Local Realtors Set Trend with International Marketing Strategy The White Party Scheduled for Summer 2017

Two leading real estate agents will host one of the year?s most touted events in an ever growing trend to market high-end homes...

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FDI an important boost to property values, says realtor

President of C.A. Christie Charles Christie explained to Guardian Business that property values have been on the rise as a result of a continued stream of foreign direct investment (FDI) in The Bahamas.
Christie said The Bahamas has always enjoyed the benefits of welcoming foreign investors who in most instances would purchase real estate, driving the value of properties up.
"It is happening... th...

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Leading realtor fears middle class tipping point, urges new tax hiatus

A leading real estate broker and businessman said today the fastest route to a better Bahamas is to halt the precipitous decline of the middle class.

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Leading Realtor warns against Additional Real Estate Tax, urges Incentives to boost jobs, ownership

A leading realtor is urging government to eliminate the 7.5% VAT on real estate transactions that took effect July 1, claiming there has never been a more critical time to encourage and incentivize investment, particularly in home ownership...

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Realtors see improvement

By ALISON LOWE

Business Reporter

alowe@tribunemedia.net

Consumer confidence appears to be returning in the Bahamian real estate market, with wariness waning amid signs that the economic downturn may have introduced greater "rationality" into property pricing, after what some realtors say was an unsustainable pre-recession housing "bubble".

Patty Birch, president of the Bahamas Real Estate Asso...

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Young Realtor Makes Waves in Local Real Estate Market

Nassau, Bahamas - Rising
star Ryan Knowles is by all accounts a rookie in an industry dominated
by seasoned veterans. The 23-year-old who recently made the transition
to fulltime sales after a three year apprenticeship under real estate
golden boy Mario Carey made the biggest sale of his career, a substantial
sale by any measure -- a seven-unit, beachfront condo complex in the
Love Beach are...

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New realtors betting on youth, vision

Hartman G. Longley II is the broker and general manager of Leno Realty, an affiliate of Leno Corporate Services Ltd., and a realtor who makes much of his relative youth and energy in a market presided over by a definite "old guard".
In fact, Longley may be the youngest independent broker in The Bahamas, and he is excited about Leno Realty. The new company launched on October 1, and is looking to m...

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Realtor calls for housing incentives

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Realtor to sue BREA over 'despicable act'

A realtor who was wrongly listed as no longer being licensed to practice real estate due to non-payment of dues to the Bahamas Real Estate Association (BREA) has given notice that he intends to sue the organization over the "despicable act".
Bishop Walter Hanchell appeared among a list of almost 70 real estate agents and brokers said to not be up to date with his dues and therefore deemed unlicens...

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Realtors question impact of new VAT Bill

Members of the real estate industry have expressed considerable concern over yesterday's tabled value-added tax (VAT) legislation, claiming that it raised more questions than answers.
"We're still trying to comb through the bill," said a realtor, who wished to remain unnamed, adding that several realtors shared concerns over the taxes applicable to professional fees within the industry, including ...

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