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Led by Mark von der Burg, VDB Estates is recognized by both local and national media as Seattle's premier luxury real estate brokerage. Our team of professionals boasts decades of experience in the industry and represents the finest Seattle homes in areas like: Queen Anne, Washington Park, Laurelhurst, Windermere, Madrona, Madison Park, Green Lake, Ravenna, Capitol Hill and Broadmoor. Seattle is consistently one of the strongest realty markets in the U.S. Some believe this is because the…

There are five major corporate real estate firms in the immediate DC industry; JLL, Cushman & Wakefield, Newmark, Savills Studley and Cresa (“At a Glance”). There are not many large firms because companies need substantial resources to be a player in the market. Additionally, clients…

sociability…... Most Facebook users visit the site daily, and they connect on multiple dimensions, but only on the dimensions they choose. The virtual life is becoming more social than the physical life, but it is less a virtual reality than a real virtuality, facilitating real-life work and urban living”…

class warded off territories of New Orleans’ inner city, whether it may be uptown, downtown or in between are increasingly being overrun by a younger, more affluent race of white upper and middle class investors, eager with thoughts of redevelopment, real estate trends and revitalization. Similarly too what’s being seen in other major cities like New York, where blighted historic neighborhoods are being revitalized at a feverish pitch. An old saying states that, “either you change with the time…

Where the older wives and mother’s were once at the top, Abigail is able to temporarily disrupt the normal social balance. The trials “propel the girls from a position of powerlessness to the pinnacle of importance as "officials of the court" (Bovard OL) The young single girls were always inferior but now their word alone has the power to take a life. It is the older women who were once a step above them on the social ladder who are the majority of the condemned. .“It’s a strange work for a…

The exciting amount of prize which has hardly been assumed by the common people made a marked difference in the popularity of the Indian reality shows. The presence of popular celebrities has also contributed in raising interest of the common mass. 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', 'Amul Star Voice of India', 'Boogie Woogie', 'Big Boss', 'Comedy Circus', 'Dadagiri Unlimited', 'Dance Bangla Dance', 'Emotional Atyachar'…

Introduction to Chip Eng Seng (CES) Company Background Chip Eng Seng (“CES”) is one of Singapore’s leading main contractors and property developers. Listed on the SGX Mainboard since 1999, CES started off as a subcontractor firm for landed properties in the 1960s. Over the years, it has built up its reputation for quality and reliability. In 1982, CES won its first HDB project as a main contractor. Because of its good track record, it was eventually awarded the highly coveted tender for the…

Being the product of a family who struggled financially, and growing up in poverty; home ownership was something wished for, thought about, but not really obtainable. The great housing crash that occurred a few years ago, honestly didn’t affect my life since I have been a renter of my property and never an owner. I saw the reports on the news and saw the “for sale”, “foreclosure”, and “reduced price” signs all over nearby homes, and I thought about the families that lived there and what they…

If you are known as a “boomerang buyer” someone who has lost their last house from a foreclosure after the economy dropped out from under our feet. Now you have steadily put your life back together, including a nice size nest egg, a large savings account and now you are ready to get back into home ownership. How do you become a homeowner when your foreclosure hasn’t dropped off yet? There are a few options for you to consider; rent-to-own, foreclosure forgiveness, FHA loans or hiring a…

innocence of the perfect pictured world was lost, realizing that there is only harsh reality, cold as ice. And for the fact that Kahlo only paints her own reality and not dreams, nor nightmare strictly shows how in tune and wide eyed she is with the real world. A great example that Kahlo painted that relates to losing innocence is the “Self Portrait on the Borderline.”(Self-portrait on the Borderline Between Mexico and the United States, 1932, Oil on metal, 12 1/2" x 13 3/4", Collection of Mr.…