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Home Prices on The Rise in Several States

According to a recent report by USA Today, home prices are on the rise. According to CoreLogic, “home prices jumped 12% in September from a year earlier.” Below are the top 10 states where home prices are surging. Nevada –

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Regulating Real Estate Price Gains

The U.S. is not alone in recently swift increases in land prices. According to Bloomberg, China’s local governments have relaxed some of the laws put in place to regulate real estate price gains to protect from over-inflation.  Check out some

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Where Do You Think The NYCFC Stadium Should Be?

As the Manchester City Football Club (not to be confused with the more globally recognized Manchester United FC) partners up with the New York Yankees to create the New York City Football Club, they seek a place to call home. At

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What’s Your Preference? Renting or Buying?

It is a common assumption that it is always cheaper to buy your home than to simply rent, especially if you’re considering staying more than a few years, but we all know New York is not your average market. In

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Which NYC Park is Your Favorite?

Of the list, New York has dedicated the highest percentage of city land to parks, at almost 20%. What’s your favorite New York City Park, and will you be enjoying greener spaces of New York City on this beautiful Friday? http://money.cnn.com/gallery/real_estate/2013/06/13/cities-parks/2.html

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U.S. House Prices on the Rise

According to Bloomberg.com, the Federal Housing Finance Agency reports that U.S. house prices rose 7.4% in the year through April. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) said that prices increased 0.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis. In addition to housing

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Future Real Estate Development in Brooklyn

Real Estate Weekly reports in the next two years the areas DUMBO, Downtown, and Navy Yard of north Brooklyn will support a surge of almost 20,000 tech jobs. What do you think this means for real estate development in the

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Why is America's Population Moving Into Major Cities?

We’ve stated that America’s population is moving into the major cities, but what’s the root cause? After the housing market crashed in the recession, it was suburbia that saw the highest numbers of foreclosures and halts in construction. Our classic

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Luxury Modular Residential Building Finds a Home

Shipping containers and modular shipping container sized pieces (such as these homemade versions) are no longer the stuff of home projects or the concept ideas for developing nations and victims of natural disaster. Developers at Brown Hill Development claim to have saved

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