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.

Discount real estate brokers stir up industry (Sun-Sentinel)
The problems, Christine Polys says, started soon after she saw Home Discovery's billboard on Sample Road and decided to sell her home through the discount real estate broker.

GlobeSt.com UPDATE: $203M Deal Entails Loans, Real Estate (GlobeSt.com)
SCOTTSDALE, AZ-GE Commercial Finance, Franchise Finance has acquired a portfolio that combines free real estate, associated capital, lease holdings and leasebacks in the amount of $203 million from Trustreet Properties Inc.

Local Real Estate Executives Acquire Cohen Esrey's Commercial Business (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Two longtime area real estate executives have acquired the commercial real estate business of Kansas City real estate services giant NAI Cohen Esrey Real Estate Services.