Week in Review: Things We Liked from the Week That Was

Posted on 05. Feb, 2010 by Sherry Chris.

We had a mixed bag of news this week. Do you want the good news or bad news first? A storm cloud hung over the many homeowners with adjustable-rate mortgages who are paying as much as 25 percent more than homeowners with similar loans. Additionally, new research suggests that a large group of distressed homeowners [...]

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Week in Review: Things We Liked from the Week That Was

Posted on 04. Dec, 2009 by Sherry Chris.

This week marked the official beginning of the holiday season and, as Christmas trees were being lit in Rockefeller Center and at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the real estate industry was abuzz. As a result of the “original” first time home-buyer tax credit, the number of homes with sales pending in October reached its highest level [...]

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Friday Blog Scan: Things We Liked from the Week That Was

Posted on 21. Aug, 2009 by Jason Steele.

Mellow Billow brings us the Top 100 Best Social Media Books, ever. If you were to read anyone of them, I think you would be 100% better at social than you are right now. Imagine if you read all of them. ‘Nuff said.
Get out your surfboard. Wax up your game plan. Another foreclosure appears [...]

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Friday Blog Scan: Things We Liked from the Week That Was

Posted on 22. May, 2009 by Jason Steele.

U.S. home prices are their most affordable in at least 18 years, according to a report released Monday published on CNNMoney that offers insight into where the opportunities for great deals on great homes in markets where good jobs can also be found.
Here’s neat little Twitter story really makes you sit back and go Mm, [...]

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Friday Blog Scan: Things We Liked from the Week That Was

Posted on 15. May, 2009 by Jason Steele.

To fail or not to fail. Just as real estate is finally contending with the reality that newspapers really don’t deliver value and that their demise might open up mew opportunities, Washington steps in and talks bailout. Is this a good idea? The Business Insider Silicon Alley had some thoughts on that this week.

Lynda Gratton is a professor at London Business School. She often writes smart/feel good articles. Learn to Glow is one such example that offers us insight into how to become invaluable at work.

Can you over Twitter? Yup. And when you do, you run the risk of loosing followers. Check this video by RodneyB from Reachd.

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3D Phototours for the Rest of Us

Posted on 15. Sep, 2008 by Jason Steele.

The folks from Microsoft were in the office last week and during the course of their presentation they mentioned a new project from Microsoft Live Labs called Photosynth.

First of all, “Microsoft Live Labs?” I guess they have stopped trying to differentiate themselves from Google anymore. The presenter extolled the virtues of the technology and claimed [...]

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