Where The Term Real Estate Come From.    A Brief History And Origins of Real Estate.  Definition: Real Estate Continue from previous post. The Industrial Revolution. The industrial revolution was one of the great equalizers in human history, The use of machines for manual labor freed many peasants for different tasks, and allowed a privileged few time for education and specialization into new fields of labor opened up by the mechanization of industry. Cobblers, seamstresses and cabinetmakers found that their once invaluable skills were now obsolete, leaving them to return to the land and the coal mines beneath it to try to eke out a living. People were able to jump classes and bring some of their lower class sensibilities with them, leading to track housing for laborers and a range of ... 07/05/2009

  PLAY VIDEO Real Estate Outlook: Index Says Positive Growth Underway by Kenneth R. Harney You might not hear much about them on TV or in the papers, but there are some economic signs popping up right now that are -- at the VERY least -- encouraging for housing and real estate. Take the gold standard of all forward indicators for the U.S. economy -- the Conference Board's "Index of Leading Indicators," which is based on a broad survey of industry data and predicts economic activity three to six months down the road. The latest Conference Board index registered its first increase in six months. Now I know that all we hear about these days is recession: it's either already here or it's about to happen. But the index suggests that there should be positive growth underway in the second half... 04/24/2008