China’s national real estate climate index was 95.94 in May or 1.18 points up from April, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Wednesday. Prices of new and existing homes in 70 large and mid-sized Chinese cities fell 0.6 percent year on year in May, but prices rose 0.6 percent month on month, said the NBS. The real estate climate index has six sub-indices, including property development, …

RISMEDIA, June 8, 2009-For SentriLock, there’s only one word that can adequately describe 2008: milestone. By so many different measures, momentum was the order of the year for SentriLock, founded just five years ago as a provider of next-generation electronic lockboxes to the real estate industry, and now majority-owned by the …

Wayne A. Stroman, CIPS, President and Broker of Stroman Realty, Inc.

RISMEDIA, June 3, 2009-June is National Homeownership Month and like many other consumer advocates, the Oregon Bankers Association (OBA) urges consumers to get informed as they prepare to buy a home. Today, there are a growing number of obstacles for home buyers, including a higher credit score standard and more restrictions …

RISMEDIA, June 2, 2009-Record low mortgage interest rates boosted pending home sales for the third consecutive month, with some benefit now from the first-time buyer tax credit, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in April, rose 6.7% to …

Shareholders of Germany’s ailing Hypo Real Estate mortgage lender are holding a crucial meeting that could clear the way for the first nationalization of a bank in Germany since World War II.

Suburban Cleveland-based Polaris Real Estate Equities has received an official agreement from the national Salvation Army to buy the nonprofit organization’s Western Pennsylvania Divisional headquarters.

Father Time™ Auctions, Real Estate and Appraisal Services, www.fathertime.com today announced that Auctioneer, Rick Bauer AARE received his designation as Accredited Auctioneer Real Estate (AARE) from the National Auctioneers Association’s Education Institute. The AARE program provided an educational platform for Bauer AARE to receive expert training in evaluating property, preparing important financial documents, and [PR.com - May 29, 2009]

RISMEDIA, May 29, 2009-Existing-home sales rose in April with strong buyer activity in lower price ranges, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Existing-home sales-including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops-increased 2.9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.68 million units in April from a downwardly revised pace of 4.55 …

RISMEDIA, May 25, 2009-As builders and remodelers retool their businesses in a tight credit market and recapture the interest of jittery consumers, this spring is the greenest yet for the nation’s home building industry, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). “We’ve said for a while that green building …