US Real Estate

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Sovereign wealth funds expected to invest US$725 billion in ...
Business Intelligence Middle East (press release) - United Arab Emirates
"With nearly US$4 trillion of total assets currently under SWF control, a 7% allocation would mean worldwide commercial real estate investments totaling ...
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US home sales off 2.2 percent in August
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
North Texas home sales are down 18.5 percent between August 2008 and the same month the prior year, according to the North Texas Real Estate Information ...
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Raffles: US Real estate's latest game of chance
International Herald Tribune - France
But the real estate market cooled, and the house sat unsold. Two months after the move, saddled with a costly mortgage, the couple reluctantly put their new ...
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Rubenstein: PE to rescue troubled US mortgage assets
PrivateEquityRealEstate.com (subscription) - UK
The Carlyle Group is steeling itself to be among the largest buyers of distressed mortgage and real estate assets as part of the US government’s $700 ...
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AIG may offload buildings to raise cash
The Standard - Hong Kong
AIG listed "real estate and other fixed assets, net of accumulated depreciation" of US$5.7 billion at the end of June, according to a quarterly filing with ...
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Economy could close some malls: liquidator
Reuters - USA
"A lot of this will be going away because America was over retailed and over malled," said Nina Kampler, executive vice president of Hilco Real Estate LLC. ...
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Virtual Homes Announces Exclusive Partnership with RE/MAX ...
MarketWatch - USA
"Our partnership with RE/MAX Innovations is a key component of our growth strategy and provides our real estate agents with high quality leads in a ...
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Local Real Estate Market Remains Soft
The Chattanoogan - Chattanooga,TN,USA
The local real estate market remained soft in the month of August, according to the latest figures released by the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) of the ...
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Lehman-related downgrades reported ...
Structured Credit Investor (subscription) - London,UK
Commercial real estate prices, as measured by Moody's/REAL Commercial Property Price Indices (CPPI), posted a small increase of 0.4% in July over the level ...
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Local real estate picture brighter than most of US
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville,TN,USA
The fourth article was the same old "gloom and doom" about real estate that we hear on network TV several times a week. My problem is that this article ...
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Video of The Day - Bush on The Epic Meltdown!
By SoldAtTheTop(SoldAtTheTop)
Here is a link to president Bush's address on the economic meltdown. Ill post the youtube videos when youtube is back up and running (its down currently)
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iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate Index Fund (IYR) is a SELL
By inmano5
SELL rating on iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate Index Fund (IYR) Start Price: $60.63 Start Date: 09/24/2008.
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US Real Estate Market at ‘Tipping Point,’; Sales Activity Expected ...
By pruittpulse
We expect real estate sales activity to increase in some local markets across the nation by the fourth quarter of 2008. However, high numbers of foreclosures and stringent mortgage loan standards will continue to put downward pressure ...
Pruitt Pulse - http://pruittpulse.com

Reading Rates: MBA Application Survey – September 24 2008
By SoldAtTheTop(SoldAtTheTop)
The purchase application index has been highlighted as a particularly important data series as it very broadly captures the demand side of residential real estate for both new and existing home purchases. ...
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Beware The Racist Realtor - Part II
By Barry Cunningham
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it has charged Rodney Foreman, a real estate agent formerly employed by Coldwell Banker-Joe T. Lane Realty, Inc., in Jonesboro, Georgia, with racial steering ...
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