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State of the Real Estate Market – December 2009
10 hours ago ago from Thoughts on the Washington, DC, and Northern Virginia Real Estate Market
It's been a surprisingly busy December, helped no doubt by the VERY low interest rates for the last few weeks, prompting articles like Business Week's If You Don't Buy a House Now You're Stupid or Broke. While I think that might be a bit of an extreme view, it does underscore the affordability of homes right now. Apparently buyers believe it because inventory continues to drop throughout our region . Despite the current ...
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16 hours ago ago from Oklahoma per Square Foot
Over the past few weeks there have been some slightly encouraging national forecast reports released regarding expectations in 2010 for the national commercial real estate market; however, optimism for improvement in national market conditions next year appears to be dwindling based upon some recent comments from industry experts. C. Daniel Clemente, chairman and CEO of Clemente Development Co., Inc ., painted a bleak picture of the ...
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11 hours ago ago from Mortgage and Real Estate News
Like much of the country, the market for real estate in Portland has suffered over the past two years as a result of the greater fluctuations in the national housing market brought on by the global recession. There has been a rise in foreclosures and home prices have fallen. Recently, trends show Portland is still treading water, but significantly below pre-crash levels. According to an article in the Portland Business Journal at the end ...
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7 hours ago ago from Glenorchy Capital
The global financial crisis unwind continues! In disbelief to many the trends in financial asset classes that began late last year/early this year are reaffirming themselves. Last night the equity and real estate market (VTI & IYR) closed at highs for the year. During the course of the week the US Treasury market broke to a multi-week low. Read more ... Related Websites Getting Rich While Paying Debt Off One of the wisest things that you can ...
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18 hours ago ago from ROLEX 24HOURS
Previously little-known compared to its Arab neighbors, the last ten years or so have propelled Bahrain into an international hot spot and booming real estate market. The island nation with approximately 100 miles of coastline has claimed home ownership from international celebrities like Michael Jackson and Shakira, as well as foreign investors. Our abundant collection of property profiles can help you find the perfect investment property or ...
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New taxes take the shine off Chinese real estate -- shares plummet in HK and Shanghai
2 hours ago ago from DailyFinance
In Asia Tuesday, shares closed lower. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.9%, closing at 3,274 and in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index was down 1.3% at 21,814. Japan's Nikkei 225 Index shed 0.2%, ending the day at 10,083. In China, declines were led by property developers as investors reacted to the government's reinstatement of property taxes for homes sold within 5 years of purchase. Prices for residential homes in China's 70 largest cities ...
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9 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
SINGAPORE -- Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday, supported by gains on Wall Street though many investors were playing safe ahead of this week's U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting. Markets were comforted by Abu Dhabi's move to provide $10 billion in financing to help Dubai cover its debts but caution prevailed ahead of the Fed's meeting and a swathe of U.S. data this week. ANZ bank senior economist Khoon Goh said investors will keep a ...
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22 hours ago ago from WalletPop
Headlines in the mainstream media are often notorious for getting it wrong. But in the case of the recent Wall Street Journal story about how renting is the "new American Dream," the questionable premise could be suggesting that the real estate market is finally approaching a bottom. First, some historical backstory. On Aug. 13, 1979, BusinessWeek ran the now infamous headline "The Death of Equities," proclaiming that "The masses long ago ...
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23 hours ago ago from FOX Business
Existing users please login User Name: Password: Remember me on this computer Home / Markets / Industries / Real Estate Monday, December 14, 2009 Citigroup Reshuffles REIT Ratings  By Simon Kennedy MarketWatch Pulse  LONDON -- Citigroup reshuffled its ...
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