| Anchorage market surprisingly good (Anchorage Daily News) |
| Among the things we import from the Lower 48 are attitudes about the economy, which extend to the commercial real estate market. It is easy to get discouraged when national news is full of stories about difficulties in the financial markets due to subprime lending, problems of major investment banks, rising unemployment and a national election where the economy is a major issue. |
| 08/22/2008 |
| Existing-home sales up (Las Vegas Review-Journal) |
| A sign notes a new price for a house July 29 in Portland, Ore. A trade group for real estate agents says sales of existing homes rose 3.1 percent in July as buyers snapped up deeply discounted properties in parts of the country hit hardest by the housing bust. |
| 08/26/2008 |
| Portsmouth area community calendar (Portsmouth Herald) |
| MUSIC IN MARKET SQUARE begins its 26th season July 11 to Aug. 29 in North Church, Market Square, Portsmouth. Concerts begin at noon and are free. Bring a lunch and a friend. (857) 225-1550. Handel, Gerschwin, and the kitchen sink, featuring Trillium... |
| 08/29/2008 |
| News in Brief (The Martha's Vineyard Times) |
| Edgartown town hall was closed part of this past Friday and all of Monday, after a higher than normal level of carbon monoxide (CO) was detected in the building. |
| 08/27/2008 |
| Home buyers look to Hawaii, Alaska for get-away homes (The Homer Sun) |
| Despite high prices and tougher standards required by mortgage lenders, many Americans place a high priority on acquiring a second home for vacations or investments. In fact, those purchases make up about a third of all home sale transactions, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. |
| 08/27/2008 |
| Seattle home sales drop (Seattle Times) |
| Seattle and Portland were among the top 10 metro areas in the nation with the most pronounced drop in home sales last month compared with July 2007, according to The Associated Press-Re/Max Monthly Housing Report, which analyzed all home sales recorded by all local agents. |
| 08/26/2008 |
| Has housing market finally hit bottom? (Tacoma News Tribune) |
| Sales of existing homes in the Puget Sound area have dropped, but overall sales in the West edged higher overall in July as many buyers took advantage of falling prices in foreclosure-ravaged areas in California, Nevada and elsewhere, according to two reports Monday. |
| 08/26/2008 |
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