http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP) -- Selling a home without a real estate agent can save thousands of dollars in commission fees, but it can also be a painstaking, confusing task. http://www.physorg.com/news177945503.html Technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:40:09 EST news177945503 (PhysOrg.com) -- Foreclosed homes and unsustainable growth can wreck the tax base of local governments. That`s the warning being issued by Auburn University`s Center for Governmental Services following its study of newly released U.S. Census Bureau data on housing unit growth. http://www.physorg.com/news173456534.html Other Sciences Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:20:01 EST news173456534 (AP) -- LendingTree, which allows prospective borrowers to get quick offers from multiple lenders, claims Google is about to get into the same business. http://www.physorg.com/news170573590.html Technology Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:00:01 EST news170573590 LSU Professor and Chair of Environmental Sciences Nina Lam and Professor and Louisiana Real Estate Commission Chair Kelley Pace, along with colleagues from LSU, Tulane University and Texas State University, will publish the results of a study analyzing business return to New Orleans post-Katrina in a Public Library of Science publication, PLoS ONE, on Wednesday, Aug. 26. http://www.physorg.com/news170494753.html Other Sciences Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:50:01 EST news170494753 SmartZip has built a free online tool for prospective home buyers and real estate investors eager to mine gems from the rubble of the US foreclosure avalanche. http://www.physorg.com/news169892877.html Technology Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:29:12 EST news169892877 In the colorful, centuries-long history of house hunting, when have so many buyers come to the table knowing so much about prices, neighborhoods and school test scores? http://www.physorg.com/news168849498.html Technology Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:40:01 EST news168849498 (AP) -- A northern New Jersey man is charged with stealing a prime piece of Internet real estate and reselling it to basketball player Mark Madsen in one of the nation's first prosecutions of a suspected domain name thief. http://www.physorg.com/news168526197.html Technology Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:00:03 EST news168526197 (AP) -- When you sign up for Facebook or Twitter, you expect to get a stream of random messages from the people that make up your virtual social network - but pitches on homes for sale? http://www.physorg.com/news159346949.html Technology Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:02:56 EST news159346949 New research suggests that a person's appearance may play a role in whether they are deemed trustworthy by financial lenders. The study is summarized in a working paper by Jefferson Duarte at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Management and Stephan Siegel and Lance Young, both of the University of Washington. http://www.physorg.com/news156096035.html Other Sciences Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:01:25 EST news156096035 (PhysOrg.com) -- Critics often point to subprime mortgage lending - the funding of home loans to borrowers with less-than-perfect credit - as the culprit in the unsustainable boom in U.S. home prices that eventually derailed the real estate and mortgage markets. http://www.physorg.com/news136654317.html Other Sciences Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:31:57 EST news136654317