Deals may drive real estate stocks, but bears say sector's too … - MarketWa…

29 Dec 2006 at 11:34am

Deals may drive real estate stocks, but bears say sector's too ….
MarketWatch - 13 hours ago
BOSTON (MarketWatch) — As investors close the books on 2006, those who've been handsomely rewarded for sticking with high-flying real estate stocks may feel a ….
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Housing falloff hasn't troubled REITs Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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Double-digit drop recorded in Maine real estate sales - Boston Globe

29 Dec 2006 at 2:18pm

TheDay Double-digit drop recorded in Maine real estate sales
Boston Globe, United States - 11 hours ago
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine –Maine real estate sales tumbled into the double digit range last month as decreases in prices and sales followed a national track ….
Home resales pick up slightly in US Toronto Star
Decline in N.Ky. home sales eases in November Cincinnati Post
Home sales drop off at end of 2006 Kansas.com
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GE Real Estate Buys $792M Spanish Portfolio from Landscape Inmobiliaria (Comm…

29 Dec 2006 at 11:11pm

GE Real Estate Iberia is buying a U.S.$792 million portfolio from Landscape Inmobiliaria. The portfolio includes office, industrial, and other mixed-use properties located in Barcelona and Madrid.

Real Estate People & Places (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

30 Dec 2006 at 12:15am

Marian McGinley has been appointed sales director of Coldwell Banker Real Estate's Squirrel Hill office.

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Chennai real estate prices soar - Economic Times

28 Dec 2006 at 1:56am

Chennai real estate prices soar
Economic Times, India - 10 hours ago
CHENNAI: Real estate developers in Chennai are forced to explore the city outskirts for new business opportunities, as prices within the metropolis have ….
Chennai real estate prices soar, builders look outside Monsters and Critics.com
Chennai real estate prices soar, builders look outside RxPG NEWS
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German Stocks Including Metro Decline; Hypo Real Estate Gains - Bloomberg

28 Dec 2006 at 3:53am

German Stocks Including Metro Decline; Hypo Real Estate Gains
Bloomberg - 8 hours ago
…. Hypo Real Estate Holding AG paced rising shares. …. Hypo Real Estate , the mortgage bank spun off from HVB Group, advanced 20 cents, or 0.4 percent, to 48.3 euros.
German Stocks Including Hypo Real Estate Drop; Siemens Gains Bloomberg
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German Stocks Including Hypo Real Estate Drop; Siemens Gains (Bloomberg.com)

28 Dec 2006 at 6:30am

Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) — German stocks including Hypo Real Estate Holding AG and Metro AG declined. Siemens AG advanced. The DAX Index lost 2.48, or less than 0.1 percent, to 6606.38 as of 11:58 a.m. in Frankfurt.

German Stocks Including Metro Decline; Hypo Real Estate Gains (Bloomberg.com)

28 Dec 2006 at 4:00am

Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) — German stocks including Metro AG and Deutsche Postbank AG fell. Hypo Real Estate Holding AG paced rising shares. The benchmark DAX Index lost 3.24, or 0.1 percent, to 6605.62 as of 9:44 a.m. in Frankfurt.

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Real estate agents take dramatic turn for sales - Seattle Post Intelligencer

26 Dec 2006 at 2:38am

Real estate agents take dramatic turn for sales
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 7 hours ago
…. 80 percent from 1999. The state Department of Licensing reports there are 13,747 licensed real estate salespeople in King County. ….
Realty Bites: Realtors give big during holidays Long Beach Press-Telegram
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Real estate space may witness sharp correction - Moneycontrol.com

26 Dec 2006 at 2:58am

Real estate space may witness sharp correction
Moneycontrol.com, India - 7 hours ago
Technical analyst, Sudarshan Sukhani is of the view that real estate - construction space may witness sharp correction in medium term. ….

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE NEWS (San Jose Mercury News)

26 Dec 2006 at 6:16am

At least four different entities expressed interest in acquiring all or part of Equity Office Properties Trust before the company agreed to sell itself to a unit of private equity firm Blackstone Group, according to a company filing. In addition, the Chicago-based real estate investment trust noted it will consider higher bids than Blackstone's $48.50-a-share offer. The deal, announced in …

Real estate agents take dramatic turn for sales (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

26 Dec 2006 at 2:34am

With 13,747 licensed real estate salespeople in King County, agents need to distinguish themselves somehow. Some wear costumes, serve pie or distribute handy gifts. Others aim for a niche location, home type or a group of buyers.

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Recovery is here for real estate - Arizona Republic

23 Dec 2006 at 2:42pm

Recovery is here for real estate
Arizona Republic, AZ - 4 hours ago
…. 1 topic among Arizona homeowners (as well as lenders, builders and real estate agents) seems to be: "How long before real estate markets recover?". ….
Bulls & bears: What's next for Valley housing market Arizona Republic
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Real estate not the best way to save for college - San Jose Mercury News

23 Dec 2006 at 6:09am

Real estate not the best way to save for college
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 12 hours ago
…. On the other hand, I know people who have invested successfully in real estate .. They tend to be folks who enjoy managing and maintaining properties. ….
New Rules for Real Estate Wall Street Journal (subscription)
You remember that movie ?The Money Pit?? TheNewsTribune.com (subscription)
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Real Estate Weekly — Dec. 22 (Market Watch)

22 Dec 2006 at 2:08pm

A number of real-estate industry professionals and observers believe 2007 should be a year of stabilization for home sales and home prices in many markets. Whether homeowners believe the prediction is another story.

When local real estate players go national (rediff.com)

23 Dec 2006 at 1:25am

An increasing number of Kolkata-based real estate players are spreading their wings and building interesting projects all over India.

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Real Estate M&A Roars Ahead - BusinessWeek

21 Dec 2006 at 9:48pm

Real Estate M&A Roars Ahead
BusinessWeek - 11 hours ago
…. The pace of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2006 has accelerated across virtually all industries and sectors, including real estate investment trusts (REITs ….
Real Estate Investment Trusts ? Incredible Market Growth Fortnightly Tenerife News
InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust Announces Acquisition of …. Market Wire (press release)
Sunlight REIT sees dip in share price on listing debut China Knowledge Online
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Sector movers: REIT hopes for Real Estate - ShareCast

22 Dec 2006 at 5:01am

Sector movers: REIT hopes for Real Estate
ShareCast, UK - 3 hours ago
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Real Estate was the top performing sector today as traders decided to move into property stocks ahead of January's REIT conversions. ….
Friday Papers: Properties buoyant on Reit growth prospects CityWire.co.uk
Land Securities gets go-ahead for Reits Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
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Real Estate ETF Plays International Segment (Investor's Business Daily via Ya…

21 Dec 2006 at 7:00pm

Investors concerned about a slowing U.S. real estate market now have the option to invest in an international real estate ETF.

Real estate markets softened in 2006, should stabilize in 2007 (Market Watch)

22 Dec 2006 at 12:43am

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — For many residential real-estate markets in the U.S., this year started with an advantage to sellers and ended with buyers holding the upper hand. But, unlike some people had expected, the switch didn't follow the deafening "pop" of a massive real estate bubble.

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China to assess the energy consumption performance of real estate … - Peopl…

19 Dec 2006 at 7:41pm

China to assess the energy consumption performance of real estate ….
People's Daily Online, China - 2 hours ago
Energy-saving initiatives will be obligatory for all real estate investment applications in China from the first day of 2007, as the country moves to boost ….

State Street offers first international real estate exchange … - Boston Globe

19 Dec 2006 at 10:20am

State Street offers first international real estate exchange ….
Boston Globe, United States - 11 hours ago
…. Global Advisors, the investment management arm of State Street Corp., said today it has launched the first-ever international real estate exchange-traded fund. ….
New real - estate ETF is a globe-trotter MarketWatch
International Real Estate ETF begins trading ETF guide
SSgA creates ETF tracking global real estate Pensions & Investments
Primenewswire (press release) - Business Wire (press release)
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Real estate: Laid back in Los Angeles (USA Today)

19 Dec 2006 at 6:55pm

With home sales skidding even with the median price up to a gravity-defying $583,000, it's hard to believe the Los Angeles real estate market is stabilizing.

Real Estate Dip Brings Layoffs in Home Construction (NPR)

19 Dec 2006 at 7:49pm

Only a year ago, construction firms were scrambling to find enough workers. Now they're laying them off as the real estate market slumps. Toll Brothers, one of the largest homebuilding firms, expects to lay off as much as 15 percent of its workforce.

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Here's an interesting experiment. Today (December 19th 2006) 30 of the most influential real estate bloggers will exchange blogs in what is being called the equivalent of a "Yankee Swap". This sounds like a great way for local consumers and real estate agents to discover new voice in the real estate blogesphere.

Here’s an overview of how it will work: Real Estate Yankee Blog Swap

Latest Deal in Real Estate for $9 Billion - New York Times

17 Dec 2006 at 8:46pm

CNNMoney.com Latest Deal in Real Estate for $9 Billion
New York Times, United States - 2 hours ago
Realogy, the giant real estate franchisor that owns Coldwell Banker, Century 21 and Sotheby?s International Realty agreed yesterday to be sold to Apollo Group ….
Apollo taking Realogy private for $6.6 billion: WSJ MarketWatch
Coldwell Banker parent sold for nearly $6.7B CNNMoney.com
Apollo Management to acquire Realogy for 6.6 bln usd - WSJ Forbes
Washington Post - Earthtimes.org
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German DIC Asset buys Berlin real estate portfolio - Reuters

17 Dec 2006 at 8:17am

German DIC Asset buys Berlin real estate portfolio
Reuters - 15 hours ago
…. DE: Quote, Profile , Research) said on Sunday it and Morgan Stanley's property fund had bought a 147-million euro ($193 million) real estate portfolio from ….
DIC Asset, Morgan Stanley Buy Berlin Property for EU147 Million Bloomberg
DIC Asset AG acquires property Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung)
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Latest Deal in Real Estate for $9 Billion (New York Times)

17 Dec 2006 at 8:52pm

Realogy, the giant real estate franchisor, agreed today to be sold to Apollo Group, the private equity firm, for about $9 billion.

Rijas Group to introduce options and derivatives in real estate (Khaleej Times)

17 Dec 2006 at 10:56pm

DUBAI ? Rijas Group, a diversified group from Pakistan, plans to introduce 'options and derivatives' for the first time in the UAE real estate sector.

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Here’s an interesting study of 20,000 Canadian home sales between 1997 and 2000 that found words really do matter in real estate advertisements. Here’s a sample of what they found:

* Use the word “Beautiful” and the home sold 15% quicker and for 5% more then average
* Homes Listed as “Good Value” sold for 5% Less
* “Motivate” sellers took 15% LONGER to sell
* “Must See” had no impact on the length of time a house took to sell.

Interesting stuff, Have a look at the full article here:
Words Matter

REAL ESTATE WEEKLY - MarketWatch

15 Dec 2006 at 3:52pm

REAL ESTATE WEEKLY
MarketWatch - 11 hours ago
…. or repairs. Less than 3% of all homeowners were using a second mortgage to invest in real estate or buy a second home. About 2% were ….

REAL ESTATE - The Tribune

15 Dec 2006 at 4:26pm

The Tribune REAL ESTATE
The Tribune, India - 10 hours ago
Constructing a house or any other building is becoming costlier for the Indians, more so in Punjab and its surrounding areas. While ….
Soaring construction costs sour concrete dreams The Tribune
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The Top Reads On Real Estate (Washington Post)

15 Dec 2006 at 4:39pm

Each week, in addition to writing my Real Estate Mailbag advice column, I read and review at least one new real estate book. At the end of each year, I select the best of those 52.

Real Estate Live (Washington Post)

15 Dec 2006 at 3:00pm

Welcome to Real Estate Live, an online discussion of the Washington area housing market with Post Real Estate editor Maryann Haggerty.

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