The FINANCIAL -- An ability to sign bids and closing documents online will allow Realtors to respond to buyers and sellers in a more timely manner, as the National Association of Realtors on November 19 announced a business alliance with DocuSign, the leading provider of on-demand electronic signature solutions.

The FINANCIAL -- One of the City of London’s finest freehold buildings, the former Midland Bank headquarters at27-35 Poultry and 5 Princes Street, EC2, has been sold for around £40 million to a private client of Gresham Down through Knight Frank on behalf of Grant Thornton, administrators of Poultry Developments Limited.

The FINANCIAL -- In the construction sector, seasonally adjusted production1 decreased by 1.1% in both the euro area2 (EA16) and the EU272 in September 2009, compared with the previous month. In August3, production rose by 0.1% in the euro area, but fell by 0.1% in the EU27.

The FINANCIAL -- Knight Frank's international residential property search website - http://search.knightfrank.com - has won the title of "the world's best real estate agency website" at the International Residential Property Awards 2009 held in association with CNBC in San Diego last week.

The FINANCIAL -- Vicki Cox Golder, a Realtor from Tucson, Ariz., was installed on November 16 as 2010 president of the National Association of Realtors at the association’s Board of Directors meeting during the REALTORS Conference & Expo here. Approximately 20,000 Realtors and guests from the U.S. and abroad attended the annual meeting this year.