Gibson Sotheby’s said Friday it acquired ReMax Waterfront Realty, which will now be known as Gibson Waterfront Sotheby’s International Realty. The new office is located at 220 Commercial Street in Boston and will specialize in the brokerage and marketing...
A “study” came out yesterday which says that using a real estate agent is a waste of money. Well, basically that’s what it says. The conclusion, in a study to be released today based on home-sales data from 1998 to 2004 in Madison, Wis., is that...
You know, this says a lot about my chosen profession. Vincent “Buddy” Cianci started work at a condominium complex in Providence today after the former mayor’s job at the posh Fifteen Beacon hotel fell through. Cianci, who is living in a halfway...
A bill prohibiting licensed real estate agents from giving cash rebates to clients has been signed into law by Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen just weeks after the state real estate commission responded to a U.S. Justice Department investigation by repealing the ban on...
The City of New York wants to build 5,000 new homes down in Long Island City, on the Queens waterfront, priced to be affordable to the middle-class (defined as household income between $65,000 – $145,000). So, they did the logical thing – they decided to...
60 Minutes ran a segment last night about the real estate industry. On one level, it was a story about an industry undergoing great change due to new technology (and, to a certain extent, a great economy, etc.). On another level, it was an 18-minute commercial for...