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Facebook IPO Will Create at least $1 Billion in Bay Area Property Value
Using a conservative analysis we estimated that Facebook’s coming out party will increase property value in trendy Bay Area neighborhoods and cities by $1 to 2 billion. -
March Real Estate Market Update – Is Government Help on the Way?
Is the bottom of the market your friend? It’s interesting to contemplate this question as the U.S. real estate market continues along historic lows at the beginning of March. We recommend making a quick decision – we’re seeing signs that this bottom may be short lived as inventories remain low, prices are inching up and…
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Cities Your Kids Will Love Living In—Top 7
If you’ve got kids, you’re probably looking for a town that, aside from great schools and safety, has plenty for them to do. Here are the top 7 cities in the U.S. we think kids would love. We consulted with USA Today and other places to find places we thought our own kids might like.…
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Google Street View Has It’s Eye On You
You open a web browser. You type in an address for a house. The browser brings up a satellite image of the exact location that you are searching for. You want more. One more click of the mouse. You’re now looking at the house as if you were standing directly in front of it. Ten…
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Best Cities for Romance—Top 10
When we compiled our list of the most romantic cities in the U.S., a few different factors came under heavy consideration. Are there actually single people in these cities other single people could meet? That was a big one. After that, we looked at online dating data and certain other criteria like nightlife, culture and…
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To Flip or To Rent – That is the Question
With foreclosures still flooding the market and home prices hovering at affordable levels, it might be a good time to buy an extra piece of property if you are interested in a real estate investment. The question is, what will you do with the property once you buy it? You can rent it out to…
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SOPA and Real Estate Freedom
People across the nation are suddenly reevaluating what the Internet—and it’s abundance of information untainted by Congressional hands—means to them. Google, Wikipedia, Craigslist, and a number of other popular info sites played their extremely effective trump card of opposition against SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) on Wednesday. The outcry from these challengers was basically…
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Everyone Gets a Trophy
Home ownership has long been the foundation of The “American Dream.” This time ten years ago, the Dream was thriving. The housing market was booming and lenders could not give away mortgage loans quickly enough. Investing in houses, or investing in groups of people who were all investing in houses was seen as a fiscal…
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Top 10 U.S. Cities Sun-Worshippers Should Avoid
A couple years ago, The Daily Beast posted its list of the 10 Coldest U.S. Cities. Does that mean the sun never shines in these places? Not necessarily. With the help of weathertoday.net, we took the survey of dreary weather to another place, seeking out the cities where those who love to take in some…
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January Real Estate Market Summary
January is an exciting month for Movoto. This month’s Movoto.com visitors are motivated home buyers and they get busy searching, meeting an agent and finding homes to buy as soon as Christmas is past. Is this your year? Here’s how real estate market conditions across our coverage area closed 2011: Median list price peaked in…