No rollback of service tax on realty: Finance ministryThe finance ministry ruled out rolling back of service tax on real estate developers at the time of construction, a move which the industry says will jack up housing and commercial property prices.Oakridge Realty enhances business parkOAKRIDGE Realty Development Corp., a Cebu-based property development and leasing company, held a ceremonial groundbreaking event last Feb. read moreNo rollback of service tax on realty: FinMinCentral Board of Excise and Customs chairman V Sridhar has also said the realty sector would not attract 10 per cent service tax in effect.Sotheby’s International Realty Brand Honored by Franchise Business ReviewRISMEDIA, March 4, 2010—Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC announced it won Franchise Business Review’s Best in Category for Real Estate Franchisee Satisfaction award for the third year in a row. The Best in Category award measures franchisee satisfaction with their franchisors and…Realty group spend day helping Daly City seniorsRick Whipple, manager of Daly City Prudential Realty organized Spring Senior Helping Hand Day, during which members of the Daly City team visited senior citizens in the northern Peninsula to help with everyday tasks. What is Spring Senior Helping Hand Day? It’s a companywide outreach day where we...Bull Realty Institutes Partners PlanATLANTA —In an effort to continue to recruit top talent in the wake of his firm’s phenomenal growth, Michael Bull of Bull Realty is offering successful agents a stake in his namesake company.U.S. Stocks Trim Gain as Fed Says Real Estate, Loan Demand WeakMarch 3 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks trimmed gains after the Federal Reserve said commercial real estate and loan demand remained weak in January and February and labor markets were still “soft.”NC Elections Hearing Focuses On Real Estate DuesElection regulators will examine how North Carolina's Realtors funded efforts to oppose local tax increases on land sales and whether it was legal to use mandatory member dues to pay for the undertaking. The State Board of Elections plans to meet Thursday to discuss a 2008 complaint against the North Carolina Association of Realtors by Wake County real estate agent Becky Harper. Harper said the ...Growing Demands on Florida Real Estate HomeIf you are planning to own your home, then the Florida real estate is the perfect place for you. Now there are lots of people who are considering this market for their investment plan.No taxing time for real estate: GovtThe government has said the net impact of the service tax on real estate construction would be only 3.3 per cent, since construction attracts service tax only on 33 per cent of the value.Real Estate Wonk: Baltimore still on firm's 'lowest performing' listAs a number of metro areas post home-price gains, the Baltimore market is still declining, a real estate data firm says in a new report. Prices were down 3.4 percent vs. a year ago and 1.8 percent compared with the previous quarter, Clear Capital said.
