Changes in real stock returns may directly or indirectly accelerate or delay accumulation of wealth for down payments and the qualification for a mortgage loan, ultimately affecting home sales. Results from the aggregate data indicate that current changes in real stock returns have a significant effect on new home sales,...
By Lynn AdlerNEW YORK (Reuters) - Pending sales of existing U.S. homes unexpectedly jumped in August to the highest in over a year, data from a real estate trade group showed on Wednesday.The National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, based on signed contracts, rose 7.4 percent in August...
Award-winning eTailerCableOrganizer.com, among the world's leading providers of cable, wire andequipment management-related products for use in business and at home,today announced that it has added 54 new products to its industry leadingonline catalog located at http://CableOrganizer.com . The company boastsmore than 17,000 inventory SKUs, maintaining its position...
The Radiant Panel Association reportselectric radiant heat sales grew by 150 percent in 2007(1) even as homestarts decreased by almost 25 percent(2). In 2006, sales of electricradiant heat topped out at 6,100,000 square feet. By 2007, that numbergrew to more than 9,000,000 square feet. In the past 10...
Missionaries are considered equals in the mission field. They wear uniform attire, have similar haircuts and bear no indicators of their economic status back home. Their focus is on the glow in their countenance, not the gold in their watch; the light in their eyes, not the brand of their...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- ABD Insurance and Financial Services a Wells Fargo Company has added Janine McCaffery as sales executive in its Redwood City-based construction and real estate insurance brokerage practice. McCaffery will focus on the needs of property owners, developers, home builders and others in the real estate and...
MIDDLEBURY, Conn. -- Stephen Forsyth, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Chemtura Corporation (NYSE: CEM), will speak at the Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. 3rd Annual Industrials Conference in New York Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 2:45 PM EDT. Persons wishing to hear Mr. Forsyth's presentation may...
Transaction to Raise $26 Million in Cash NEW YORK -- NexCen Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEXC) today announced that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement to sell its Waverly business to Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICON), a diversified fashion and home brands company. Under...
SALT LAKE CITY -- Control4, the leader in IP-based home control and entertainment systems, today announced a strategic relationship with Home Theater Specialists of America HTSA, a national association of home theater experts with 62 members and aggregate annual sales volumes exceeding $500 million. Control4's complete line of home automation...
Sale Gives Boaters a Chance to Trade in Old Gear and Save on the Latest 'Must Haves' in Marine Electronics MERRIMACK, N.H., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Raymarine, Inc., a world leader in marine electronics, today announced its 2008 High Definition HD Sales Event for the North American...
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Vixxi Solutions, a nationwide Enhanced 9-1-1 (E911) provider, announced plans today to relocate the company's corporate headquarters from Dallas to Denver in order to leverage the city's strong emphasis on public safety. This move comes on the heels of the Democratic National...
Many Oklahomans have never heard of theirOklahoma's third largest builder. Strangely enough, however, they've heardof Oklahoma's first and second largest homebuilders. Well, that's all aboutto change. After four years of building in Oklahoma City, Rausch ColemanHomes has finally spread its wings and is ready to announce it to thestate. "Even...
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-29 September 2008-Finndomo Group to close plant, cut 116 jobs in SwedenC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Finnish-Swedish prefabricated homes maker Finndomo Group said on Monday (29 September) that it has decided to close its production plant in Hultsfred, Sweden. The company said that the...
Brian Pelky, with Windermere Real Estate/Stellar Group, has earned a Certified Commercial Investment Member designation. Pelky has worked in residential real estate sales since 1996. He has served as site sales manager for Riverside Homes, handling Clark County subdivisions for that company. He began working in the...
Sling Media Veterans Join Marketing and Sales Groups at ooma PALO ALTO, Calif. -- ooma, Inc., a privately held company committed to establishing new standards for home phone service, today announced the appointment of three consumer electronics veterans to lead the company's sales and marketing efforts. Rich Buchanan,...
ST BARTHELEMY, FWI & FRANKLIN, Mass. -- St. Barth Properties Sotheby's International Realty, a luxury real estate firm based in St Barthelemy, French West Indies, recently closed on the sale of Villa La Grande Maison des Etoiles, in the amount of [euro]25,000,000 (approximately $39,250,000 US), recording the largest private residence...
SAN ANTONIO -- GlobalSCAPE, Inc. (AMEX: GSB), a leading developer of file transfer software, announced today the availability of the latest versions of its popular CuteFTP[R] product line in five additional languages. Spanish, German, French, Portuguese and Turkish versions of CuteFTP Home[R], CuteFTP Pro[R] and CuteFTP Lite[R] will enhance the...
Today the eMetrics Marketing OptimizationSummit announced its keynote presenters for the fall 2008 event. KimJohnston, VP of global sales and marketing operations for SymantecCorporation, Joe Megibow, VP of customer experience and online marketingfor Hotels.com, James G. Robinson, director of web analytics for The NewYork Times, and Mike Marvel, manager...
CASTRO VALLEY -- About a dozen Castro Valley Boy Scouts on Sunday pounded pavement on a mission to ship a classic American comfort food to troops stationed overseas. Troop 726 scouts went door to door collecting donations for Operation Popcorn, a national effort in its second...
Necessity is the mother of invention, so the saying goes - and never has a breath of fresh air been so sorely needed as in the current housing market. In August, estate agents agreed an average of just five sales, according to figures published last week from the National Association...