Real Estate Corner

The real estate market in Bangalore is increasingly showing signs of stabilisation after recent revival in the aftermath of recession.

Here is a look at real-estate news in today’s WSJ:

The Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association, or CT REIA, in association with Alan Cowgill, is announcing the CT REIA September 2010 monthly real estate investors meeting. This event will take place on Monday, September 20, from 5:30pm to 9:00pm, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on 100 Berlin Road in Cromwell, CT. This event is free for CT REIA members, and 30 for non-members.At this event …

TAMPA, Fla.—-Mortgage Contracting Services LLC , a nationwide provider of property preservation, inspections and REO property maintenance to the financial services industry, today announced the availability of code enforcement mini-summits as an extension of its initiatives to ensure industry-wide education and collaboration.

Applications for home loans dipped last week as mortgage rates ticked up slightly from the lowest level in decades. The Mortgage Bankers Association says overall applications fell 1.5 percent from a week earlier. Applications to refinance home loans fell 3.1 percent, the first drop in six weeks. Those taken out to purchase homes, however, rose 6.3 [...]

MORTGAGE APPLICATIONS SLIP: Applications for home loans dipped last week as mortgage rates ticked up slightly from the lowest level in decades, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Mortgage applications fall 1.5 percent as rates tick up from lowest level in decades Mortgage – Business – Financial Services – United States – Loan

BP has set aside some money for those affected by the Gulf oil spill, and some of that money is earmarked for real estate agents.

RE/MAX Professionals is a real-estate agency that specializes in selling bank-owned homes.

Investors should buy shares in Japanese real-estate companies because demand for offices and houses is likely to increase as the central bank keeps borrowing costs near zero, said Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch & Co.