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By ANTHONY McCARTNEY AP LOS ANGELES -- An appeals court has scheduled a hearing for lawyers for the father of Michael Jackson to argue that he deserves a role i...

Rift in the family clouds real estate inheritance Q. My wife has a problem you may be able to resolve. About 30 years ago, her father died without a will. All t...

By John Gittelsohn - Thu Sep 02 22:52:46 GMT 2010 Mariner Holdings LLC said it bought part of a $760 million portfolio of real estate loans from the Federal Dep...

The drawing room of a home in the Mayfair neighborhood of London, just one of the properties in that area that are now for sale. By RICHARD HOLLEDGE LONDON — ...

Why the Real-Estate Slump Could be Killing Small Business Hiring A lot of theories have been circulated for why small businesses aren't hiring -- the bank lendi...

Commercial Real Estate Continued to Struggle in 2nd Quarter in residential mortgage delinquencies during the second quarter, commercial mortgages continued to h...

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By Hui-yong Yu Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- US commercial real estate yields are near the highest level relative to Treasury bonds on record, a signal to some investo...

Housing booms in other industrialized nations tipped many off to the real estate bubble during the early 2000. What are prices there doing now? Data from the In...

Our new office cost a fortune, but I still think it is the best investment we've ever made. By Jason Fried | Sep 1, 2010 My software company, 37signals, is near...

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Real Estate Q&A: Homeownership rates By Charles Carter, McClatchy-Tribune News Service Before the housing crash and all the foreclosures, wasn't the government ...

Clock is Ticking on Estate Tax Sunset Rules Don't look now, but the federal estate tax is set to disappear in 2010 in a little more than three weeks unless Cong...

It should come as no surprise that much of the national real estate market has been marred by waves of foreclosures, falling prices and high unemployment. Which...

By Miles Weiss Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Blackstone Group LP is refunding some performance fees earned during the commercial real estate boom, the first time fund ...

The Wall Street Journal had a piece the other day on corporations that choose to walk away from their mortgages. It's full of self-serving quotes about why corp...

Archer Heights a close-knit, working-class community in convenient location Homes on South Kilbourn Avenue in the Archer Heights neighborhood. (Beth Rooney/ for...

Those who were involved 10 years ago when this goofy law was enacted wanted to replace the estate tax revenues with a tax on the appreciation in inherited asset...

Japan's REIT Bond Sales on the MendFrance's Gecina REIT Sees Profit DipHawaii's Commercial Real Estate Sales ReboundingU.S. Commercial Real Estate Prices Remain ChoppyManatee County, FL Closes Its Largest Retail Sale of the YearJapan's REIT Bond Sales Show Renewed LifeTokyo, Japan Japan's slow-moving real-estate investment trust bond market is starting to move.Sales of REIT bonds this year totaled 124.5 billion yen ($1.46 billion), recovering from a single public sale of 3 billion yen in 2008 and none in 2009, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.The Tokyo Stock Exchange REI...

Obama vacation home The Hawaii estate where President Obama and his family enjoyed heavily-secured dips in the Pacific Ocean was sold last week for $6.9 million.Located in the exclusive Oahu neighborhood of Kailua, the 4,900-square-foot, five-bedroom "plantation style" estate was used for the Obama's winter vacations in 2008 and 2009.The Honolulu Star-Advertiser identified the buyer as developer Glenn Weinberg, vice president of the Cordish Company, and nephew of famed Hawaii "real estate baron" Harry Weinberg.The house was originally offered for $7.95 million, listing agent Joe...

Dottie Herman Q1 - My wife and I live in New Jersey and have been in our current house for 25 years. We are both semi-retired; however, I still work part-time.   We have a 30 year, 5.5% mortgage for $160,000.  We are presently paying more than the monthly amount required to try and finish the loan. Recently we have seen interest rates get much lower and we are wondering if we should get a shorter term loan at a lower percent or just continue to pay more monthly. Any advice is greatly appreciated.   A - The first questions I would ask are: how much is th...

1450 Brickell (MIAMI, FL) -- Just days after unveiling that 1450 Brickell now has 226,000 square feet of office space leased, the project's developer announced today that the 'class-A' building has been awarded LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System is the nation's accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of environmentally-sound buildings. This makes 1450 Brickell the Downtown Miami/Brickell market's first and only office tower to achieve LEED Gold statu...

According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) today, July pending home sales have risen modestly on the heels of a very sharp drop in home sales in the months immediately after expiration of the home buyer tax credit.The Pending Home Sales Index (a forward-looking indicator), rose 5.2 percent to 79.4 based on contracts signed in July from a downwardly revised 75.5 in June, but remains 19.1 percent below July 2009 when it was 98.1.  The data reflects contracts and not closings, which normally occur with a lag time of one or two months.Lawrence Yun Lawrence Yun, NA...

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Commercial/Multifamily Delinquency Report, delinquency rates were mixed in the second quarter for commercial/multifamily mortgage investor groups.The delinquency rate for loans held in commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) is the highest since the series began in 1997.  Delinquency rates for other groups remain below levels seen in the early 1990's, some by large margins.Between the first quarter and second quarter 2010, the 30+ day delinquency rate on loans held in CMBS rose 1.39 percentage points to 8.22 percent.  Th...

Taj Boston (BOSTON, MA) -- As autumn approaches, the Fireplace Butlers at Taj Boston are readying the landmark hotel's wood-burning fireplaces for the opening of Fireside Season on October 15. A selection of guestrooms and suites and several executive meeting rooms at the hotel at Arlington and Newbury streets overlooking the Public Garden feature the welcoming fireplaces, which include complimentary services of a Fireplace Butler, who will build and light your preferred wood fire until April 1, 2011.Taj Boston offers 42 suites with wood-burning fireplaces...

Ritz Carlton Resort, Jupiter Florida (MIAMI, FL) -- After two years of slumping sales, fractional executives this week called for a more aggressive approach to marketing shared-ownership plans to wary second home buyers."The consumer is still in a recessionary mindset," said Piers Brown, founder of Fractional Life, which sponsored the Fractional Summit, an industry conference in Miami this week."We need to reassess our outlook and how we energize consumers in exceptional times," Brown said.More than one speaker addressed the need for more targeted marketing, with a tighter focus o...

Even in the face of growing delinquent home loans, the U.S. savings and loan industry has posted its fourth straight quarter of profit, according to the Office of Thrift Supervision.The industry reported earnings of $1.49 billion in the second quarter, down from $1.72 billion in the previous quarter, but up from a loss of $94 million in the second quarter of 2009.However, the sector's profitability, as measured by return on average assets, was 0.64 percent in the second quarter, down from 0.73 percent in the previous quarter.At the end of the second quarter, the OTS supervised 753 thrif...

Graham Nash at Musicares Person of the Year Tribute Their house is a very, very, very fine house, to borrow Graham Nash's  own lyrics. The singer-songwriter, whose work included such hits as "Our House," "Marrakesh Express" and "Carrie Anne," and his wife, Susan, listed their Encino, Calif., home for sale at $1.6 million, and five days later it was in escrow.The Tudor house has formal living and dining rooms, leaded glass windows and skylights. There are six bedrooms, 6 1/2 bathrooms and more than 4,600 square feet of living space. The gated property includes a pool wit...

According to the U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that construction spending during July 2010 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $805.2 billion, 1.0 percent (±1.4%) below the revised June estimate of $813.1 billion.The July figure is 10.7 percent (±1.8%) below the July 2009 estimate of $901.2 billion. During the first 7 months of this year, construction spending amounted to $460.3 billion, 11.8 percent (±1.1%) below the $522.0 billion for the same period in 2009.PRIVATE CONSTRUCTIONSpending on private construction was at a seasonally adjuste...

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending August 27, the Market Composite Index increased 2.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier.  On an unadjusted basis, the Index increased 2.3 percent compared with the previous week.The Refinance Index increased 2.8 percent from the previous week and is at its highest level since May 1, 2009. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 1.8 percent from one week earlier. The unadjusted Purchase Index decreased 0.4 percent compared with the previou...

Xanadu rendering, East Rutherford, NJ It's the end of the road for Xanadu, a planned billion-dollar, 2.3-million-square-foot retail emporium in East Rutherford, NJ.Big-name financiers and developers have dropped the ball. The state of New Jersey is considering foreclosing on the property.The venture is reported to be near completion but needs another $1 billion to fund the final work, according to The Wall Street Journal.A group of investors including Colony Capital LLC, Dune Capital Management LP and KanAm has relinquished control of the project to a group of about a half-doze...

Morris Bailey and Dennis Gomes are paying $35 million for Resorts Atlantic City, at a time when gambling revenue is declining and customers are being siphoned off to Pennsylvania venues.

The bank is selling its mortgage on the Viceroy Anguilla to Starwood Capital Group at a hefty discount, the latest example of capitulation by a bank that has nursed a troubled real-estate project for years.

The Dutch company's expansion has yielded disappointing results due to the weak economy, competition and the difficulties of exporting Western shopping concepts to a country steeped in different traditions.

Builders of NYC mosque face financial hurdlesThe Associated PressThe real estate partnership that controls the site of the planned cultural center, health club and mosque insists it has the financial wherewithal to put ...and more »

Why is Google Getting Involved in Real Estate?Forbes (blog)And what impact will it have on the real estate market at large? The answer to the first question, as TechCrunch points out, may just be that they can ...and more »

Real estate briefsDallas Morning NewsEarlier this week, the real estate investment trust purchased the Times Square apartment and retail complex in McKinney's Craig Ranch development for $31.25 ...The Dallas Morning News Steve Brown columnTrading Markets (press release)all 19 news articles »

KIDKPending real estate sales inch up in JulyInman.comBy Inman News, Thursday, September 2, 2010. More homebuyers signed purchase contracts in July than the month before, according to a report by the National ...Real Estate News: Pending Sales Rise in JulyWall Street Journal (blog)Retail sales, number of home contracts increaseWashington PostPending home sales riseSan Francisco ChronicleMarketwire (press release) -DailyFinanceall 372 news articles »

Real Estate News | BiggerPockets.com (blog)A Short Memory for Commercial Real EstateBenzingaWell, right alongside private investors, their institutional counterparts are lining up behind them….hungry for commercial real estate. ...Real Estate Roundtable spent $930K lobbying in 2QBusinessWeekDutch funds lead Europe in non-listed real estate exposureGlobal PensionsHermes Real Estate appoints chief executiveProfessional PensionsInvestment International -Business Standard -Stock Markets Reviewall 24 news articles »

New York TimesMayfair Evolves and Real Estate Prices BlossomNew York TimesAnd thanks to a change rooted in the dark days of World War II, its real estate market is thriving with an increase in the number of properties coming on ...and more »

TheDigitelNew Charleston cruise terminal to move upstream, free up prime real estateTheDigitelSouth Carolina State Ports Authority President and CEO Jim Newsome today provided an update on the cruise industry to the community and announced the next ...and more »

Dispute Centers On Sapir's StateWall Street JournalA legal battle between Tamir Sapir, a former cab driver who made a fortune in New York real estate, and one of his lenders, ...and more »

The Crown Estate has shortlisted four organisations to buy a 25% stake in its £1.6bn Regent Street estate.

David Lewis has left his position at Kent County Council as director of property, and has been replaced by Peter Binnie.

A group of property big hitters has published a guide for landlords on how to adapt leases for the imminent Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme.

Music brand Hed Kandi, has picked Liverpool One shopping centre for its second UK store.

Oak Holdings has been given the green light for its £350m YES! project in Rotherham, south Yorkshire.

Sue Bruce has been named as the preferred candidate to become chief executive of Edinburgh City Council.

CB Richard Ellis has been appointed joint letting agent at Arab Investments the Pinnacle – a proposed 945 ft skyscraper in the City.

EA Shaw has recruited three new members of staff to boost its central London advisory services.

[Brooklyn's latest funky facade, via 'Stoner] · Former Whitney Museum President Robert Hurst sells Fifth Ave pad for $4M off [NYO] · Latest funky facade finishing up on Brooklyn's Windsor Place ['Stoner] · Manhattan co-op maintenance charges up 19 percent this year [Matrix] · Greenpoint's other pencil factory has actual pencils [Scouting NY] · Harlem affordable housing plan sets off neighborhood feud · Department of Buildings has a YouTube channel with scaffolding videos [Archpaper]...

"I live in the building. Checked with the doorman. Would have been fun to have a new partner in crime but, unfortunately, he is not living there. Don't blame him. Nice enough building but he could do much better..."—anon [The Best Tiger Woods Bachelor Pad Insults (So Far)]

And now, the results of this week's PriceSpotter asking price guessing game! Location: 60 East 8th Street #27B Asking: $1,359,000 A few oh-so-close guesses this week, folks, with $1.2M also a popular price choice. Despite the accurate appraisals, the feedback was mostly negative for this NYUville condop. In fact, the dreaded word "rental" came up a lot: "Nice ordinary layout but 1 bath makes this useless to anyone other than singles, and the cheesy parquet floors are a big deterrent to anyone looking to flee the chea...

Nothing like a little anonymous Internet building bashing to spice up a boring late-summer afternoon! Check out this fabulously depressing sentence regarding a West Village rental: "At the time of this post, several residents from 56 7th Avenue, commented by saying it's been a grueling 3 years with no light at the end of the tunnel." C'mon guys, at least the neighborhood's nice. [StreetEasy]

The Frenchman's 100 Eleventh Avenue is known as the "Vision Machine," but the building seems to be getting something in the eye of Shigeru Ban's Metal Shutter Houses, it's high-profile neighbor across 19th Street. As part of a series in which the blog visited a different building every day in August, A Daily Dose of Architecture happened upon the uber-fancy Metal Shutter Houses while most of the apartment owners had their titular shades drawn shut. We've never seen the building so closed off, but the reason might be those reflections bouncing off Nouvel's glassy menace across the way. Gues...

And now, the latest from Racked NY, covering shopping and retail from the sidewalks up. 1) UWS: Fashion Week approaches in just one week, and the tents are up (above) in Damrosch Park. Also on the scene: police cruisers. 2) NYC: So who in this city isn't worried about bedbugs this summer? Ironically, shoppers at vintage stores. 3) FiDi: With the popular of Century 21's Lower Manhattan outpost, T.J. Maxx is thinking about getting in on the fun, reportedly searching for a 30,000-square-foot store in th...

Even up on Harlem's Gold Coast, there have been a few pockets of pyrite over the last few years. One of those appeared to be 114th Street's Gateway and its 112th Street sibling The Lore. The Gateway has stalled a few times over the last three years, and the Lore stopped construction when it was 90 percent complete after losing its loan, resulting in one very bored doorman. But the developer funneled $9 million of his own money into the two projects, until, early in the summer, he found a new loan. It's the kind of situation under which even the most devoted buyers might bail. Or is it?...

A packed courtroom hoped to see who would walk away with control of Stuyvesant Town today, but the judge didn't have a flair for the dramatic, and postponed his ruling. Now a decision is expected sometime this month on whether high-flying hedgie Bill Ackman can foreclose on the property, or whether CW Capital, which represents Stuy Town's senior lenders, can continue its "orderly foreclosure." [Crain's]

Boldface names have it easy at One Beacon Court, where Bobby Abreu, Flavio Briatore, and movie producer Joe Roth have all walked away from their apartments with tidy profits in recent months. But things aren't going so well for the non-celeb residents of #43C, who paid $2,723,818 for their apartment back in 2005. They popped it back onto the market in February '08 for the slightly higher price of $5.1 million, which they dropped after more than a year to $4.5M. One broker switch later, the price has fallen to $3.9 million, so soon the guy who recently unloaded Johnny Damon's old place migh...

The owners of the Empire State Building freaked the fuck out over 15 Penn Plaza, even though the planned skyscraper supposedly ruining their chi will go up (...someday...) two avenues away. In Manhattan, that's far enough away to be considered another country, but they have a point: 15 Penn Plaza is freaking huge! To provide the proof, we have the World Architecture News, which just weighed-in on the Midtown skyline battle and provided a centerfold-sized shot of the Pelli Clarke Pelli-designed tower. Fans of glassitechture, feel free to print it out and hang the poster up on your wall. WA...

3 BR, 4 BA 2,682 sq ft Condo Asking: $4,455,000 | WS Exposure 70 Little West St., PH1D [TheVisionaire.com]

1 BR, 1.5 BA Rental Rent: $4,630/mo. | Corner Unit Unit # 28J [The Beatrice]

Regarding today's update on the James Hotel, which replaced the classic Moondance Diner, the Lawhawk wants us to know that the Soho legend is safe and sound in its new Wyoming home. He knows because he's seen it, while "driving along the backcountry roads between Kemmerer, Wyoming and Jackson Hole," you know, like we all do from time to time. [A Blog For All; previously]

The slow reveal of the facade makeover of the upcoming Dream Downtown Hotel is complete, and Holey Sant! Sant Singh Chatwal that is, who, along with his son, Vikram, is behind the conversion of this former homeless shelter to a luxury boutique hotel. The building, at 346 West 17th Street, used to have a more simple porthole pattern reminiscent of the nearby Maritime Hotel and the endangered O'Toole Building. All three were designed by architect Albert Ledner, who must have dressed as sailor by his mom when he was little. Writes our tipster, "Looks pretty awesome, especially with the su...

Poor FiDi small businesses: All the construction in the neighborhood is so ugly and noisy! Like the Fulton Street Transit Center, which is scaring away potential clients, prompting the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation to expand a grant program by $1 million and five years. Businesses below Canal Street with fewer than 50 employees can now get a piece of a $6 million pie until the end of 2015. Maybe the pretty scaffolding will help, too. [Trib Trib]

Found at new Far West Side rental tower Ohm: lobby rock concerts, light shows, lockbox drug storage, and former Met/Yankee (and current restauranteur!) Darryl Strawberry. He's been in residence at his $5,295/month rental for a few months, so it's time for the Post's Max Gross to pay a visit. He finds Strawberry wearing a Kobe Bryant jersey and talking about how much he now loves to play golf. Oh, and his thoughts on his apartment? "It's a great view of New Jersey." Another seemingly impossible amenity made real at Ohm! Since Strawberry seems so happy, Knicks newbi...

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3 BR+, 3 BA, 2,418 sq ft Condo Asking: $1,990,000 | Spacious, Modern, & Flexible 333 Rector Place, #406 [1RECTORPARK.com]

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Trends.beUSA/Immobilier - Hausse inattendue des promesses de venteReuters2 septembre - Les promesses de ventes immobilières ont, contre toute attente, rebondi en juillet, montrent les chiffres publiés jeudi par la fédération des ...Etats-Unis: les promesses de ventes immobilières en hausseDirectgestion.comEU: promesses de vente de logement +5,2% en juillet - NARInvestir.frUSA: hausse surprise des promesses de vente de logements en ...Romandie.comProfesseurForex.com20 autres articles »

CyberPrêt.comEXCLUSIF Les taux de crédit immobilier tombent à leur plus bas ...La Tribune.frDepuis le début de l'année, les experts pensaient chaque mois que les taux de crédit immobilier avaient atteint un plus bas. Qu'il ne pouvaient que remonter ...Immobilier : Les taux inscrivent un nouveau recordLa Vie ImmoCrédit immobilier, les taux toujours plus basDirectgestion.comLes taux de prêt immobilier continuent leur baisseCyberPrêt.comCommentCaMarche.net9 autres articles »

GB: recul des prix immobiliers en août pour le 2e mois de suite ...Le PointLe prix moyen d'un logement au Royaume-Uni a diminué à 166.507 livres, soit environ 201.000 euros, d'après le baromètre immobilier mensuel de Nationwide. ...UK : le prix de l'immobilier chute encoreDirectgestion.comImmobilier : Chute des prix en août selon NationwideFoncier.mobi5 autres articles »

La Vie ImmoImmobilier : les propriétaires incités par la Fnaim à "éco-rénover ...La Tribune.frLa Fédération d'agents immobiliers et d'administrateurs de biens a lancé mardi une opération intitulée "100.000 logements éco-rénovés", ...100 000 logements éco-rénovés pour la FNAIMnouvelobs.comRénovation énergétique : les professionnels de l'immobilier auront ...MoniteurLa Fnaim incite les propriétaires à faire 100.000 éco-rénovations ...AFPTerritorial.fr -Batiweb -Europe133 autres articles »

La Vie ImmoImmobilier: les Français préfèrent investir dans l'ancienDirectgestion.comSelon une enquête menée fin août par Logic-Immo.com auprès de plus de 400 futurs acquéreurs souhaitant concrétiser leur projet immobilier dans les 6 mois à ...Immobilier : La hausse des prix n'effraie pas les FrançaisLa Vie Immo3 autres articles »

France SoirImmobilier - Le marché du neuf retrouve des couleursFrance SoirEn France, les ventes de logements neufs progressent à un rythme annuel de près de 8 %. Une hausse en forme d'éclaircie dans un secteur qui retrouve son ...Immobilier : les ventes de logements neufs progressentLa Tribune.frEconomie : Le marché de l'immobilier neuf se ressaisitLa CroixHausse des prix et embellie fragile des ventes dans l'immobilier neufUniversImmo.comDirectgestion.com -News banques -L'Expansion63 autres articles »

nouvelobs.comPublication des premiers décrets de réforme du crédit à la ...nouvelobs.comApplicable depuis le 1er septembre également, le décret précise que, lorsque la part des prêts immobiliers dans l'opération de regroupement de crédits est ...Les offres en rachat de crédit immobilier vont changer avec la ...Surf financeCrédits à la consommation : publication de 2 décrets fondamentauxCeriseClubRachat de crédit : l'emprunteur mieux protégé par la réforme du ...Surf financeLes Échos -Documentissime.fr (Blog)18 autres articles »

Marché : l'immobilier d'entreprise bien valorisé en Europe.Boursorama(CercleFinance.com) - Le marché européen de l'immobilier d'entreprise a globalement atteint sa 'fair value' (valeur intrinsèque), selon une étude du cabinet ...Marché: l'immobilier d'entreprise bien valorisé en EuropeVotreArgent.fr6 autres articles »