, buy bus tickets and check your children's school grades. More than 80% of taxpayers file their declarations online, wi-fi hot spots are ubiquitous and free and the nation's most famous start-up is Skype, the Internet phone titan, which was acquired last year by eBay for $2.6 billion.... | |
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| | | Teranet launches province-wide pilot of new real estate service | | Posted Friday, October 20, 2006 11:09:59 AM by Blog57 Team | | Teranet today announced the launch of a province-wide pilot for its Closure service, which enables lawyers to securely control the transfer of real estate closing funds online. Following successful beta testing that began in March 2006, Teranet is inviting a select group of real estate law firms in Ontario to pilot the service. "Closure is an essential complement to our core electronic land registration product. Our focus group research clearly demonstrates a very strong demand for this service," said Aris Kaplanis, President and CEO of Teranet Inc. "It will provide a safe electronic environment in which funds can be exchanged and allow for complete end-to-end electronic closings of real estate deals. The entire system has been designed to replicate the best practices in trust accounting that are imposed on law firms.... | |
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| | | RISMedia Exclusive: Dominion CEO Announces New Division That Combines Multiple Real Estate Businesse | | Posted Monday, October 16, 2006 11:11:15 AM by Blog57 Team | | Dominion Homes Media to offer large scope of real estate offerings through HarmonHomes.com, Homes.com, Katabat, Best Image Marketing, RPIS and Advanced Access By Beth McGuire RISMEDIA, October 13, 2006In an exclusive to RISMedia, Dominion Enterprises President and CEO Conrad M. Hall announced late Thursday the formation of a new division, Dominion Homes Media (DHM), which will combine all of Dominion Enterprises real estate businesses into a single divisionincluding Harmon Homes, Homes Solutions and Distinctive Homes comprising the publishing activities, and the Internet businesses, including Homes.com, Katabat, Best Image Marketing, RPIS and Advanced Access. The new division will be officially effective on Monday, October 16. The creation of Dominion Homes Media will better position the company to compete in a fast changing and increasingly technical media and information service environment, said Hall.... | |
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| | | DivcoWest buys another valley property | | Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 7:16:51 AM by Blog57 Team | | DivcoWest said Tuesday it has purchased a property in Mountain View for its most recent real estate investment fund, Market Street Capital Partners LP. The San Francisco-based real estate investment trust said it bought is 400 Logue, a free-standing R&D facility located on a 2.55 acre site in Mountain View. The 42,500 square foot facility was completely renovated in 2000. Coupons Inc. has signed a long term lease agreement for the entire building, and will begin phasing-in its headquarters operations on November 1. The Business Journal previously reported that DivcoWest bought two other valley properties: the multi-building, multi-tenant Lake Marriott Business Park in Santa Clara for an estimated $76 million and business intelligence software maker Business Objects Inc.'s north San Jose headquarters complex for an estimated $65 million.... | |
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| | | GiveMePower Launches Latest Release of Industry Leading "Anytime, Anywhere, Anyone" Building Surveying and Information | | Posted Saturday, October 07, 2006 7:11:39 PM by Blog57 Team | | GiveMePower Corporation (OTCBB: GMPW), today made it easier for anyone involved in building assessment, inspection and construction, and facilities, property and real estate management projects of all kinds to do their jobs better and produce results up to 10 times faster using the Company's latest PowerCAD SiteMaster Pro 3 building surveying and information management (BSIM) software. New buyers among the first to experience the benefits of PowerCAD SiteMaster 3's new features include Walt Disney World Co., Florida Hospital Group, Texas A&M University, UFCW International Union, Universities of Calgary and Toronto, West Virginia University and Pace Compumetrics. "Accurate as-built floor plans are fundamental to better space designs and to managing facilities more efficiently," said Jody Resnick, president of Pace Compumetrics.... | |
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| | | Real Estate Fortune Reports the Third Quarter Increase in Arizona Foreclosure Inventory Represents the Highest Rate in | | Posted Tuesday, October 03, 2006 7:07:41 PM by Blog57 Team | | Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) October 2, 2006 -- Real Estate Fortune www.refortune.com According to Tim Rocho, CEO of the foreclosure data provider and training firm Real Estate Fortune, "There is no longer any speculation on whether or not foreclosures will increase, the questions are how high will they go and what's appropriate action for homeowners, banks and investors in this type of market"? .... | |
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