Archive for February, 2008

Real estate executive Viola ‘Vi’ Dolman, 87 (Honolulu Advertiser)

Viola “Vi” Dolman, a leader in the Hawai’i real estate community for more than 40 years and an active volunteer, died Tuesday night at the Hawai’i Medical Center. She was 87.
More: continued here

Battle Brewing Over Real Estate Conveyance Tax (Hartford Courant)

With the real estate market at its weakest in years and the sub-prime mortgage crisis continuing, the state’s Realtors are making their biggest push yet to reduce the state’s conveyance tax by $40 million as a stimulus package for the sluggish economy. […]

Isle experts see slide in commercial real estate (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

Hawaii’s commercial real estate sales volume could fall by more than 20 percent this year, according to a new assessment of potential impacts here from mainland financial woes.
More: continued here

The dog days of real estate (San Francisco Chronicle)

“Dogs are the new children,” Djuna Woods says when I reach her in her Coldwell Banker office in Menlo Park. Although Woods’ words have precious little to do with real estate, as an elevator pitch it’s hard to do better than a single sentence which cleverly… […]

6News video: McGrew Real Estate releases sales report (Lawrence Journal-World)

A report coming out this weekend looks at real estate sales from last year, and officials are hoping there won’t be an equally frustrating sequel.
More: continued here

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-02-29 08:20 GMT: International Real Estate FY pretax falls; cautiously optimistic about future (Interactive Investor)

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - International Real Estate PLC, the European property investment and development company, posted lower full-year pretax profit and said it remains cautiously optimistic about future.
More: continued here

County now collecting real estate taxes from city (Williamsport Sun Gazette)

City property owners will receive another tax bill in their mailbox in the next several days. The county now is billing city residents for county real estate taxes.
More: continued here

India Real Estate: Price Correction Looms (BusinessWeek)

Gaurav Dalmia, founder and chairman of real estate investor Landmark Holdings, talks about what impending lower property prices in India’s larger cities will mean for the market.
More: continued here

Breakfast event looks at Americans’ attitudes toward real estate development (BizJournals)

The Nashville District Council of the Urban Land Institute and Michael Saint, CEO of The Saint Consulting Group, will examine Americans’ attitudes toward real estate development and overcoming citizen opposition at a breakfast event.
More: continued here

California trust enters Northwest real estate market (BizJournals)

Donahue Schriber, a private real estate trust based in Costa Mesa, Calif., has entered the Northwest real estate market with the purchase of Keizer Station, near Salem.
More: continued here