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London-based real estate developer Castlewood Investment Properties, which is set to enter the Indian market this month, Saturday said it was ‘upbeat about India’ although the global property market was hit by a slump. Read More…

Chennai, Nov 1 (IANS) Britain-based real estate developer Eredene Capital Plc announced Saturday it will invest $300 million in India’s infrastructure sector next year. Read More…

What industry pundits had been referring to as a correction in the housing market became a full-blown crisis of global proportion this past September when the closings of veteran financial institutions, combined with climbing unemployment and Read More…

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The glossary and abbreviation categories are two of the most popular searched parts by consumers, a spokesperson of Real Estate Wiki said. Read More…

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Stockland MD, Matthew Quinn, has dismissed speculation that he is preparing to resign in order to replace Stephen Hester as CEO of British Land. Hester is scheduled to depart the UK REIT on 15 November 2008. Read More…

Back in the early 1990s, the Phoenix metro area — like the rest of the country — was suffering through a profound real estate recession and house prices declined for a record 17 straight months. Read More…

BIMCO representatives attended the fifty-eighth session of the International Maritime Organization?s (IMO) Committee on Marine Environment Protection (MEPC), held in London from 6 ? 10 October 2008. Read More…

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An estate agent is replacing its usual sales commission with an up-front flat fee in a bid to win business in the current housing market. Read More…

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RISMEDIA, Oct. 18, 2008-It?s one thing to examine your property with an eye toward pleasing your guests. But smart second homeowners realize the value of regular preventive maintenance as well.

Realty offerings
While Goddess Laxmi is wooed this season, so are consumers, whose every rupee spent is money earned for many starved industries, given the spate of events that have unfolded this year.

RT Brokerage Services Delivers the Surefire Way to Save $1,000s on Your Real Estate Commission
Pay hourly. We pay hourly for nearly every other professional service we consume, why not real estate?

RT Brokerage Services Delivers the Surefire Way to Save $1,000s on Your Real Estate Commission
— Pay hourly. We pay hourly for nearly every other professional service we consume, why not real estate?

{BLOCK TRADE} Cheung Kong (00001): 369,000 shr for HK$27.84m
) has recorded a block trade deal for a total of 369,000 shares at 10:04 am this morning. The shares were sold at HK$75.45 apiece. The deal amounted HK$27.84 million in total.

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National housing starts rate still dropping
New government numbers show initial construction of U.S. homes fell to a 17-year low in September.Privately owned housing starts fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 817,000 in September, according to the U.S. Commerce Department.

Real Estate Marketing Strategies - Release the Struggle and Start Attracting
By Dr. Maya BaileyRISMEDIA, Oct. 18, 2008-Having been a business coach for more than 12 years, I often hear my clients say things like, Why does this have to be a struggle? or Im feeling desperate, I need more clients.

Islamic banks watch slowing real estate
Manama ? With their ban on interest, the Gulf Islamic banks that managed to avoid the types of debt which proved toxic for their conventional counterparts are now praying the global crisis will bypass their property holdings.

Indian Real Estate Scenario in recession period of economy
THE DEVELOPMENT of real estate in India is attributed to the off-shoring and outsourcing businesses, such as high-end technology consultation, call centres and programming houses.

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MANAMA, (Reuters) - With their ban on interest, the Gulf Islamic banks that managed to avoid the types of debt which proved toxic for their conventional counterparts are now praying the global crisis will bypass their property holdings. Learn More About…

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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated (NYSE: HR - News) today announced that on Monday evening, November 10, 2008, after the market closes, it will report results for the third quarter of 2008. Learn More About…

CHICAGO (Business Wire) — Fitch Ratings has affirmed all classes of notes to Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 (RRE 2006-1) and assigned Rating Outlooks as outlined below: –$129,370,000 class A-1 floating-rate at ‘AAA’; Outlook Stable; Learn More About…

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS (C.A.R.) has incorporated a green and eco-friendly theme at CALIFORNIA REALTOR EXPO 2008, taking place Oct. 14 to Oct. 16 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, Calif.

findwell Sees Increase in Business Despite Slower Real Estate Market
SEATTLE, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ — Seattle’s newest online real estate brokerage, findwell, reported today a significant increase in home buyers and home sellers using their service despite recent turmoil in the financial markets.

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The top Indian cities in terms of real estate investments are definitely the metros - Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi and emerging metros such as Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chandigarh.

Karnataka -: Realtor confesses to shooting actor
taff Reporter Govardhan Murthy planned to flee the country BANGALORE: Realtor-turned-film producer Govardhan Murthy (33), who was arrested fromon Saturday in connection with the murder of Vinod Kumar, a budding film actor, recently, has reportedly

Moscow is the third most expensive property market in the world. But now the global credit crunch is biting - with record-high interest rates all but shutting off credit for developers wanting to start new projects. Learn More About…

Realty stocks were hit hard and fell over 11 per cent on the Bse on Friday on increased outflows by foreign funds on uncertainty over global economic growth due to financial crisis and falling demand for property even as the RBI announced a one per Learn More About…

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NEW DELHI: The next Nano in India could be an affordable home. A section of realty players are at a striking distance of developing innovative methods of constructing parts of a building on a large volume, and then transfer those to the actual sites. Learn More About…

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Dateline: Anytown, USA Pick up the local paper and you’re bound to read about the layoffs at the local manufacturing plant, the latest financial services wreck or the pending bankruptcy of some longstanding blue chip firm. Learn More About…

NEW DELHI: Liquidity concerns are now tightening screws on real estate developers. With private equity deals drying up and their stocks hitting 52-week lows on Dalal Street, real estate developers are in a moment of fear, uncertainty and doubt. Learn More About…

No longer are the days when all an agent needed to do in order to succeed was be a good salesperson. Today, agents need to be better marketers.

Christopher Lloyd lists Montecito home at $3.6 million
Actor Christopher Lloyd is just one of those guys who you know would be a hoot to meet at a cocktail party. The three-time Emmy-winning Lloyd has tons of movie, TV and stage credits — typically playing oddball characters.

Fitch Teleconference: U.S. Housing Starts & Sales to Drop Further in 2009; 10/14 11AM ET
NEW YORK (Business Wire) — As U.S. housing continues its downward spiral, most statistical data reported so far in 2008 are discouraging, prompting Fitch Ratings to continue lowering its forecasts for this year.

Leawood real estate agent pleads guilty in mortgage fraud scheme
David Kostelec, 53, admitted that he and other unnamed co-conspirators obtained overpriced home loans by sending to lenders bogus appraisal reports that contained inflated property values and forged signatures of appraisers.

Weingarten Realty Announces Hobby Lobby Joins Perimeter Village Shopping Center as Co-Anchor
ATLANTA — (Business Wire) Weingarten Realty (NYSE:WRI) announced today that Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. signed a 40,000 square foot lease to co-anchor Perimeter Village Shopping Center.

CRR cut: Realty players see light at the end of the tunnel
New Delhi (PTI): Undeterred by stock market crash and fall of realty index on the bourses, leading industry players expressed optimism that RBI’s move to cut CRR will help new funds coming into the sector and boost demand with possible softening of

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Industrial Snapshot Greater Ontario Airport Area (AUGUST) Size Category (1,000s of SF) Base SFAvailable SFAvailability incl. Under Const. UC Avail. SFCompleted Construction YTD 5 to 107,359,9191,021,63013.88%28,958181,773 10 to 2518,278,0412,351,98812.

Hot Property: ‘High School Musical’s’ Vanessa Hudgens buys Studio City home for $2.75 million
OK, PULL up the blinds in your sleeping tween-ager’s room and show her this column. I promise she will not shoot daggers your way. Vanessa Hudgens Vanessa Hudgens of ‘High School Musical’ fame has bought her first house.

Senator McCain’s Homeownership Resurgence Plan
First, it will artificially keep home prices higher than a natural market would, this means that the homes that are refinanced will continue to lose value eventually.

Weingarten Realty Announces Hobby Lobby Joins Perimeter Village Shopping Center as Co-Anchor
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Weingarten Realty (NYSE: WRI) announced today that Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. signed a 40,000 square foot lease to co-anchor Perimeter Village Shopping Center.

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NEW YORK, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (News) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.36 per share of common stock, payable with respect to the quarter ended September 30, 2008. Learn More About…

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.36 per share of common stock, payable with respect to the quarter ended September 30, 2008. Learn More About…

Queensland: Beautiful one day, poison for property developers the next. Learn More About…

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Learn More About…

HomeVestors of America Inc. ranked Denver No. 6 on its list of top 10 markets for residential real estate investing in the third quarter, the company said Wednesday. Learn More About…

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TORONTO - Canadian homebuilding starts held up in September, but the housing market appears to be coming off ‘the boil,’ say analysts, suggesting weaker job growth ahead in the key construction sector, which has helped to create most of the jobs in Learn More About…