If you have an MAI, does that qualify you to do housing real estate appraisals?

The Real Estate Development and Housing Construction sector which had taken a beating earlier this year has been able to register a marked improvement according to business circles.

Foreclosures could top 25 million homes and other properties, according to a new report by Housing Predictor. [PR.com - October 13, 2009]

After more than two years of real estate industry turmoil with the housing and financial market crashes, record foreclosures and a deep economic recession, there is hope that the market is making a turn.

Thirty Home Sites Now Officially Open For Sale

BIA/SO CA 50+ Housing Council has named Manny Gonzalez, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, CAASH and Principal of KTGY Group 2009, SAGE “Person of the Year.”

The CMBS market is paralyzed and the CMBX says prices will fall 23 percent over the next three years. There are a lot of interest only commercial real estate mortgages in CMBS portfolios and many will begin amortizing this year. If a recession is upon us and those borrowers can’t meet their debt service requirements [...]

10 June 2009 Following the recent statements of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about the role of real-estate brokers in reducing housing prices, the government wants to invite their guild to implement Mehr Housing Scheme.

RISMEDIA, June 10, 2009-The Deloitte Consumer Spending Index declined again in May, driven downward primarily by the housing market. The Index attempts to track consumer cash flow as an indicator of future consumer spending. “The year over year pace of decline in real consumer spending appears to have stabilized, however, recovery is ..

Collegiate Real Estate Services Group’s President, Rafael Figueroa, and Senior Vice President of Management, Cole Heard, will speak at the Interface Student Housing Conference next week.