Better Business Bureau warns Realtors of phishing scam
Real estate offices and agents are being targeted by a phishing scam using fake Better Business Bureau emails that claim the broker is being investigated, according to a warning from the agency’s national office in Arlington, Va.The scam emails threaten legal action if the receiver doesn’t respond. Links in the emails lead to websites that […]
Realtors expect housing market to keep improving
Increased consumer confidence is showing up in the housing market where sales and the number of new building permits are increasing. Home sales are up for the fifth consecutive quarter, according to Stephen J. Babbitt, president of the Greater Rochester Association of Realtors, who released third-quarter results Friday. The number of quarterly closings increased 7 […]
DA candidate backs law to expand sex offender tracking
Two proposed local laws would make it easier for people moving into the Rochester area to find out if a convicted sex offender lives nearby. Sandra Doorley, Democratic candidate for Monroe County district attorney ...
Housing market stabilizing
Second quarter statistics released Friday show signs of a housing market returning to a more typical rhythm in the 11-county Genesee region. The median sale price for the second quarter remained flat at $120,000 when compared to last year ...
Realtors open doors to buyers nationwide
The Greater Rochester Association of Realtors is taking part this weekend in a nationwide open house Saturday and Sunday. More than 600 individual open houses are scheduled in the greater Rochester area.
Housing market expected to pick up in spring
Better weather is expected to provide a sunnier outlook for the local housing market, which saw a sharp decline in sales from the end of last year, but is relatively on par with the first quarter of 2011.
Nothnagle opens Skaneateles franchise
Nothnagle Realtors is now operating in Central New York. The company announced Thursday the launch of Nothnagle Realtors, Moss Ansteth Associates, a franchise in Onondaga County owned and managed by Aaron Moss and Stephen Ansteth.
Nothnagle opens in Dansville
Nothnagle Realtors will open its new branch at 202 Main St., Dansville, on Aug. 26. Nothnagle announced its merger with The Edmond Agency last month, enabling the company to operate a third location in Livingston County and its first in Dansville. The transition is complete, according to a release, and nine agents will work out […]
Edmond Agency now Nothnagle Realtors
Nothnagle recently merged with The Edmond Agency of Dansville in Livingston County, the offices announced jointly on Tuesday.
Realtors rejoice? National MLS on the way
What is billed as the uber-technology Realtors have been waiting on will debut soon, promising to forever change the way agents access residential and commercial property information.
Realtors lobby spent $5.6M in 4Q
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Association of Realtors spent $5.6 million lobbying the federal government in the 2009 fourth quarter as it pressed for measures to aid the hobbled housing market, according to a recent disclosure form.
GRAR conference expects hundreds
The Greater Rochester Association of Realtors expects more than 300 real estate professionals will converge today at the Downtown Hyatt a day-long career development and networking conference.
Case Digests
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Review of another judge’s actions: Opinion 22-153
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Charitable contributions: Opinion 22-150
- Second Circuit – Class action settlement: Moses v. The New York Times Company
- Fourth Department – Breach of contract: Hausrath Landscape Maintenance Inc. v. Caravan Facilities Management LLC
- Second Circuit – New York Child Victim’s Act: Kane v. Mount Pleasant CSD; Coe v. Eastport Union Free School
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Appointing law clerk: Opinion 22-149
- Fourth Department – Bill of particulars: Harris v. Rome Memorial Hospital, et al.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Accusations against co-judge: Opinion 22-148
- Fourth Department – Medicaid: Washington Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Home v. NYS Dept. of Health
- Fourth Department – Criminal possession of a firearm: People v. Wilson
- Fourth Department – Promoting prostitution: People v. Watts
- Second Circuit – Class certification: Arkansas Teachers Retirement System V. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
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- Rochester man sues Geneseo police, alleging false arrest, assault
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