News: Real Estate

San Francisco Business Times said it will honor the best and boldest real estate deals and projects of 2009 as the Bay area has seen a significant project growth in the pat year.

The one factor which I like investing in real estate is that I can ‘see’ & ‘feel’ my investment. Something that is physical in nature.

The Foreign Investment Real Estate Property Tax (FIRPTA) of 1980 requires foreign investors to pay as much as 55% tax on capital gains for the sale of U.S. real estate or share in real estate investment trusts (REITS) and real estate operating companies.The repealing of this tax is being considered to help the commercial industry liquidity issues.I

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Alfa Inmobiliaria, a real estate company based in Spain, today announced that it will double its sales force in Mexico opening 30 new stores throughout the country seeing a growth in the country. Now Alfa will have 60 stores in Mexico. It opened its first story in North America in 2006.

Real Estate Profits with Alternative Housing. There is a method, which increases your net monthly income or cash flow on your rental properties substantially while you are waiting for the market to rebound. At present many property owners are holding rental property and are either in a negative cash flow position, breaking even or perhaps making..

Only one more week until the Neighborhood Real Estate Forum on Tuesday, March 16th at 7:00 PM. Join SFR Realtor, Linda Kemp & Attorney, Judd Lofchie as they answer questions on buying short sales. To register go to Meetup.com or contact Linda Kemp. Remember the home buyer tax credit dealine is drawing closer!

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