West Valley Properties

The members of the Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board’s Central Zone have raised $6,000 to benefit the local hospice and women’s shelter. The Central Zone Committee recently donated $3,000 each to the Central Okanagan Hospice Association and to the Kelowna Women’s Shelter. The donations are the result of fundraising efforts during the 2010 Golf Tournament, Annual General Meeting and Christmas Luncheon.

The monies for the hospice association will go towards the training of additional volunteers as the request for hospice services and the need for practical and emotional support for the terminally ill and their families increase. Bedsi

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If you missed Sunday’s “State of the Union” HUD’s chief Shaun Donovan made a very bold statement…  He summarized that housing prices have hit rock bottom and the economic climate is prime to purchase a home.  This is great news for investors and buyers alike.

In his interview Donovan said declining foreclosure rates make him hopeful, adding that it is “very unlikely we see a significant further decline.”

“Housing is more affordable than it’s been in a generation,” Donovan told CNN Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley. “I think it is a good

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Yesterday I blogged about the huge increase in foreign buyers throughtout the USA. (Please read “” if you missed it.) Today, I have even more good news…

It’s not just the foreigners who are back buying in the US.  Regular homebuyers are moving off the fence, and into the housing market, motivated by attractive prices, low interest rates and most important, the desire to take the next step in their lives. They are no longer “waiting for the bottom”.

(Learn how to turn this trend into more deals in your own backyard Tonight in my Free Live Foreclosure Investor Webinar, 6pm PDT, 9pm EST. )

Let

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Real estate professionals and consumers are tapping into the mobile revolution with a range of apps designed for on-the-go real estate searches, mortgage and investment-related calculations, property measurements, photography, and real estate licensing quizzes, among other features and functionality.

Inman News has compiled lists of the most popular and highest-rated real estate-related mobile apps designed for Android, iPhone, iPad and BlackBerry devices in a special report, “100 Must-Have Mobile Apps for Real Estate,” based on app rankings and ratings at TopAppCharts.com, Apple’s App Store, the Android Market site and the BlackBerry App World site, sampled June 28.

All of the apps featured in the report have received at least five user ratings, and the lists are based on keyword and category searches of the app sites.

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