Two new studies appearing in Contemporary Economic Policy explore the impact of dam removal on local property values and find that property values increase after dams are removed.

How do you sift through hundreds of billions of bits of information and make accurate inferences from such gargantuan sets of data? Brown University mathematician Charles “Chip” Lawrence and graduate student Luis Carvalho have arrived at a fresh answer with broad applications in science, technology and business.

Disruptions in the mortgage market and tightening credit continued to impact the housing sector in Florida in October. Statewide, sales of existing single-family homes totaled 9,165 last month while 12,846 homes sold in October 2006 for a decrease of 29 percent in the year-to-year comparison, according to the Florida Association of Realtors® (FAR).

Overseas property investors or those seeking to move abroad will need to know how close their new homes are to communication networks. This simple requirement makes accessibility to a region one of the key features when buying property abroad. Now Italian property has improved a new high speed rail network is making this region the place to invest.

Computer Sciences Corporation today announced that financial services research and advisory firm Celent LLC has recognized CSC as a leading vendor in the property and casualty (P&C) insurance software industry.

Home buyers in increasing numbers want garages with two or more spaces in their homes, according to the 2007 Profile of Buyers’ Home Feature Preferences, released today by the National Association of Realtors®.