Real Estate trend: Flat-rate option gains popularity (Springfield Business Journal)

Real Estate trend: Flat-rate option gains popularity (Springfield Business Journal)
The Springfield real estate industry has seen an influx of new agencies in the last few years, led by the so-called discount or fee-based brokerages that offer flat rate closing costs.

Hot property: Industrial real estate (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
David Nugent of BND Commercial real estate sits in the empty Tetra Pak building. He doesn t expect the building to be empty for long. Vera Bradley Designs Inc. eventually will leave behind three empty buildings in northwest Fort Wayne when the company moves to a new headquarters.

Dubai launches 1.9-billion-dollar real estate firm (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A group of Gulf investors announced the launch of a 1.9-billion-dollar real estate firm to pursue an ambitious tourist and residential project in Dubai.

Real Estate Live (Washington Post)
Join Post Real Estate Editor Maryann Haggerty as she discusses all aspects of the local real estate market.