Capifrance muscle training program

Posted by online2 On jeudi 8 avril 2010 0 commentaires

The network of commercial real estate agents Capifrance continues its innovation in training. To develop its agents capitiens Jean-Claude Cottet-Moine, CEO of the franchise network, including designing new courses. Some are already implemented, as "exclusive mandate" and "Organization & time management.

Taught by two trainers and fieldworkers themselves commercial officers training "Exclusive Mandate 'uses role plays and scenarios that have delighted the participants.

The second training "Management of time" have to learn to better manage his time, and therefore stress. This module allows to define objectives that can be put into practice immediately.

Soon, other courses such as "Assignment of lease rights," "Sale of business assets", "Commercial property" will be created at headquarters and in the region.
Training a day such as "Making appointments" and "Further Adaptimmo" are also created. For the first, the day will be divided into two parts: the morning and more theoretical development from the real situation afternoon. Regarding the second, agents can improve their understanding, to discover any shortcuts, tips and news.

Recall that the network Capifrance, all courses are free and unlimited.


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Guy Hoquet installs a franchise in Frejus

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Former trader, Bruno Zammit opened a franchise in March Guy Hoquet in the town of Frejus. The human dimension of the brand has attracted the entrepreneur who has already hired two employees.

Remember that with 550 branches and business offices located on French territory, but also in Morocco and Madagascar, the group is now Guy Hiccups 3rd franchise real estate agency network in the French market.


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Round Table II: we must fight against the return of large buildings and

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The bill provides Grenelle drastically limit the construction of individual houses and small buildings with 1 to 3 levels.

It will bring down the construction of 400 000 annual housing less than 270 000.

It will significantly increase housing prices by imposing new building near downtown

and transport networks own site.

It sacrifices the diversity of habitat selection human ideology contrary to humanism.

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This project should be delayed for at least six months and reworked.

Must adjourn the debate on the bill Grenelle II - Malthusian and draconian - to rework the perspective of a true green urbanism, freedom of choice of habitat and respect the diversity of modes of habitat desired by men.

The huge bill Grenelle II (230 pages, 104 articles, 110 decrees implementing planned) will change significantly, even drastically, the planning, urban planning, construction and daily life all the French.

It is marked by a very strong ideology of modernism planner near the Athens Charter. This modernism had won both fascist and communist regimes in the twentieth century. It had also attracted the leaders of the French planning in the years 1950/1980 and gave birth to the policy of large assemblies, ZUP, today ZUS. It's a shame to see this ideology back today.

The general principle agreed at the time was twofold:

1 - Getting people to live in large groups and large buildings will promote the social, reconciliations neighborhood, solidarity and mutual services. We know it's exactly the opposite has occurred and that the inhabitants of these areas interested in overwhelming majority, if not wholly leave them.

2 - Achieve economies of scale, high densities and large all are deemed cost less in HHT and public facilities.

All studies have since shown that this idea was totally false and an urban planning from 10 to 30 dwellings per hectare cost exactly the same equipment as prizes in a management planning to 70/100 dwellings per hectare , besides of course the cost of social nuisances of flats.

Bill Grenelle II reintroduced this ideology and the authoritarian mode of urban and socially deplorable giving legislative effect to a number of ideas as contrary to the criticism that big convention housing assembled by the UMP in 2007 and ideas Moderate and liberal

1 - The project Grenelle He wants to hunt for consumption "excess" of space construction. Who thinks that consumption is excessive? Depending on what criteria? Bill obviously did not answer this question and it will give the prefects to judge the space consumption. This is obviously contrary to any policy of decentralization.

Compared to the average density of large - about 80 per hectare - the small buildings of two to three floors still consume too much space, such as townhouses 25/30 hectare, such as small lots 10 to 30 per hectare, as, of course, the houses built on land independently isolated.

At least 40/50 dwellings per hectare, there will always be excessive consumption of land.

It is unbelievable that, while France was still quite largely rural with MPs elected in the townships and boroughs, the Parliament was not totally shocked by this kind of ideology. Especially since these texts were all designed by the Paris offices of the Ministry of Equipment, in reference to the Paris area but without taking into account what happens in 90% of our regions where housing demand is essentially an application of houses and, incidentally, a demand for small buildings to R 4 R 2 up with large gardens and green spaces.

2 - The project will focus Grenelle II construction along the lines of railways, subways, trams and public transport lanes.

These transport hardly exist in most major cities in France (40 at the most) and cover only a relatively small space. The most advanced cities do not count ten tram lines, but in general, three or four.

In addition, our green ideologues exclude this habitat concentrated on transportation highways, expressways, ring roads and other investments since the world has become inherently wrong.

If the project Grenelle is applied a little discipline, it will focus on new construction less than 10% of urban surfaces. We immediately see the impact on land prices, as well as the mode of planning. When the French complain about sharp increases experienced by new construction and land in the last eight years, the Round Table II offers further increase these prices in scarcer supply of land and building opportunities.

3 - The project will base the Grenelle II construction on the PLH (local Habitat) prepared by officials of cities and urban communities. PLH These are designed - and obligation - to define detailed plans of construction, type of dwelling, by way of financing, by price range, etc.. level, not only the town but common and even neighborhoods.

In an economy such as ours, which is mostly a market economy, these are totally unrealistic PLH they do not provide municipalization soil or nationalization, and the allocation of funding for all types per company and district ...

Very bureaucratic in nature, the PLH nests can be contentious because cities and governments may oppose many projects. But they could never impose the PLH inherently inconsistent with a liberal economy.

Conclusions

In economic crisis, France has lost 600 000 jobs and to lose at least another 150 000 in 2010, everything must be done to stabilize the housing and this enabled the French to choose their location and habitat type while respecting course planning rules of common sense.

The project Grenelle It is, in many cases, contrary to common sense, contrary to the experience of planning costs, contrary to market demand.

Housing construction dropped to 420 from 000 to 300 000 and the trend is now around 270 000 in the last three years.

The objective of 500 000 units per year was probably demagogic. Everyone agrees today rather around a target of 400 000.

Parliament Will he vote the Grenelle II risk of a further drop in construction but also a serious blow to our freedoms?

The wise course would be to listen a little more local one hand and the demand of the people on the other.

This requires adjourn by 4 or 5 months of this project review and rework it in a different spirit.


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Investment Markets: A busy start to the year

Posted by online2 On mardi 6 avril 2010 0 commentaires

From January to March 2010 were created nationwide around 5.05 billion euros in commercial real estate - almost three times as much as a year earlier. This is the best quarterly result of the last two years. This follows the analysis of BNP Paribas Real Estate (BNPPRE, formerly Atisreal), Europe's leading consultants for commercial property.

"Although the end of last year became clear a significant recovery of the investment market, but this start to the year exceeded expectations," said Piotr Bienkowski, managing director of BNP Paribas Real Estate Germany. "It is worth noting in particular that the results without considering the sale of a shopping center portfolio by Multi Development for over 1.1 billion more than respectable fails. It is also gratifying that the positive development is supported by a broad investor base. Deals in the single example does not reach a group of investors a higher percentage than 16 percent of the volume of transactions, "said Bienkowski.

Of the total 5.05 billion euros, which have so far been invested in commercial properties, accounts for 3.54 billion euros (70%) to single Deals and 1.51 billion on sales of portfolio (30%), the shopping center here the barons lion's share accounts. Retail properties, with a share of 57 percent at the top, as in addition to the portfolio deal, other large shopping centers were sold. In office buildings account for almost 26 percent of sales. All other object classes in the first quarter of 2010, played only a subordinate role.

"Even at the six most important German investment locations (Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne and Munich), the markets give the gas again," said Bienkowski. "Here were invested around 2.86 billion euros, up almost 2.2 billion euros more than in the first quarter of 2009. Of these, all cities, albeit to different degrees, will benefit. "With some distance in the first place in Berlin, with around 1.07 billion euros (up 612%), followed by Munich with 614 million euros (up 172%). Also in Hamburg with 480 million euros (285%) and especially in Cologne with 447 million euros (844%) a high turnover was registered. In Frankfurt (€ 158 million) and Dusseldorf (€ 90 million) of start to the year fell on the other hand, in spite of increase over the same quarter last year, yet restrained.

After the yields were down slightly at some sites in the last quarter of 2009, they have now given way to other cities such as Berlin, Dusseldorf and Cologne also something. Currently there are prime yields in Munich and Hamburg at 5.1 percent, in Frankfurt at 5.2 percent, and in Berlin, Dusseldorf and Cologne at 5.3 percent. Against the background of continued strong demand, there is evidence that the returns for top properties in the course of the year will continue to decline moderately. "The markets have returned to normal and healthy again to close the transactions prior to the boom years. Since there are more large deals in the same preparation and a lot of capital for investment - particularly from foreign investors is ready again - is the transaction volume for the full year very clearly grow compared to 2009. We therefore consider that at the beginning of our guidance given set of at least 15 billion euros investment sales, "concludes Bienkowski.


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Mortgage Rates Rise in Past Week; Current 30-Year Fixed Rate is 4.93%, According to Zillow® Mortgage Rate Ticker

Posted by online2 On lundi 5 avril 2010 0 commentaires

SEATTLE, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The 30-year fixed mortgage rate on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace is currently 4.93 percent, up thirteen basis points from 4.80 percent compared to this same time last week. The 30-year fixed mortgage spiked late Wednesday at 4.98 percent, before leveling off just above 4.90 percent over the weekend.

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Zillow's real-time mortgage rates are based on thousands of custom mortgage quotes submitted daily to anonymous borrowers through the site, and reflect the most recent changes in the market. These are not marketing rates, or a weekly survey.

The rate for 15-year fixed home loans is currently 4.26 percent, while the rate for 5-1 adjustable-rate mortgages (ARM) is 3.53 percent.

The total volume of mortgage requests in the past week was up 7 percent from the prior week. Of last week's requests, 29 percent were for refinance loans, 69 percent were for purchase loans and 2 percent were for home equity loans. The prior week, 31 percent of requests were for refinance loans, 67 percent were for purchase loans and 2 percent were for home equity loans.

Below are current rates for 30-year fixed mortgages by state. Additional states' rates are available at: www.zillow.com/Mortgage_Rates.











State

Current
30-Year
Fixed Rate
(3/30/10)

Last week's
30-Year
Fixed Rate
(3/23/10)

Change in
Basis Points




California Mortgage Rates

4.91%

4.76%

+15




Colorado Mortgage Rates

4.91%

4.82%

+9




Florida Mortgage Rates

5.06%

4.72%

+34




Illinois Mortgage Rates

4.95%

4.76%

+19




Massachusetts Mortgage Rates

5.14%

4.96%

+18




New Jersey Mortgage Rates

4.90%

4.75%

+15




New York Mortgage Rates

4.92%

4.85%

+7




Pennsylvania Mortgage Rates

4.98%

4.85%

+13




Texas Mortgage Rates

4.97%

4.88%

+9




Washington Mortgage Rates

4.93%

4.75%

+18




















About Zillow Mortgage Marketplace

Zillow Mortgage Marketplace is a free, open, and transparent lending marketplace, where borrowers connect with lenders to find loans and get the best mortgage rates. Borrowers anonymously submit loan requests and receive an unlimited number of custom mortgage quotes with real rates directly from thousands of competing lenders. Zillow Mortgage Marketplace also provides mortgage calculators, mortgage advice, mortgage widgets, and lender directories.

Zillow is a registered trademark of Zillow, Inc.

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Zillow.com® Launches the Zillow® on iPad App

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Photo-driven home shopping experience built specifically for iPad's innovative Multi-Touch user interface

SEATTLE, April 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Real estate Web site Zillow.com today announced that its Zillow on iPad App is available on the App Store. The app presents users with homes for sale, homes for rent, Zestimate® home values, photos, home details and historical data on 95 million U.S. homes on a stunning screen while mobile.

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"We jumped at the chance to create the Zillow on iPad App because we saw this as a unique opportunity to create a brand new, photo-driven home shopping experience on the most incredible Apple device yet," said Rich Barton, Zillow's chairman and chief executive officer. "Our app for iPad has the potential to radically change the way people search and comparison shop for real estate and we're excited to be on the App Store for iPad from day one."

With the Zillow on iPad App, home shoppers and real estate professionals can now:

  • Quickly search and browse cities and neighborhoods on a large touch-screen map with information on all homes, including those for sale or for rent, using landscape or portrait mode. Alongside the map, users can flick through photos of a home, or multiple homes, all from one simple, interactive interface.
  • Window-shop the neighborhood – In addition to map-based searching, Zillow built a brand new shopping interface, completely unique to the iPad, which starts with photos. View large images of multiple homes side-by-side; quickly flick through preview photos of one home versus another, or pick a home and browse large, nearly full screen images on the iPad's high resolution display.
  • Drag and drop homes into a personal favorites section for easy access. Favorite homes can be synced with Zillow.com and the Zillow iPhone App for later viewing.

Additionally, the Zillow on iPad App lets home shoppers set custom filters to refine home searches by price, size or type and share homes of interest via email or Facebook®. When interested in a home, shoppers can also email the agent, owner or landlord right from the app.

The Zillow on iPad App is available for free from the App Store on iPad or at www.itunes.com/appstore/.

For additional information about the Zillow on iPad App please visit www.zillow.com/ipad.

About Zillow.com

Zillow.com is an online real estate marketplace where homeowners, buyers, sellers, renters, real estate agents and mortgage professionals find and share vital information about homes and mortgages. Launched in early 2006 with Zestimate home values and data on millions of U.S. homes, Zillow has since added homes for sale and homes for rent, a directory of real estate and lending professionals, Zillow Advice and Zillow Mortgage Marketplace. One of the most-visited real estate Web sites, with more than 10 million(i) unique visitors per month, Zillow's goal is to help people become smarter about homes and real estate in every stage of their lives -- home buying, selling, renting, remodeling and financing. The company is headquartered in Seattle and has raised $87 million in funding.

Zillow, Zillow.com, and Zestimate are registered trademarks of Zillow, Inc.

Facebook is a registered trademark of Facebook, Inc.

(i) Source for monthly unique visitors: Omniture.

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Renovation of energy: energy audit professionals organized

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Signature of a partnership between The UNECTPI & DIAG-ONLINE renovation to boost national energy

Saturday, March 13, during its general assembly, NATIONAL UNION OF INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERT CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS (UNECTPI) signed in Paris a partnership charter with DIAG-ONLINE, the first portal to support the renovation for energy owners of real estate. This partnership covers the implementation of Energy Performance Diagnosis (ECD) for users of DIAG-ONLINE.

Partnership is very important for members of UNECPTI, this merger is to offer user-owners of Diag-Online, a single national tariff when they reach their early childhood by a member of the diagnoser UNECTPI. The purpose: to harmonize the current prices and ensure quality service to individuals engaging in a process of renewal energy of their property.

For Emmanuel Mullard, Chairman of UNECTPI: "The ECD is a good diagnostic tool from the moment it is done in engineering practice by a qualified professional. Thus, we are very pleased to provide our members can develop into accompanying them on an exciting market and different from its sale, with an innovative partner as DIAG-ONLINE. "
A shared ambition to ensure the quality and reliability of ECD

In a context where the renovation of buildings is becoming a major issue, ECD is seen being questioned for its unreliability and lack of tariffs on the territory. For these two reasons, the two players that are renovating and UNECTPI ONLINE-DIAG decided to unite to ensure the effectiveness and quality of ECD proposed to the owners. More than a rehabilitation diagnosis is a true position in a profession still largely unregulated.

In signing the UNECTPI extends its commitment to provide its expertise in real diagnosis on the market for energy retrofit. For its part, DIAG-ONLINE tied its first partnership of weight since its creation in 2009. "The first fundamental stage of our concept is to take a picture by a building's energy and ECD and prepare recommendations for work to be done. It must be certain that the ECD is impeccable. Through this partnership with UNECTPI, we can, first, we rely on local experts ECD and secondly, control the financial investment must be the owner. This will avoid unpleasant surprises and continue the process Diag-Online with serenity. "Says Guillaume Ader, head of Diag-Online.

ABOUT ...

The UNECTPI
Born in February 1999 by the will of a few technicians in parasitology estate to organize and enhance an emerging profession, the UNECTPI, including Senator John Pastor Mark (one of the initiators of the "Termites Act") has accepted the Presidency of Honor has over a hundred members. Its main mission is to organize the occupation and the federation of skilled professionals capable of delivering a quality service in accordance with the regulations and ethics, compliance services guaranteed by the Charter of Quality.

DIAG-ONLINE
Diag-Online.com is an online platform dedicated to energy renovation of real property. Created by Atys Concept, supported by OSEO, ADEME and the Aquitaine region in particular, the site's mission is to accompany a technically and financially in their owners retrofit project. In addition to the study and recommendations of work following the ESP, DIAG-ONLINE advisers are also owners in connection with construction companies and their accompanying funding process as eco-interest loan by example.

Press Contact: 04 99 74 08 83 - relations-presse@patte-blanche.com


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