Monthly Archives: January 2012

Sellers’ market forecast for property sales in 2012

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JONO GALUSZKA Slowly increasing house prices and a lack of new property listings are good news for those planning to sell property, industry figures show. The average asking price for a property in the Manawatu-Whanganui region, which includes Horowhenua, was just over $279,000 in December – an increase of 3.7 per cent over the past three months, the latest NZ Property report says. There were 413 new listings in December 2011, Read more [...]

Amar’e Stoudemire Listed As Doubtful For Tonight’s Game

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New York Knicks star forward Amar’e Stoudemire is listed as doubtful for tonight’s game against the Toronto Raptors, according to NorthJersey.com. Stoudemire missed the Knicks 114-92 victory over the Sacramento Kings on New Years Eve, and has yet to run his sprained left ankle. The oft-injured power-forward tweaked the ankle in an 82-99 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. “He’s got to be 100 percent before he plays,” Knicks head coach Mike D’Antoni told Read more [...]

Calgary MLS sales in 2011 top previous year

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CALGARY — Calgary single-family and condominium MLS sales in 2011 both topped levels recorded in the previous year, according to preliminary unofficial data.On the website of Calgary realtor Mike Fotiou, of First Place Realty, it says year-end sales in the single-family market reached 13,186 in 2011, up from 12,091 in 2010. Condo sales rose to 5,382 units in 2011, up from 4,858 the previous year.The data also indicates the average MLS sale price for a single-family home in 2011 was $466,402, Read more [...]

Top 10 Best-Performing U.S.-Listed Chinese Stocks in Q4 2011: AUTCF, CAST …

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AutoChina International Limited (NASDAQ:AUTCF) is the 1st best-performing stock last quarter in this segment of the market. It was up 128.3% for the quarter. It was up 16.7% in the past month. Chinacast Education Corporation (NASDAQ:CAST) is the 2nd best-performing stock last quarter in this segment of the market. It was up 65.9% for the quarter. It was up 23.4% in the past month. SouFun Holdings Limited (ADR) (NYSE:SFUN) is the 3rd best-performing stock last quarter in this segment Read more [...]

one house can buy 31

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TOM HUNT The buyer of Wellington's most expensive house sold in the 12 months till November could have bought the region's cheapest home 31 times over and still had change. The historic Powles House, in Kelburn's Wesley Rd, went for $3.25 million, officially the dearest sold in the Wellington region – a world away from the $102,500 paid for a house in Masterton's Villa St in the region's cheapest sale. Yet there is talk that Read more [...]

400 exhibitors to take part in sign show

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More than 400 exhibitors and 10,000 trade visitors from across 30 countries are expected to take part in the Sign and Graphics Imaging Middle East (SGI) show later this month. Falak Holding, one of UAE’s leading business conglomerates, said SGI has now been listed as an official ‘Dubai Shopping Festival 2012’ event. International Expo Consults (IEC), a subsidiary of Falak Holding, is the main organiser of the event, scheduled Read more [...]

National Realtors ‘fess up to dirty data secrets … sort of – Sarasota Herald

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Along with the release of monthly sales and pricing information, the group announced it was revising its sales estimates downward by 14.3% for the last five years. In essence, the Realtors group said that despite sales being anemic during the housing bust and Great Recession since 2007, the information they have released every month for sales counts across the country were grossly inflated. Obviously, the analysis of sales data and forecasting of future market events by the group's economists Read more [...]