Archive for January, 2008

Shanghai’s real estate sector in doldrums (People’s Daily)

Investment in Shanghai’s real estate market is expected to grow less rapidly and become more vulnerable to policy uncertainties in 2008, according to several large real estate service providers. Real estate investment saw a slowdown in t …
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Tentative Deal to Salvage Real Estate Empire (New York Times)

Harry and Billy Macklowe, the father-and-son team of real estate developers, have come under intense financial pressure with the near collapse of the credit markets.
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Tightening real estate credit needs cautious steps: MOC (Vietnam Net)

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Tran Nam talks about the measures to control real estate speculation and real estate credit.
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New York Candidates Awash in Real Estate Cash (New York Times)

The real estate industry, racing to beat strict new limits on campaign contributions, has been flooding New York City candidates with donations for the 2009 campaign.
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The Year in Real Estate (Newsweek)

Why the year in real estate wasn’t all bad news.
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Alert Issued After Man Allegedly Threatens Real Estate Agent (FOX 5 News Atlanta)

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. (FOX 5) – Real estate agents in Metro Atlanta were on alert Thursday after a man allegedly threatened a female agent while she was showing a house.
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Amendment 1 sparking real estate rebound? (NBC 2 Fort Myers)

In the past couple days, some Cape Coral real estate agents say their phones have been ringing off the hook with people looking to buy homes. NBC2’s Kate Eckman found out the mini-surge has everything to do with politics and water.
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Tribune sells L.A.’s Tribune Studios, will buy real estate from Chandler family (BizJournals)

The Tribune Co. has sold its Tribune Studios and related real estate in Los Angeles to Hudson Capital LLC for $125 million, the company said Thursday.
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Coalition opposes increase in real estate fees (Chicago Tribune)

‘The wrong tax at the wrong time’ Calling a proposed 40 percent hike in a government fee charged on Chicago property purchases “the wrong tax at the wrong time,” a coalition of real estate agents, home builders and other business interests Thursday called on the City Council to delay a vote on […]

LMP Real Estate Income Fund Inc. as of December 31, 2007 (Centre Daily Times)

LMP Real Estate Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: RIT) announces its portfolio composition as of December 31, 2007.
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