Home sales in Arkansas fell 1.3 percent in January, according to a report from the Arkansas Realtors Association.

Observations from a Florida journalist who is tired of waiting for the first 80-degree day of the year: l l l The Republican special election primary for District 4 state representative has it all.

Madison Pacific Properties Inc. , a Vancouver-based real estate company, announces that is has acquired approximately 94.1% of the equity of Metro Vancouver Properties Inc.

The housing market is still in bad shape, but investors don't seem to mind. While this week brings reports on sales of new and existing homes in February, there are no signs of heightened anxiety in the stock market.

Trump project will cut smaller checks: Refinancing brings down mortgage payments Mar.

Foreclosures Dropping in the Mid-South

A day after former Youngstown businessman J.J. Cafaro was thrown in jail, his attorney filed paperwork to get him out in time for the weekend.

Does it matter whether a real estate agent charges you a flat commission rate -- say 6 percent -- or quotes you a flat rate but adds hundreds of dollars on top of that as a separate charge labeled an administrative or "admin" fee? A top federal housing official says it might matter a lot, especially when minimal or no separate services are ...

Milwaukee real estate developer and philanthropist Joseph Zilber died Friday. Published March 19, 2010 at 3:52 p.m. Tags: joseph zilber , towne realty During lunch a couple of months ago, Mike Mervis, vice president of Zilber Ltd., told me that philanthropist Joe Zilber's health was failing.

Senate Democrats trimmed their sales tax increase Friday in hopes of securing House support of their plan for raising revenue for the state's deficit-scarred budget.

ORLANDO - Florida's commercial real estate industry isn't going to see much improvement until billions of dollars worth of distressed assets are disposed of, says one distressed properties specialist. Jeff Sweeney, SIOR, president of Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida with offices in Orlando, Tampa and Melbourne, spoke at a luncheon recently hosted by the Central Florida chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW).

ORLANDO - Stirling Sotheby's International Realty has been appointed exclusive sales and marketing agents for a $1.35 million Winter Park estate located near Park Ave. at 961 Bonita Drive in Winter Park.

Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone - Chapter 15: Coming HomeIn this final chapter of "A World of Conflict," Kevin Sites returns home to the U.S., only to confirm what he suspected -- that in the year that he was gone little had changed.

Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone - Chapter 14: Israel-Hezbollah WarThe war between Israel and Hezbollah shook the landscape in the Middle East.

Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone - Chapter 13: Sri LankaKevin Sites covered Sri Lanka as violence erupted between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels, pushing a nation with so much to lose back to the brink of all-out war. In rebel-held territory Sites interviewed Tiger fighters about their tactics and reported on the many effects of war still seen in the region.

Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone - Chapter 12: Nepal and KashmirKevin Sites covered Nepal during a time of sweeping political change that followed mass nationwide protests, forcing the autocratic King to cede power.

Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone - Chapter 11: Child BrideIn Afghanistan, Kevin Sites met a 12-year-old girl named Gulsoma, whose incredible story of resilience resonated with millions of people worldwide. She was only six years old when she was sold to a neighbor family in Kandahar as a child bride.

Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone - Chapter 10: AfghanistanReporting from Afghanistan in spring 2006, more than four years after the U.S.-led coalition ousted the Taliban, Kevin Sites found that war is not over in the country.

Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone - Chapter Nine: ChechnyaIn Chechnya during the winter of 2005-2006, Kevin Sites reported on a region still reeling from lingering conflict between Russia and Islamic separatists. The conflict engulfed Chechnya in the 1990s, and even now, half of the population is yet to return. Those that have eke out a living amid the rubble.

Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone - Chapter Eight: Iran

Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone - Chapter Seven: IsraelIn Israel, Kevin Sites interviewed Kinneret Boosany, a victim of a suicide bombing at a Tel Aviv cafe in 2002.