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Investment-Grade Properties See Largest Year-Over-Year Gain Since 2006

by on March 10, 2011

Costar…

CoStar’s index tracking repeat sales of investment-grade commercial properties jumped 10.6% in January over the same period last year, the largest year-over-year gain since the height of the real estate boom in 2006. The increase in the index for higher-quality properties hit a five-year high for January despite dipping slightly from December, a reflection of how hard the index fell a year ago and how strongly it has recovered within 12 months…

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UPDATE 4-Tishman, BlackRock quit huge NYC housing complex

by on January 25, 2010

to creditors, a move likely to set off a wrangle over billions of dollars of losses after the real estate boom went bust. Tishman Speyer Properties LP and a realty unit of BlackRock Inc (BLK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) are surrendering the 11,200

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UPDATE 4-Tishman, BlackRock quit huge NYC housing complex

UPDATE 4-Tishman, BlackRock quit huge NYC housing complex

January 25, 2010

to creditors, a move likely to set off a wrangle over billions of dollars of losses after the real estate boom went bust. Tishman Speyer Properties LP and a realty unit of BlackRock Inc (BLK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) are surrendering the 11,200

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Will Hobbled Landlords Become REITs?

November 14, 2009

Commercial landlords who gorged on cheap mortgage debt during the real estate boom are losing tenants and struggling to service debts. Will many go bust and be forced to sell prime buildings at a discount? And can small

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Saudis get training in real estate

November 7, 2009

JEDDAH: The ongoing real estate boom in the Kingdom has opened up avenues for young Saudis to qualify and specialize as agents and brokers. Even some real estate owners were among the participants of

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NY court rules against Stuyvesant Town owners (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

October 22, 2009

New York State’s highest court on Thursday ruled that the landlords of Manhattan’s largest apartment complex improperly raised thousands of rents, further pushing the owners of the $5.4 billion deal struck at the height of a commercial real estate boom toward default. Go here to see the original: NY court rules against Stuyvesant Town owners (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

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Q&A: Condo association attorney Gary Poliakoff

August 30, 2009

… buyers stampeding through their lobbies during the real estate boom. Gary Poliakoff, founding principal of Hollywood-based … is selling well, as interest in purchasing distressed condos has taken off amid very low …

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Subprime Lenders Modify Home Loans For Government

July 20, 2009

LOS ANGELES — From the ninth floor of a downtown office building on Wilshire Boulevard, Jack Soussana delivered staggering numbers of mortgages to homeowners during the real estate boom, amassing a fortune.

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