There's no question in this contest buyer's win.  Buyers snap foreclosed properties left and right. That's just the reality here on the ground on foreclosed properties: if they're decent, clean, and well priced it would sell first over their competition, that is the other type ...

urban planning, Kendall Square, Cambridge Wade Roush wrote: Companies, merchants, and residents in the Kendall Square neighborhood of Cambridge banded together last week to form the Kendall Square Association, a non-profit group whose mission, according to its new president Tim Rowe, is to “im...

Citigroup and JP Morgan Suspend Foreclosure Both Citigroup Inc. (C: 3.58 -0.83%) and JP Morgan Chase (JPM: 25.2804 -3.47%) announced Friday they have enacted temporary foreclosure moratoriums. Green Depot: Another Signal 'Eco' is Moving Mainstream On Thursday an “eco-Home Depot� opened in Manhat...

You want to know when market will rebound? Check this out. It's no crystal ball prediction just market insight from Standard and Poor's. The 5 key drivers to housing recovery, via Businessweek: 1. Buyers' confidence in their jobs and income levels; 2. Ease of housing price declines to ma...

Biotech, Neuroscience, Life Sciences Luke Timmerman wrote: At least in the world of finance, Brain Cells Inc. can make a credible claim that it has a little more going on upstairs than your average biotech company. The San Diego-based startup had flawless timing, by completing a $50 million Series B...

Biotech, vaccines, Xconomy Luke Timmerman wrote: A newfound energy is coalescing around the science and business of vaccines, and much of it is happening right here in Seattle. We explored the trend yesterday evening in our first Xconomy Forum in Seattle. The event, held at The Institute for Systems...

Typepad don’t have the autosave yet install in their platform. What happened when the work I put it earlier today was wiped out because of no wi-fi connection, I was like speechless for a sec. Because that means, I have to start from scratch again creating the post. Sigh. – Dewita -- Dubai’s R...

First, you got Fannie-Freddie duo decided to suspend foreclosures during the holiday from November 26 to January 9, 2009. Fannie and Freddie are hardly alone in this foreclosure holiday (halt, time out, break or whatever you call it). Here's the gift from Fannie, via website. The temporary suspensio...

Election 2008: A Big Win for Green Real Estate It's shortly after 11 p.m. EST on November 4, 2008, and Barack Obama has just been declared president-elect of the United States. Countrywide closes 40% of remaining wholesale fulfillment centers More consolidation and reduction from Countrywide Wholesa...

Virginia has this thing about date for a new law to take into effect July 1 (last week). The new legislation was supposed to resolved complaints filed on condominium and property owners' association resale packet process. What's added to the new law is the requirement for licensing individuals who m...