When you are looking for house properties during the fall, there are a number of advantages which you can’t find on any other season. These might include the buyer traffic which is low in this season, the sellers might be willing to drop prices, and your realtor might have more time for you, among others. However, don’t be vulnerable when choosing a home too quickly. There are a number of...
Vital Budgeting Measures in Your HOA
Homeowners associations or HOAs have a number of roles in a particular neighbourhood. They provide amenities like parks, landscape maintenance, club houses and pools in return for monthly or annual dues. On the homeowners’ side, they may find it challenging to accumulate the funds needed to provide a reasonable level of services and maintenance for the HOA. However, it can be avoided if the board...
Modern Tools You Can Use to Counter Snooping Around Your Home
Recently, we heard a lot of stories regarding the spying of NSA to almost anyone including big companies as well as regular individuals. This just means that if the government wants to spy on you, they can. With this, our liberty and privacy can no longer be taken for granted. We can have due diligence as well in order to protect our freedom that we long cherish. You can actually use some modern tools...
An Expert’s Advice on Collecting Everything, Including Real Estate [Q&A]
Michael Bruno, the founder of 1stdibs, has a passionate approach to the art of collecting.
Michael Bruno has always had an eye for great design and a knack for thinking big. His love of architecture and grand old houses led him to obtain a real estate license when he was 19, and after a lucrative career as a broker for Sotheby’s, he moved to Paris. One day he was shopping for antiques at...
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. Completes Sale of Three Non-Core Properties for $28.2 Million
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Oct. 28, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (NASDAQ:WHLR) ("Wheeler" or the "Company"), a fully-integrated, self-managed commercial real estate investment company focused on acquiring and managing income-producing retail properties with a primary focus on grocery-anchored centers, announced today it has sold three single-tenant retail properties...
Times Network launches India’s first real estate and property business television channel
NEW DELHI: Times Network has launched India's first real estate and property business television channel, Magicbricks NOW, which will start broadcasting on November 1, 2015. "I hope Magicbricks NOW will do the required magic for the sector...bricks are always required to construct houses, and housing is the most important aspect of anybody's life," said housing and urban development minister M Venkaiah...
HNIs lose interest in real estate as startups become hot favourite
MUMBAI | NEW DELHI: Stuck investments and low returns in India's realty sector are acting as deterrent for investments from ultra-high networth individuals (HNIs), who are now making a beeline for the country's startup space, where rapid growth promises to offset losses.
Take the case of Amit Maheshwari, for instance. Maheshwari, partner at audit firm Ashok Maheshwary & Associates, like many...
Bentall Centre up for sale in a hot market
VANCOUVER -- The Bentall Centre, with its four distinctive office towers and mall, is being put up for sale by its majority owner, Ivanhoé Cambridge Inc.
The offering, which has not yet been listed but was confirmed Wednesday by Ivanhoé Cambridge, will likely be one of the largest transactions in the Vancouver’s history, according to observers.
The buildings, built between 1969 and...
Home Staging Tricks to Consider When Selling Your Home
When planning to sell your home, you want to make it as presentable as it is in order to attract buyers. While it’s a good idea to hire a home stager in order to make your house look best, the disadvantage is it can cost you a significant amount of money. But the good news is you are able to achieve great results by following some of home stagers’ tricks without having to hire them....