FEMA and NOAA Renew Partnership to Encourage Flood Safety
March 15, 2010
As one of the snowiest winter seasons in many years yields to warmer weather and the promise of rain and snowmelt, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s FloodSmart Campaign and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that they are again working together during Flood Safety Awareness [...]
Proposed Modernization Program to Net Additional $522 Million
The NOAA-managed National Spatial Reference System (NSRS), the official U.S. government source for precise latitude, longitude and elevation measurements, provides more than $2.4 billion in potential annual benefits to the U.S. economy, according to a new independent study. Refining and modernizing the system for measuring elevation has [...]
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Announces eligibility for borrowers up to 125% underwater in Las Vegas with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Congresswoman Dina Titus
WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced an expansion of the Obama Administration’s Home Affordable Refinance Program to include participation by borrowers who are current but up to 125 percent [...]
A moderate price reduction but no risk of a property crash
The last market review published by the Fédération Nationale de l’Immobilier (FNAIM), which is the French National Federation of Real Estate Agents, confirmed the general trend with price reductions during the 1st quarter of 2009 but emphasise on the fact there is no risk of [...]
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The many steps in performing a professional land survey each come together to complete a survey with many opportunities to achieve success, or suffer failure. Research, field reconnaissance, field surveying, office computations, boundary analysis and plan preparation each rely upon the successful completion of the other.
Sometimes there are obvious major missteps made during one process [...]
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Survey Reveals Lack of Confidence in UK Property System (91% would use a “Buyers’ Agent”)
Written by Tim Hammond
Friday, 20 March 2009
A recent survey commissioned by the Association of Property Finders and Buyers Agents (APFBA) highlights a requirement for more clarity in the role of UK estate agents when dealing with both sellers [...]
Buyer interest in UK property market increases for fourth month in a row.
Read this informative and interesting article about the UK housing market which indicates an improving housing market in the United Kingdom. Below is a small snippet of what would appear to be a sign of some economic recovery.
“Buyer interest in the property market [...]



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