Archive for March 21st, 2008

Home Buyers Get Bolder - Inspections Help Boost Demands

Friday, March 21st, 2008

RISMEDIA, March 24, 2008-(MCT)-You should hear what people say behind Scott LeMarr’s back. He′s a Muskego, Wis.-based home inspector who operates Honest Home Inspections LLC. House hunters call him in to examine a house they want to buy, and his job is to sniff out impending collapse of expensive necessities …

Calling All Inventors-at-Heart - Wizard Industries Whips New Inventors into Shape

Friday, March 21st, 2008

RISMEDIA, March 24, 2008-There won’t be any yelling, push-ups or obstacle courses, but Billy Carmen, CEO of Wizard Industries, Inc., promises new inventors will walk out of his ‘boot camp’ more prepared to introduce their invention to the world.Share This With a Friend

Prudential Distributes Top Awards

Friday, March 21st, 2008

RISMEDIA, March 24, 2008-At the Prudential Sales Conference 2008 held March 16 through 18, the company honored both Prudential Preferred Properties and Prudential Douglas Elliman for their outstanding achievements in 2007.

Prudential Preferred Properties (PPP) received the Gibraltar Circle Award which is presented to the Top 50 companies in the Prudential …

Virtual Reality - Americans Find it Harder to Imagine Life Offline

Friday, March 21st, 2008

RISMEDIA, March 24, 2008-(MCT)-It may not be the end of the world. But it can feel like it. You open your Web browser, only to be greeted by an obscure error message suggesting something is wrong with your Internet connection. Hit the refresh key.

Nothing.

Reboot. Check the modem. Still nothing.

Then comes …

Search Engine Marketing Shows Strength as Spending Continues on Track

Friday, March 21st, 2008

RISMEDIA, March 24, 2008-Search engine marketing spending exceeded projections in 2007 and, based on survey responses by marketers and agencies, the search marketing industry will exhibit continued healthy growth, according to preliminary findings of the 2007 State of the Market survey by the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) released …

Tech-based Firm Helps Rout Mortgage Fraud

Friday, March 21st, 2008

RISMEDIA, March 24, 2008-(MCT)-It’s the equivalent of a body cavity search, but for home loans. The 1003 AppScan, an automated Web-based filter, subjects mortgage applications to more than 150 tests designed to extract both little white lies and criminal schemes used to defraud lenders.

It is the signature service developed by …

Today’s News at a Glance

Friday, March 21st, 2008

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Real Estate Technology - 7 Reasons to Board the Bus

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Commentary by Walt Baczkowski

RISMEDIA, March 21, 2008-In everything we read today, you can usually find a reference or article regarding the “new consumer,” their changing habits and howShare This With a Friend

NAR Pulse: This Week’s Top Stories from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS(R)

Friday, March 21st, 2008

RISMEDIA, March 21, 2008-This week’s headlines from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS(R) include: commercial housing update, education and advertising tools.

Fundamentals Holding In Commercial Real Estate

Commercial real estate market fundamentals are fairly stable, although investment is waning following a record year in 2007, according to the latest COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE OUTLOOK …

A Cleaner, Greener Earth -Taking Real Estate’s Green Initiatives to the Next Level

Friday, March 21st, 2008

By Stephanie Andre

RISMEDIA, March 21, 2008-There′s much to say about global warming and the decline of the environment. We are reminded every day through the news, the weather reports, and even our energy bills, just how precious this Earth is-and how she is changing. However, there are some who are …