http://www.igotrealestate.com/blog Keeping you up to date with community and market news... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:28:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Chuo Mitsui Trust & Banking Co. is starting a real-estate fund business that will buy offices and housing in central Tokyo, with the goal of accumulating 150 billion yen ($1.66 billion) in assets under management within five years, Nikkei English News said, without citing a source ... http://www.igotrealestate.com/blog/chuo-mitsui-trust-to-start-real-estate-business-nikkei-says-bloomberg/ RISMEDIA, March 16, 2010—In the first study of immigrants buying homes in mid-size areas across the United States, researchers at the University of Southern California Lusk Center for Real Estate showed an increasing number of new Americans are choosing to put down permanent roots outside major gateway cities, lured by ... http://www.igotrealestate.com/blog/study-shows-more-immigrants-buying-homes-in-mid-size-cities/ Aside from Boca Raton, Florida; West Palm Beach is also seeing a lot of improvement in the real estate market compared to past years. View full post on Yahoo! News Search Results for real estate http://www.igotrealestate.com/blog/west-palm-beach-real-estate-take-advantage-of-the-market-while-its-hot-turks-us/ A real estate agent who saved four people after a head-on two car crash north of Auckland on Friday has been hailed as a hero.Real estate agent Rob Kuypers was driving his son home from school when he arrived at the crash scene... View full post on Yahoo! News Search Results ... http://www.igotrealestate.com/blog/real-estate-agent-hailed-a-hero-the-new-zealand-herald/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. commercial real estate values rose for the first time on an annual basis in two-and-a-half years as rent declines slowed, according to Investment Property Databank Ltd. View full post on Yahoo! News Search Results for real estate http://www.igotrealestate.com/blog/u-k-real-estate-reports-first-annual-rise-since-2007-update1-bloomberg/ More bitter pills for the state's pension funds to swallow. The California Public Employees' Retirement System on Wednesday pulled out of an $800 million Boston condo and hotel complex, called the Columbus Center, which, as reported last week, was on the... CalPERS - Real estate - Pension - Business - ... http://www.igotrealestate.com/blog/more-real-estate-woes-for-calpers-san-francisco-chronicle/ Real estate prices in February rose at the fastest pace in almost two years in China, adding urgency to the government's efforts to rein in speculation and increase the amount of affordable housing. ..... View full post on Yahoo! News Search Results for real estate http://www.igotrealestate.com/blog/real-estate-prices-rise-at-record-pace-in-china-asia-news-network/ March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Apollo Management LP agreed to buy Citigroup Inc.’s real estate investment unit, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. View full post on Yahoo! News Search Results for real estate http://www.igotrealestate.com/blog/apollo-management-said-to-buy-citigroup-real-estate-unit-bloomberg/ RISMEDIA, March 10, 2010—Pending home sales are down and additional declines are expected from abnormal weather conditions, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in January 2010, fell 7.6% to 90.4 from an upwardly revised 97.8 in December, but ... http://www.igotrealestate.com/blog/pending-home-sales-down-severe-weather-impacting-market/ March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Poly Real Estate Group Co.’s property sales rose 41 percent in the first two months of this year as compared with the same period of 2009, according to a filing to Shanghai’s stock exchange. View full post on Yahoo! News Search Results for real estate http://www.igotrealestate.com/blog/poly-real-estate%e2%80%99s-property-sales-rise-41-in-first-two-months-bloomberg/