As advertisers and publishers seek ways to improve performance to compensate for shrinking budgets, new technologies like location-based advertising provide a means of improving relevance and response rates. Today, leading real estate site, Trulia.com, and interactive media company, 1020 Placecast, have announced their partnership, using location information to target specific audiences for advertisers and deliver more relevant messages to them on...
iEmergent, a Des Moines, Iowa-based market research, forecasting and advisory services firm for the financial services, mortgage and real estate industries, issued its Mortgage Volume Forecasts for 2009 – 2013, including its Market Behavior Metrics tables, in order to provide lenders details on the size, density and speed of growth of mortgage lending opportunities. The forecasts provide lending details regarding expected loan volumes at the national,...
Windermere Real Estate announced today the unveiling of their new homepage and search interface on the company’s website, Windermere.com. The new website simplifies how consumers start their home search by featuring a clear and familiar method to Internet searches: a single search box. The new homepage can be seen at www.windermere.com. Windermere’s user-centered redesign is in response to consumer research which found that homebuyers...
Institutional Real Estate, Inc. (IREI), a publishing and consulting firm focused on serving the institutional property marketplace, has launched The Institutional Real Estate Letter – Asia Pacific at the Editorial Advisory Board meeting held in Kyoto, Japan, November 4–6. The first issue is scheduled for January 1, 2009. The publication will be a preeminent information source for Asian institutional real estate investors, including pension funds,...
nstitutional Real Estate, Inc. (IREI), a publishing and consulting firm focused on serving the institutional property marketplace, has launched The Institutional Real Estate Letter – Asia Pacific at the Editorial Advisory Board meeting held in Kyoto, Japan, November 4–6. The first issue is scheduled for January 1, 2009. The publication will be a preeminent information source for Asian institutional real estate investors, including pension funds,...
The commercial real estate industry is suffering continued declines in activity across the nation, according to Environmental Data Resources (EDR) trend data published today. EDR’s ScoreKeeper State of the Market Report reported a 17% decline in the number of environmental site assessments conducted across the U.S. in the third quarter of 2008 compared to the same period last year. Because Phase I environmental site assessments (ESAs) are a standard...
Residential mortgage consumers remain remarkably positive as they weather the financial storm, according to a report released today by the Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals (CAAMP). Attitudes towards local conditions have shifted only slightly with 38 per cent of Canadians believing now is a good time to purchase and 32 per cent believing it is a bad time. Mortgage arrears remain low and steady at .28 per cent and an overwhelming...
LEVEL5, a consulting and facilities development firm specializing in financial institutions, announced at the BAI Retail Delivery Conference & Expo the availability of Financial Institution Tool (FIT), an innovative diagnostic tool for financial institutions. FIT compiles and analyzes market data, including trend analysis and forecasting, to help financial institutions make strategic decisions about geographic expansion and which business lines...
As the college football season enters its most exciting time of the year, students and fans don school colors and cheer as their teams go helmet to helmet on the field. Celebrating this competitive spirit, especially as traditional rivals like Michigan and Ohio State play for the 105th time later this week, Coldwell Banker® jumps into the fray. The real estate company released its own set of rankings outlining the most expensive and affordable college...
Chartwell Seniors Housing Real Estate Investment Trust (“Chartwell REIT”) announced today a cash distribution of $0.06167 per Trust Unit for the month of November, 2008. The cash distribution will be payable on December 15, 2008 to Unitholders of record on November 28, 2008. Unitholders can participate in Chartwell’s Unitholder Distribution Reinvestment Plan (DRIP). Eligible investors registered in the DRIP will have their monthly...