Real estate superstores are in the forecast

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 30, 1991 ;     700+ words ......Peter G. Miller, a real estate broker and author...be able to visit real estate superstores, pick...better educated to the real estate process, the level...change. "In the past, real estate services were defined...the introduction of discount brokers and ...

Discount Firms Blast Realtors; Antitrust Regulators Hold Hearing on Real...

The Washington Post;  October 26, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corp., ERA Franchise...competition from discount brokers offering lower...consumers than many discount brokers want to do, including...traded hands in real estate commissions in...Denver- based real estate information ...

Texas Real Estate Panel Takes Steps to Repeal Home-Sales Rule.

Austin American-Statesman (Austin, Texas) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  February 26, 2003 ;     248 words ......Grisales Feb. 26--The Texas Real Estate Commission initiated...agency and so-called discount brokers closer to an end. The rule required discount brokers to function more...negotiation services. Discount brokers charge a flat...members of local boards of real ...

CORRECTION: Ruling delayed on discount brokers.

Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX);  April 26, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Ruling delayed on discount brokers By Steve Brown...the state's real estate commission decided...could limit discount brokers. The Texas Real Estate Commission will...over no-frills real estate agents, who...argues that discount brokers ...

Ruling delayed on discount brokers.

Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX);  April 26, 2005 ;     700+ words ......the state's real estate commission decided...that could limit discount brokers. The Texas Real Estate Commission will...over no-frills real estate agents, who charge...Realtors argues that discount brokers sometimes create...Traditional real ...

Real Estate Sector's Success Has Led to Added Competition for Agents.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ......market on record, real estate agents are worried...about the spread of discount brokers and competition from...of state taxes on real estate transactions has agents...this market changes? Discount brokers One of the biggest...Most consumers view a real ...

TO MANY ADVISORS, REAL ESTATE IS STILL A SOLID INVESTMENT

The Boston Globe;  August 31, 1990 ;     558 words ...Real estate is no longer a get-rich-quick investment...difficult for investors to make money in real estate than it has been in the past. In 1989, income return from institutional equity real estate -- property investments held by pension...

Some Columbia, S.C., Real Estate Firms Drop Commission Rates.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ......number of discount real estate brokers say. At least three real estate companies in the...Realty, a Columbia real estate company that charges...local traditional real estate brokers and industry...sell, said 31-year real estate veteran Jimmy ...

President of Weichert Real Estate Affiliates discusses industry status,...

Daily Press (Newport News, VA);  November 24, 2005 ;     700+ words ......its name as an independent real estate firm. But in late 2001 and...the company's new Weichert Real Estate Affiliates arm. About 200...who has spent his career in real estate, including a stint as senior...is president of Weichert Real Estate Affiliates. He sat down ...

Real Estate Commissions Shrinking

NPR Morning Edition;  April 14, 2006 ;     681 words ......Edition (NPR) 04-14-2006 Real Estate Commissions Shrinking...paying less money in real estate commissions. The standard real estate commission of six...thing of the past. Discount brokers, Internet savvy buyers...sellers, and the cooling real estate market ...

Investing in real estate: A primer

The Malay Mail;  March 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ...REAL estate is real riches. Its owner is the possessor...to virtual, paper wealth. That is why real estate has exerted a strong appeal on mankind...these has quite the abiding pull that real estate has. In fact, such is the lure of real...

Never too late (or too early) to become a real estate pro.(Focus: Real...

Mississippi Business Journal;  November 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Real estate professionals come from all kinds of...profession at an early age while others enter real estate as second careers. Realtor Bill Morris...age 57, Morris received his Mississippi real estate license and went on to earn the Realtor...

Higher learning: how university offerings in real estate education have...

Journal of Property Management;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Real estate is a relatively young profession. It...sn't until the early 1900s that the first real estate boards were formed to address problems...founding of the National Association of Real Estate Boards (NAREB) in 1907, now the National...

real estate NEWS

Post-Tribune (IN);  February 4, 2007 ;     481 words ......thoughts about the 'real estate bubble' PORTAGE...commercial and residential real estate has given Shirley...the workings of the real estate market. When asked...quick to burst the real estate bubble story. "Buyers...deal on residential real estate because ...

What you need to know about ... Real estate agents

The Press;  January 28, 2006 ;     605 words ...Real estate agents -- we've all seen then putting up For Sale signs...expect from those you deal with? What the law says The real estate industry is regulated by the Real Estate Agents Act, which says anyone selling real estate professionally...