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Rates fall on prospect of US intervention in Syria
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In the last 24 hours long-term rates have pulled back from the brink of panic. The first leg down came as thinking replaced short-selling: The Fed does not want to abort the mini-maybe-recovery under way. The second leg came overnight with safety ...

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Unpaid debts can be deducted from your tax refund
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The average taxpayer gets a tax refund of about $2,500 every year because they have too much tax withheld from their paychecks. If you're in this group, you probably expect the full amount of your overpayments refunded to you when the IRS processes ...

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Demand for architects recovers along with housing market
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Apparently feeding on a stream of new buyers, architects are reporting that business is better than it's been in eight years, with demand for their services in designing move-up homes, custom or luxury homes, and starter homes sharply increasing in the ...

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2 parking spots for $560K!?
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A pair of adjacent parking spots in Boston's classic Back Bay neighborhood were sold at auction for $560,000, according to The Boston Globe. That's more than $200,000 more than the median sales price of a single-family home in the historic U.S. metro.

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Tribus expanding national presence with SquaredR acquisition
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Real estate technology provider Tribus has announced that it will acquire SquaredR Consulting Inc., establishing a presence in Chicago that will help the company further expand its national presence and launch integrated real estate marketing plans and ...

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'Neighborhood discovery' site Relocality points buyers to communities
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Relocality is certainly right about one thing: I don't give a hoot about shopping. The “neighborhood discovery” site correctly judged that, of the 12 neighborhood characteristics it uses to match people with neighborhoods, shopping is the least ...

New Mexico, Nebraska Realtor associations sign up with dotloop
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Transaction management platform provider dotloop announced today it has signed up state Realtor associations in Nebraska and New Mexico to use its service, and brought on two new local associations — the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches and ...

CAR stakes out its position on refusal to license forms
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CAR said it published the memo in response to an Inman News article published June 6 that highlighted issues raised by some CAR members, franchisor Keller Williams Realty, and zipLogix competitor dotloop, about CAR's unwillingness to license its forms.

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CAR stakes out its position on refusal to license forms
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CAR said it published the memo in response to an Inman News article published June 6 that highlighted issues raised by some CAR members, franchisor Keller Williams Realty, and zipLogix competitor dotloop, about CAR's unwillingness to license its forms.

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RealBiz Media building video 'microsites' for ERA listings
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ERA Real Estate is collaborating with RealBiz Media Group Inc. to deploy an automated system that creates and hosts property videos and branded microsites for every qualifying listing in its system, the companies said. RealBiz Media automatically ...

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Coldwell Banker awards Manhattan franchise to Bellmarc Group
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The Bellmarc Group — one of the largest residential brokerages in Manhattan, with 600 agents in seven offices — has joined the Coldwell Banker franchise system, the companies said today. Owners Neil Binder, Anthony DeGrotta and Larry Friedman will ...

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Fannie Mae: Rising mortgage rates won't trip up recovery
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The housing market continued to make up lost ground as it entered the spring-summer season, with home prices, home sales and homebuilding showing signs of improvement, and helping to bolster the economy in the face of fiscal headwinds, Fannie Mae ...

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Sellers can decide if 'pocket listing' is right for them
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The news media and bloggers are having a lot of fun lately writing about whether we're starting to see more “pocket listings” now that housing markets are heating up. It makes for some dramatic reading, as reporters go out in search of crooked real ...

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Group protests removal of reference to exclusive representation in NAR ...
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Michelle Wardlaw, public affairs associate for NAR, told Inman News via email that “NAR does still recognize exclusive buyer and exclusive seller representation as a business model practiced by real estate.” Nonetheless, she said the Realtor Magazine ...

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Energy efficiency improvements could be factored into mortgage underwriting
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A bill aimed at encouraging home energy efficiency improvements by establishing underwriting guidelines for mortgage lenders that factor in cost savings for homeowners has been introduced — again — in the Senate. S. 1106, the Sensible Accounting to ...

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Saturday is deadline for Inman News Innovator Awards nominations
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The deadline for nominations for the 2013 Inman News Innovator Awards is approaching fast, with the one-month window closing Saturday, June 15. Since 1998, the Innovator Awards have honored companies, individuals and tools that make the most of new ...

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Study: Minorities told about, shown fewer homes and apartments
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Minorities are less likely to encounter blatant discrimination when house or apartment hunting than they once were, but are still told about and shown fewer housing units than whites, according to the latest results of an ongoing study with data going ...

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Expect more real estate tech acquisitions, consolidation
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Nextdoor's slow and steady route to a winning mobile app
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Nextdoor, a growing social media network for connecting with neighbors, had been up and running for almost a year and a half before it released its first mobile app a few weeks ago. The company didn't rush to put out its first iPhone app because it ...

Real estate app developers getting ready for iOS 7
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The latest iteration of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 7, features flatter designs, new push notifications that send notes to users' lock screens, and a more seamless integration with mobile apps, among other features. App developers everywhere ...

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