March 10, 2010

Real estate prices rise at record pace in China (Asia News Network)

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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

March 9, 2010

Apollo Management Said to Buy Citigroup Real Estate Unit (Bloomberg)

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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

March 8, 2010

Poly Real Estate’s Property Sales Rise 41% in First Two Months (Bloomberg)

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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

March 7, 2010

ETF Investing: Real estate ETFs still on shaky ground (Market Watch)

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Exchange-traded funds tracking real estate stocks have been among the market’s best performers since the March 2009 market low, but the potential for more upside is on shaky ground. View full post on Yahoo! News Search Results for real estate

March 6, 2010

Atlanta Real Estate Firm Prudential Georgia Realty ranks #1 in 2009 for listings and buyers (dBusinessNews.com)

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Atlanta real estate, despite the economy and misleading television news reports, still had a very active year in 2009. Prudential Georgia Realty, for instance, sold 6,800 homes in metro Atlanta in 2009 for a gross residential sales volume of more than $1.5 billion. View full post on Yahoo! News Search Results for real estate

March 5, 2010

A new real estate cost to watch for: Developer’s private transfer fee (Washington Post)

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How about this for a new and ingenious real estate money machine? Every time a house sells during the next 99 years, 1 percent of the price goes back to the original developer or is shared among investor partners. Ka-ching! View full post on Yahoo! News Search Results for real estate

March 4, 2010

Real estate firm CB Richard Ellis names CFO (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

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Real estate services company CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. said Thursday that Gil Borok has been promoted to chief financial officer. View full post on Yahoo! News Search Results for real estate

March 3, 2010

U.S. Stocks Trim Gain as Fed Says Real Estate, Loan Demand Weak (Bloomberg)

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March 3 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks trimmed gains after the Federal Reserve said commercial real estate and loan demand remained weak in January and February and labor markets were still “soft.” View full post on Yahoo! News Search Results for real estate

March 2, 2010

Chinese Real Estate ETFs: Opportunity Knocks (TheStreet.com)

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Claymore/AlphaShares China Real Estate is among the ETFs that offer a diverse way to access the Chinese real estate sector. View full post on Yahoo! News Search Results for real estate

March 1, 2010

Norway Gives Approval for Oil Fund to Buy Real Estate (Update2) (Bloomberg)

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March 1 (Bloomberg) — Norway gave approval for its $440 billion sovereign wealth fund to invest as much as 5 percent of its value in real estate to increase returns and limit overall risk after record losses in 2008. View full post on Yahoo! News Search Results for real estate