Real Estate News Feb 2006

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Nikkei pares early losses as real estate gains
TOKYO, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average was almost flat on Wednesday after paring opening losses as optimism about Japan's economic recovery lured investors to real estate companies such as Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. . (Wed, 01 Feb 2006 01:38:10 GMT)

Nikkei pares early losses as real estate gains
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average was almost flat on Wednesday after paring opening losses as optimism about Japan's economic recovery lured investors to real estate companies such as Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. 8802.T . (Wed, 01 Feb 2006 02:08:07 GMT)

Irish Commercial Real Estate Returned 24% Last Year, IPD Says
Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Irish commercial real estate returned 24 percent in 2005, better than domestic stocks, bonds and U.K. property, according to Investment Property Databank. (Wed, 01 Feb 2006 02:36:39 GMT)

Owen Buckley Leaves R.H. Johnson to Start Retail Real Estate Firm
Veteran retail real estate specialist Owen Buckley resigned last Friday as president of Kansas City-based R.H. Johnson Co. to start his own development and leasing company. (Wed, 01 Feb 2006 05:50:43 GMT)

International Real Estate Company signs US $14 million agreement with Bahrain-based developers
Abdul Hussain Khudur and Ahmed Ali Al Kuwaiti, Directors of Grand Real Estate Projects Ltd, an establishment registered in the British Virgin Islands have announced their appointment of CENTURY 21® Bahrain Properties. (Wed, 01 Feb 2006 06:09:38 GMT)

Weyerhaeuser Real-estate unit plans purchase
Weyerhaeuser's real-estate division said Tuesday it plans to buy Maracay Homes, a privately owned homebuilder in Phoenix, for an undisclosed sum. (Wed, 01 Feb 2006 08:11:33 GMT)

NREC and KDC to invest in Real Estate in Iraqi-Kurdistan
National Real Estate Company (NREC), one of the largest publicly traded companies in Kuwait, has entered a partnership with Kurdistan Development Corporation (KDC) to develop real estate projects in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. (Wed, 01 Feb 2006 10:39:38 GMT)

Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Co. will buy Phoenix homebuilder
Weyerhaeuser Co.'s real estate subsidiary is acquiring Maracay Homes LLC, a privately held homebuilder located in Phoenix, the company said Tuesday. (Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:25:09 GMT)

Developers, real estate agents push for water solutions
CEDAR CITY - Water came to a rapid boil at the Cedar City Council work retreat Tuesday as the council discussed water acquisition possibilities and got a lot of input from developers and real estate agents. (Wed, 01 Feb 2006 12:06:12 GMT)

Duke Energy 4Q Profit Jumps on Higher Commodity Prices, Strong Real Estate Performance
Electricity and gas company Duke Energy Corp. on Wednesday said its fourth-quarter profit jumped 69 percent, as higher commodity prices and strong real estate performance helped offset lower operating revenue. (Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:20:35 GMT)

Real estate bubble safe here, land experts say
Will Tucson's commercial real estate bubble burst in 2006? (Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:56:43 GMT)

Florida's Real Estate Market Gets Cooler
With interest rates on the rise, it's no wonder that Florida's cooling real estate market is getting even cooler. (Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:38:24 GMT)

Duke Energy 4Q Profit Jumps on Higher Commodity Prices, Strong Real Estate Performance
Electricity and gas company Duke Energy Corp., which is seeking regulatory approval for its $9 billion deal to buy the utility Cinergy Corp., said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit jumped 69 percent, as higher commodity prices and strong real estate performance helped offset lower operating revenue. (Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:50:44 GMT)

Advantage Real Estate open house set for Thursday
The team at Advantage Real Estate invites the community to view its new offices during an open house set for 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, when members of the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce will preside over a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the business's successful move to its new location at the corner of Benton and Olive streets in Newport, the former site of TLC Federal Credit Union. (Wed, 01 Feb 2006 16:23:29 GMT)

Real Estate Market Cooling Off in Some Areas
If the real estate market was too hot to touch this year, it may be time to try again. (Wed, 01 Feb 2006 16:43:55 GMT)

Hyper real estate: Irish firm brings 100m euros
Anil Nanda-promoted Akme Projects Ltd has formed a 50:50 joint venture with Ireland-based Cathedral Financial Consultants Ltd to venture into the real estate space. The JV will focus on multiplexes and housing, hospitality and commercial projects. (Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:27:23 GMT)

Trump May Make Real Estate Deal In North Texas
Real estate tycoon Donald Trump may be ready to make his mark on North Texas. (Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:40:19 GMT)

Newspaper Agency Launches Phase II of the Indigio Real Estate Platform in Salt Lake City
The Indigio Group, Inc. announced this week the Phase II launch of its online real estate platform by The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret Morning News in Salt Lake City, Utah. The upgraded platform will provide enhanced functionality for the company's online real estate product http://www.utahrealtyguide.com/. (Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:54:09 GMT)

Commercial Real Estate Loans Scrutinized
While banks and other lenders may fret these days about consumers' ability to repay home mortgages as interest rates rise, they have another concern: the commercial real estate market. (Wed, 01 Feb 2006 23:58:14 GMT)

Commercial Real Estate Loans Scrutinized
NEW YORK (AP) - While banks and other lenders may fret these days about consumers' ability to repay home mortgages as interest rates rise, they have another concern: the commercial real estate market.Investors and lenders are looking more closely at the loans they make for properties such as malls and office buildings and wondering whether some borrowers might default because of rising rates that (Thu, 02 Feb 2006 01:26:57 GMT)

Cold Market For Florida Real Estate Gone Colder
Has the cold real estate market in Florida just gone colder? Well as interest rates continue to rise there is really a possibility. (Thu, 02 Feb 2006 02:14:46 GMT)

Hypo Real Estate to tap Australian bond market
SYDNEY, Feb 2 (Reuters) - International commercial mortgage lender, Germany's Hypo Real Estate Bank International, said on Thursday it planned an inaugural debt raising in Australia's capital market in late February or late March. (Thu, 02 Feb 2006 02:15:11 GMT)

Excess Office Space Dominates Indian Real Estate Outlook
NEW DELHI, Feb 2 Asia Pulse - An excess supply of commercial space in the national capital region (NCR) in 2006 may ease some pressure from the heated Indian real estate market, as prices of both buying and renting these spaces are expected to remain under control, according to a new survey. (Thu, 02 Feb 2006 04:31:00 GMT)

EXCESS OFFICE SPACE DOMINATES INDIAN REAL ESTATE OUTLOOK
Housing An excess supply of commercial space in the national capital region (NCR) in 2006 may ease some pressure from the heated Indian real estate market, as prices of both buying and renting these spaces are expected to remain under control, according to a new survey. (Thu, 02 Feb 2006 04:48:22 GMT)

Study notes commercial real estate's $7 bil impact on state economy
Home building often dominates the discussion when it comes to real estate in Arizona. But the commercial real estate business wants you to know that it's a player, too. (Thu, 02 Feb 2006 05:06:40 GMT)

Real estate women hit 'glass ceiling'
Women are increasingly filling the ranks of the commercial real estate industry, but some of the field's best jobs are proving harder to obtain, a new national report finds. Overall, the percentage... (Thu, 02 Feb 2006 05:32:47 GMT)

Guilty plea ends case over elaborate real estate fraud
A Lake Worth man's guilty plea Wednesday effectively ended the legal pursuit of a Palm Beach County fraud ring accused of stealing more than $200,000 in elaborate real estate schemes, authorities said. (Thu, 02 Feb 2006 08:19:39 GMT)

Real estate agents predict steady sales, less pressure
Real estate markets are flat in Florida, slow in San Francisco and lagging in Las Vegas. But real estate agents in Washington County expect 2006 residential sales to rival those of 2005 -- one of the most profitable years on record for the region's real estate market. (Thu, 02 Feb 2006 12:27:25 GMT)

Mobile Crossing Announces New GPS for Real Estate Agents
Mobile Crossing and Pocket Real Estate are teaming up to provide the industry's first GPS navigation system with functionality designed for Real Estate Agents. (Thu, 02 Feb 2006 12:30:00 GMT)

Fed's Bies warns on mortgage, real estate lending
Regulators are concerned about heavy commercial real estate exposures and risky mortgage lending practices at U.S. banks, Federal Reserve Board Governor Susan Bies said on Thursday. (Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:16:26 GMT)

Technology Makes Real Estate Marketing More Affordable
RISMEDIA, Feb. 2 — Showcase Technologies, a developer of real estate marketing products, recently released its new Home Zone Marketing System that combines narrated Internet tours, a weekly television show, professional print flyers and a host of other powerful marketing tools. All the products are created with one step, saving agents time and money. Through computer integration, the company (Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:46:20 GMT)

Mobile Crossing Announces New GPS for Real Estate Agents
Mobile Crossing and Pocket Real Estate are teaming up to provide the industry's first GPS navigation system with functionality designed for Real Estate Agents. Thanks to technology from Pocket Real Estate, Mobile Crossing's new WayPoint Pocket Real Estate Edition combines turn-by-turn spoken directions with complete database access to the agent's multiple listing service out-of-the-box. (Thu, 02 Feb 2006 16:20:50 GMT)

Deutsche Bank real estate fund to be revalued by end-February
FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Deutsche Bank AG (DB) expects the revaluation of its frozen real-estate fund grundbesitz-invest to be completed at the end of February, Chief Executive Josef Ackermann said Thursday. (Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:00:34 GMT)

Local real estate appraiser buys building in Pastime complex
One of the buildings in the Pastime complex on Second Street has been sold to a local real estate appraiser. (Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:12:50 GMT)

Livedoor cancels plan for real estate agencies
The Livedoor group has suspended preparations to launch a real estate brokerage scheduled to start in April, the first revision to its business operations since the scandal surrounding Livedoor Co. broke, sources said Thursday. (Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:43:47 GMT)

Real Estate Agent Accused Of Stealing Client's Identity
The Indiana Real Estate Commission has suspended a woman's real estate license after she was charged with obtaining credit cards by using the personal information of a client, the state attorney general's office said Thursday. (Thu, 02 Feb 2006 19:46:05 GMT)

Real Estate Expo ‘Realty 2006’ in City
The Karnataka Ownership Apartments Promoters Association (KOAPA), the sole representative body established to safeguard the interest of buyers, is holding its real estate expo , “Realty 2006”, at Hotel Ashok on Feb 11 and 12. The bi-annual event will showcase the apartments and villas of some of the best known builders in various locations in Bangalore, with a host of homes to choose from. (Thu, 02 Feb 2006 20:26:11 GMT)

Intero Real Estate Chooses whaBAM! as Exclusive Online Marketing Vendor
whaBAM!, Inc., a new premier auction site with a simple low pricing structure and no listing fees ever, today announced it has signed an exclusive co-marketing agreement with Intero Real Estate Services, one of the fastest-growing real estate companies in history. Currently operating 45 offices in California, Arizona and Hawaii, Intero Real Estate now adds whaBAM to its sales mix, giving whaBAM (Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:34:38 GMT)

GPS-equipped PDA for Real Estate Brokers
Mobile Crossing and Pocket Real Estate are teaming up to offer an innovative aid for real estate agents. The WayPoint Pocket Real Estate Edition provides a GPS navigation system for the user along with other basic PDA functions. (Fri, 03 Feb 2006 02:01:30 GMT)

From rock star to real estate mogul
Gabor Varszegi, a rock star during the Communist era and now Hungary's fourth-richest man, is turning to real estate after competition crippled earnings at his retail chain. (Fri, 03 Feb 2006 05:02:11 GMT)

Real estate agents predict steady sales, less pressure
Real estate markets are flat in Florida, slow in San Francisco and lagging in Las Vegas. But real estate agents in Washington County expect 2006 residential sales to rival those of 2005 -- one of the most profitable years on record for the region's real estate market. (Fri, 03 Feb 2006 05:07:53 GMT)

'Home Sweet Home': Luxury Real Estate
In New York, the market for luxury real estate is booming. And no wonder, given that the city has rare and exceedingly elaborate properties on the market. (Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:52:58 GMT)

AIG Global Real Estate Breaks Ground on Italian Shopping Center
AIG Global Real Estate Investment Corp., a member company of American International Group, Inc. announced the groundbreaking of the Freccia Rossa Shopping Center in Brescia, Italy. "The Freccia Ro (Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:55:48 GMT)

Record Million Dollar Home Sales for San Diego Real Estate Market, Will Homes Continue to Appreciate?
Carlsbad, CA (PRWEB) February 3, 2006 –- According to NorthCountyLuxuryHomes.com, the San Diego County real estate market reached a record number of sales in 2005 for luxury homes (homes priced over one million dollars). The current market features over 2,000 homes actively for sale priced between $1,000,000 and $50,000,000. (Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT)

Attorney General Investigates Real Estate Tycoon
Most TV viewers have probably seen those infomercials that say people can get wealthy through real estate. (Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:00:03 GMT)

Attorney General Investigates Real Estate Tycoon
The Florida Attorney General's office launches an investigation into a popular real estate tycoon. (Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:56:06 GMT)

Ilmarinen Real Estate Chief Exits
Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co. has hired Esko Torsti , former cio at Pohjola Insurance Group , to take over from real estate head Timo Kankuri , according to Investment & Pensions Europe . Kankuri is to join Jaakko Pöyry Infra as president of its building services and telecom business as of May 1. He has been head of real estate at Ilmarinen for eight years. (Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:09:48 GMT)

Advantage Real Estate open house set for Thursday
The team at Advantage Real Estate invites the community to view its new offices during an open house set for 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, when members of the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce will preside over a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the business's successful move to its new location at the corner of Benton and Olive streets in Newport, the former site of TLC Federal Credit Union. (Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:39:40 GMT)

Meet the area's Finest: Adolphson Real Estate's Michelle Kuklinski to manage new Cloquet office
Adolphson Real Estate is expanding into the Cloquet market, and will be opening an office there as soon as a lease agreement has been reached. (Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:57:25 GMT)

Real Estate Live
Post Real Estate editor Maryann Haggerty takes your questions and comments about the local housing market. (Fri, 03 Feb 2006 19:26:04 GMT)

Real Estate Partners Closes 2005 with $70 Million in Acquisitions
IRVINE, Calif.----Feb. 3, 2006--Real Estate Partners Inc., a national real estate investment and management services company specializing in the acquisition, repositioning, management and disposition of high-growth properties, announced today that it acquired approximately $70 million in assets in 2005. (Fri, 03 Feb 2006 21:56:00 GMT)

More Than 33,000 Register Early for Fifth Annual Real Estate Virtual Convention
RISMEDIA, Feb. 6 — The Fifth Annual National Real Estate On-Line Convention and Exposition ( www.REcyber.com/preconvention ) will attract the largest gathering of real estate professionals to ever convene. (Fri, 03 Feb 2006 22:31:16 GMT)

Mobile Crossing Announces New GPS for Real Estate Agents
RISMEDIA, Feb. 6 — Mobile Crossing and Pocket Real Estate are teaming up to provide the industry's first GPS navigation system with functionality designed for Real Estate Agents. Thanks to technology from Pocket Real Estate, Mobile Crossing's new WayPoint Pocket Real Estate Edition combines turn-by-turn spoken directions with complete database access to the agent's multiple listing service (Fri, 03 Feb 2006 22:31:36 GMT)

Real Estate Business Tycoon Investigated
It's really hard to imagine get-rich-quick stories, and when we have one we tend to over-react or question their wealth. We have probably seen dozens of infomercials about those people who went rich because of real estate in just a short span of time. (Sat, 04 Feb 2006 02:14:46 GMT)

Dubai Real Estate boom causes water and power shortage
According to reports, there are about 45 million people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region lack safe water and more than 80 million lack safe sanitation. This has been caused by the real estate boom these places are experiencing in these days. (Sat, 04 Feb 2006 07:23:39 GMT)

Wendy's Swings to Profit After Real Estate Sale
Wendy's International Inc. reported a fourth-quarter profit after selling real estate. (Sat, 04 Feb 2006 08:08:25 GMT)

Trulia Launches Real Estate Search for New York
Real estate search engine expands and integrates content from PropertyShark and Miller Samuel Inc. [PRWEB Feb 4, 2006] (Sat, 04 Feb 2006 08:10:49 GMT)

Wendy's sales decline, but chain posts profit by selling real estate
Wendy's International Inc., the third-largest U.S. hamburger chain, reported a fourth-quarter profit yesterday after selling real estate and said sales fell for the first time in six years. Net income was $30 million, or 25 cents a share. A year earlier, the net loss was $141.4 million, or $1.25, after the company wrote down the value of Baja Fresh Mexican Grill. Sales declined to $977.3 million, (Sat, 04 Feb 2006 08:14:29 GMT)

Real Estate Transfers
Real Estate Transfers The following property transactions, those most recently released to the Centre Daily Times, were recorded from Jan. 9 through Jan. 13, 2006, in the office of the Centre County Recorder of Deeds. (Sat, 04 Feb 2006 08:16:56 GMT)

Real-estate agent seeks some advice on real estate
A reader writes: Q: I'm 45 and a first-year real-estate agent. I've seen some good opportunities this year and would like to use some of my retirement money to invest in property." (Sat, 04 Feb 2006 08:23:15 GMT)

Subprime real estate loan party is over in 2006
As the housing market slows, the booming subprime real estate loan market — loans for people with less-than-stellar credit — is also slowing, observers say, despite a long runup. (Sat, 04 Feb 2006 10:21:25 GMT)

Real Estate Investment Can Be a Risky Game
RIYADH, 5 February 2006 — A Saudi couple learned the hard way about real estate investment scams in the Kingdom, Asharq Al-Awsat reported. (Sun, 05 Feb 2006 00:09:30 GMT)

A Real Estate Investment Moves to the Mainstream
WALL STREET has embraced real estate investment trusts as an asset family that adds diversification to portfolios, but some financial advisers still regard so-called private, or unlisted, REIT's as a kind of black sheep. (Sun, 05 Feb 2006 01:20:38 GMT)

Real estate saleswoman earned clients' trust
Vivian Hamburg's professionalism and concern for her clients were the defining factors behind a successful real estate career that spanned a quarter of a century and earned her the respect of her colleagues in the industry. (Sun, 05 Feb 2006 05:26:39 GMT)

Real estate agencies line up high-rollers
Real estate companies add tools to attract more high-end buyers to Brevard properties. (Sun, 05 Feb 2006 07:07:24 GMT)

Default jitters grow in commercial real estate sector
NEW YORK — While banks and other lenders may fret these days about consumers' ability to repay home mortgages as interest rates rise, they have another concern: the commercial real estate market. (Sun, 05 Feb 2006 07:23:56 GMT)

Real Estate Investment Can Be a Risky Game
Real Estate Investment Can Be a Risky Game (Sun, 05 Feb 2006 07:38:12 GMT)

Great Unknown: Lenders keeping a wary eye on rising rates, their effect on commercial real estate
NEW YORK - Banks and other lenders may fret these days about consumers' ability to repay home mortgages as interest rates rise, but they have another concern: The commercial real-estate market. (Sun, 05 Feb 2006 10:14:44 GMT)

Real estate transactions can trigger an audit
Tax time provides an opportunity to cash in many of the rewards of dabbling in last year's red-hot real estate market -- but there are numerous tax traps if you sold a home, refinanced your mortgage or bought an investment property in 2005. (Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:12:18 GMT)

Jeb Bush enjoys sweet ride of booming real estate taxes
Once a millionaire real estate developer, Gov. Jeb Bush is now profiting politically from Florida's housing boom with his whopping $70.8 billion budget proposal that's moored to a bounty of new tax receipts. (Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:43:09 GMT)

Southwest Florida Real Estate Market Growth Too Rapid and Unsustainable
Orlando, FL(PRWEB) February 5, 2006 -- Dr. Hank Fishkind, one of Florida's premier economic consultants, said today that the exponential growth in the residential southwest Florida real estate market is too rapid and will not be sustainable when compared to the population growth. (Sun, 05 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT)

Two new agents join real estate firm
NEWARK -- Donaldson Real Estate welcomes Joe Gebhart and Michael Johnston to its sales team. Gebhart is a native of Newark and graduate of Ohio State University with a degree in hospitality management. (Sun, 05 Feb 2006 13:21:00 GMT)

Real estate top job choice for young adults
Real estate is growing as a first-career option for twentysomethings. (Sun, 05 Feb 2006 14:21:05 GMT)

REAL ESTATE
Real estate agents of the year for 2005 include: Red Creek Ranch - Joette Schalla. Agents of the month for December include: Red Creek Ranch - Greg Whitman. (Sun, 05 Feb 2006 15:12:50 GMT)

Hot Florida Real Estate Result Possibly Inflated
As all signs saying Southwest Florida real estate market is hot, there is still at least one realtor who says it's not as hot as it looks like. (Sun, 05 Feb 2006 19:59:15 GMT)

Real estate transactions can trigger an audit
Tax time provides an opportunity to cash in many of the rewards of dabbling in last year's red-hot real estate market -- but there are numerous tax traps if you sold a home, refinanced your mortgage or bought an investment property in 2005. (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 04:25:14 GMT)

54pc increase in real estate activity: Omani official
54pc increase in real estate activity: Omani official (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 05:04:49 GMT)

Real estate transactions can trigger an audit
Tax time provides an opportunity to cash in many of the rewards of dabbling in last year's red-hot real estate market -- but there are numerous tax traps if you sold a home, refinanced your mortgage or bought an investment property in 2005. (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 05:55:13 GMT)

Cerner's real estate holdings chart healthy growth for area
As the need for electronic medical records grows, so grow the real estate holdings of North Kansas City-based Cerner Corp., a leading health care information technology company. (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 06:06:05 GMT)

William Raveis Real Estate & Home Services donate $35,000 to Dana Farber
William Raveis Real Estate & Home Services and the William Raveis Breast Cancer Research Fund presented a check for $35,000 to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at a reception held at the Dedham Hilton on Jan. 18. (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 06:20:46 GMT)

Omani real-estate dealings up by 54%
In a statement cited by Oman News Agency (ONA) , Abdullah bin Sulaiman al-Mukhaini, Real Estate Registrar at the Ministry of Housing, Electricity and Water said that 2005 witnessed extensive activity in property dealings as compared to the previous year. (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 07:26:34 GMT)

Real estate activity increase by 54% in 2005 - Oman
Real estate activity increase by 54% in 2005 - Oman (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 09:19:00 GMT)

Real estate summit kicks off in November
This year's Super Bowl will long be history when what's being billed as the Super Bowl of Commercial Real Estate cranks up at the Swan and Dolphin hotels at Disney. (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 09:30:43 GMT)

HK ING Real Estate Fund Acquires HK Ppty For US$68M
DJ HK ING Real Estate Fund Acquires HK Ppty For US$68M HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--ING Real Estate Investment Management, a unit of banking group ING Groep N.V.(30360.AE), said Monday its IP Property Fund Asia bought an office building in Hong Kong for US$68 million (HK$528 million). The 25-story building, with office space of 13,620 square meters as well as retail and car parking facilities, is the (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 09:49:00 GMT)

HK ING Real Estate Fund Acquires HK Ppty For US$68M
HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--ING Real Estate Investment Management, a unit of banking group ING Groep N.V.(30360.AE), said Monday its IP Property Fund Asia bought an office building in Hong Kong for US$68 million (HK$528 million). (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 09:49:00 GMT)

MiamiEstatesandCondos.com Launches Miami Real Estate Tip Site at LifeTips.com
Bay Harbor Islands, FL (PRWEB) February 6, 2006 -- LifeTips announces the launch of the Miami Real Estate Tip Site in the LifeTips network, providing tips to millions of information seekers at LifeTips.com. MiamiEstatesandCondos.com will become the exclusive Miami Real Estate client in the LifeTips network. (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT)

Hot real estate market forecast to stay hot
Southern Arizona’s real estate market continues to cook and even the traditionally lukewarm sectors are feeling the heat. (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:10:00 GMT)

Real Estate Forecast 2006
To view predictions from the speakers of the Real Estate Forecast on Jan. 18, please click on the PowerPoint icons below. Each presentation is in its complete form. (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:51:47 GMT)

A Phone Call to Be Thankful For: Real Estate Agent Simon Conway Will Share His Tips on Turning a Single Call Into Seven
By viewing everyone as a potential investor,Orlando real estate agent Simon Conway already has $350,000 in commissionsin the bag for 2007. That's correct: 2007. He'll share his businesssecrets with real estate professionals across the nation as the upcomingguest on the MasterMind Conference Call series from HouseValues Inc.(NASDAQ: SOLD), a leading marketing partner for real estate and (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 18:23:26 GMT)

2006 Real Estate Market Faces Uncertainty
There are so much uncertainty that is surrounding the real estate market. As some investors questioned their market whether they'll still get record market this year, or is stock market an option or will it be just a moderate gains for them? (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 18:55:08 GMT)

Fidelity real estate unit Pembroke buys D.C. property
Pembroke Real Estate, the real estate development arm of Fidelity Investments, purchased a 183,000-square-foot office property in Washington D.C. The terms of the acquisition, including price, were not disclosed. (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 19:48:04 GMT)

New real estate agency opens
After six years as a broker at Realty Executives, Wichita agent Michael Gisick has opened up a new real estate firm. (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 19:51:04 GMT)

Conservative Vice Premier suspected of dirty real estate deals
Bucharest - Vice Premier George Copos, investigated by the anti-corruption prosecutors for an affair concluded by his firm Ana Electronic with the Romanian Lottery in 2004, is again under the focus of the media which discovered a real estate deal doubtfully favourable from the past year. (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 21:27:51 GMT)

Real Estate Prospecting Goes Modern
RISMEDIA, Feb. 7 — The Internet revolution has changed the way consumers act. Many old prospecting techniques don’t work as well as they used to. This may explain why the median income of real estate sales associates actually declined about 8% last year, according to the National Association of Realtors®. (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 21:59:17 GMT)

Cooling Real Estate Market Pulls Welcome Mat for New Agents
RISMEDIA, Feb. 7 — (KRT) — Mike Dulock wanted to leave his family's seafood business and revolutionize the real estate industry, so he took a few classes and got his real estate license. (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 21:59:48 GMT)

Buyers gain leverage in local real estate market
LEE COUNTY — Real estate experts say 2006 will be a different year for property values in Southwest Florida. The supply of homes has now surpassed demand and for the first time sellers are lowering their asking prices. (Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:16:00 GMT)

Real estate leads Tokyo shares higher
Real estate stocks continued their strong ascent on Tuesday morning, untroubled by sharp swings in other stocks caused by a mixed bunch of earnings results. (Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:37:49 GMT)

VIETNAM SEEKS TO REVIVE REAL ESTATE MARKET VIA FDI
Vietnam Vietnam will hold promotional events, calling for foreign investment, in Singapore and Malaysia next month in a bid revive the country's crippled real-estate market, according to the Urban Investment and Development Joint-stock (IDJ) company. (Tue, 07 Feb 2006 05:11:47 GMT)

Real estate broker Rohde jumps into movie biz with grandson
Ever the showman, commercial real estate broker Al Rohde is reliving his Hollywood days with a little help from his grandson. (Tue, 07 Feb 2006 06:35:50 GMT)

Australia's Real Estate Market Offering Low Returns: Lasalle Ap
Australia's real estate market will likely remain one of the world's lowest risk and therefore lowest return in the short term, according to a global real estate investment firm. (Tue, 07 Feb 2006 07:14:12 GMT)

AUSTRALIA'S REAL ESTATE MARKET OFFERING LOW RETURNS: LASALLE AP
Banking / finance Australia's real estate market will likely remain one of the world's lowest risk and therefore lowest return in the short term, according to a global real estate investment firm. (Tue, 07 Feb 2006 07:14:12 GMT)

Kotak India Real Estate Fund raises $100mn from domestic mkt
Kotak India Real Estate Fund-I, a close-ended venture capital fund scheme promoted by Kotak Mahindra Realty Fund, has closed its domestic tranche raising $100mn. (Tue, 07 Feb 2006 09:39:53 GMT)

Economist: No letup in '06 for commercial real estate
The nation's housing markets may be slowing, but commercial real-estate development is powering into 2006 with enough momentum for another strong year, an industry economist said Monday in Orlando. (Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:31:27 GMT)

Vietnam looks afar to revive real estate
HANOI - Vietnam will hold promotional events, calling for foreign investment, in Singapore and Malaysia next month in a bid revive the country's crippled real-estate market, according to the Urban Investment and Development Joint-stock (IDJ) company. (Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:41:12 GMT)

Bin Haider to contribute more to Dubai real estate
Bin Haider Real Estate, part of the Dubai-based AED 700 million Bin Haider Group and one of the leading providers of property investment and management services has plans to build real estate developments worth AED 400 million across the emirates. (Tue, 07 Feb 2006 12:23:39 GMT)

BULGARIA: Real Estate Prices in Bulgaria to Fall?
Mildly but constantly decreasing spending power is driving down the prices of real estate in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia. (Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:24:12 GMT)

Hot real estate market forecast to stay hot
Southern Arizona’s real estate market continues to cook and even the traditionally lukewarm sectors are feeling the heat. (Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:55:00 GMT)

German Stocks Decline as Shares of Hypo Real Estate, Metro Drop
Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks fell, led by Hypo Real Estate Holding AG and Metro AG. The benchmark DAX Index slipped 17.58, or 0.3 percent, to 5649.2 as of 3:52 p.m. in Frankfurt. (Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:14:25 GMT)

Report: Brooklyn Real Estate Prices Skyrocketed In 2005
A new report suggests prices in many neighborhoods in Brooklyn are skyrocketing. The Real Estate Board of New York released a report Tuesday on 2005 real estate prices in the borough showing the average price of an apartment in Brooklyn is up 35 percent from 2004. (Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:33:46 GMT)

Blumberg Miami's Known Real Estate Investor Closed Deal
Real estate investor Philip Blumberg who runs an investment fund is now facing charges on drug possession, reports says that he is currently selling a 15-storey office tower on Brickell Avenue for about $60 million; they say that it's a part of his strategy to take potential profits. (Tue, 07 Feb 2006 18:29:16 GMT)

Morgan Stanley Real Estate's Prime Property Fund Completes AMLI Residential Properties Trust Acquisition
NEW YORK----Feb. 7, 2006--Morgan Stanley Real Estate's Prime Property Fund announced today that it has closed on the previously announced acquisition of AMLI Residential Properties Trust in an all-cash transaction totaling approximately $2.1 billion. (Tue, 07 Feb 2006 19:31:00 GMT)

A Real Estate Investment Moves to the Mainstream
NEW YORK, Feb. 03, 2006 (WSNC) - WALL STREET has embraced real estate investment trusts as an asset family that adds diversification to portfolios, but some financial advisers still regard so-called private, or unlisted, REIT's as a kind of black sheep. (Tue, 07 Feb 2006 21:08:32 GMT)

Weichert Real Estate Affiliates Marks Fourth Anniversary
RISMEDIA, Feb. 8 — Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, Inc, the franchise arm of Weichert, Realtors®, the nation’s largest privately owned provider of home ownership services, is celebrating two milestone events. (Tue, 07 Feb 2006 21:46:39 GMT)

Real estate deal keeps Einhorn Yaffee in downtown Albany
Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture and Engineering P.C. will remain in downtown Albany, N.Y., at the Argus Building, but have a new landlord under a real estate deal announced Tuesday. (Tue, 07 Feb 2006 22:56:53 GMT)

Real estate heir settles with family
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A Texas man involved in mysterious deaths and disappearances has agreed to cut ties to his family's real estate business. (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 01:56:52 GMT)

South Australian Biz, Real Estate Groups Welcome Rates Decision
ADELAIDE, Feb 8 Asia Pulse - South Australian real estate and business groups have welcomed today's hold on interest rates, saying any increase would have deterred investment and employment growth. (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 02:17:00 GMT)

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BIZ, REAL ESTATE GROUPS WELCOME RATES DECISION
Economy South Australian real estate and business groups have welcomed today's hold on interest rates, saying any increase would have deterred investment and employment growth. (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 02:25:03 GMT)

2 Web Sites Push Further Into Services Real Estate Agents Offer
The sites will help consumers obtain more accurate real estate sales information and automate the bidding process for houses online. (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 05:03:43 GMT)

Real estate bills are really late
When will real estate tax bills be mailed? When will taxpayers have to pay them? Both questions cannot be answered for certain by the Seneca County Treasurer's Office. (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 05:12:13 GMT)

Bin Haider Real Estate expands investment portfolio, announces new projects worth AED 400 million
In a strategic initiative aimed at strengthening its presence in the UAE's buoyant real estate business, Bin Haider Real Estate, part of the Dubai-based AED 700 million Bin Haider Group and one of the leading providers of property investment and management services, announced investments worth AED 400 million in new projects across the emirates. (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 05:24:38 GMT)

REAL ESTATE: Sellers adding to agents' incentive
Realtors are seeing more incentives or bonuses for finding a buyer. That's because there's more inventory on the market than there's been in the past couple of years when the Grand Strand market was seeing a shortage of homes for sale, said Tom Maeser, president of the Fortune Academy of Real Estate. (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 08:11:36 GMT)

German Stocks Fall, Led by Shares of Hypo Real Estate, Linde
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks slipped, led by Hypo Real Estate Holding AG, Linde AG and Deutsche Post AG. The benchmark DAX Index lost 54.7, or 1 percent, to 5618.22 as of 9:02 a.m. in Frankfurt. The HDAX Index of the country's 110 biggest companies dropped 1 percent to 2906.13. (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 08:29:25 GMT)

Weichert Real Estate Affiliates marks 4th year
• Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, the franchise arm of Morris Plains-based Weichert, Realtors, is celebrating its fourth anniversary and the opening of its 200th franchise office, in Johnson City, Tenn. (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 09:06:54 GMT)

Milford Real Estate of Dubai enters strategic alliance with KL Landmark
Milford Real Estate, a leading real estate agency in Dubai, announced today that it has made a strategic alliance with KL Landmark, one of the largest commercial landowners in Asia. (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 09:09:49 GMT)

Real estate rivals form a powerhouse
SARASOTA -- In something of a merger of the old with the young, Prudential Palms Realty and Prudential Cascade Realty will together form the No. 4 real estate company in the region. (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 09:35:49 GMT)

Real estate sales set new record in 2005
If there's a real estate bubble, it's not bursting yet, and it's not bursting in Telluride, where real estate sales set yet another record in 2005. (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 10:15:41 GMT)

German Stocks Fall; Hypo Real Estate, Linde Pace the Decline
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks slipped, paced by Hypo Real Estate Holding AG. The commercial property lender extended declines as investors judged its advance this year excessive. (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 12:59:25 GMT)

Cendant Real Estate Services and Spot Runner Announce Strategic National Alliance
The Real Estate Services Division of Cendant Corporation and Spot Runner today announced an agreement for Spot Runner to provide preferred pricing on its premium television advertising production, planning and media-buying services to Cendant's more than 9,000 U.S.-based affiliated real estate brokerage offices and their 260,000 affiliated sales associates. (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 13:00:00 GMT)

Hot real estate market forecast to stay hot
Southern Arizona’s real estate market continues to cook and even the traditionally lukewarm sectors are feeling the heat. (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 15:40:00 GMT)

Real estate deal keeps Einhorn Yaffee in downtown Albany
Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture and Engineering P.C. will remain in downtown Albany, N.Y., at the Argus Building, but have a new landlord under a real estate deal announced Tuesday. (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:07:13 GMT)

Real Estate Blogsites Comes to Market, Offering SEO in the Long Tail of Search
An innovative internet marketing solution for real estate companies and professionals is now available for subscription. (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:48:00 GMT)

Test launched of real-estate site Zillow
SEATTLE, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- A new Web site packed with real-estate market information was test launched Wednesday with great media fanfare. (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:12:24 GMT)

A new Web site for real-estate voyeurs
If there's anything Americans obsess over as much as sports, pop culture and college for their kids, it's real estate. All over the country, people love to talk about how much their homes, and those of their neighbors, might be worth if sold today and what it would take to snag a new house. (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:13:42 GMT)

Banks eased commercial real-estate loan terms in 2005
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Domestic banks surveyed by the Federal Reserve said they eased terms for commercial real-estate lending in 2005, citing aggressive competition from other banks. (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:55:42 GMT)

Choice Hotels Hires Elaine Clancy, Vice President, Corporate & Real Estate Development
SILVER SPRING, Md.----Feb. 8, 2006--Choice Hotels International, Inc. today announced that it has hired Elaine Clancy as vice president, corporate and real estate development. In this new position, Clancy will identify and assess development opportunities in key markets for Choice's hotel brands, with an emphasis on evaluating and recommending investment strategies for the company's new, (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:09:00 GMT)

Real Estate Blogsites Comes to Market, Offering SEO in the Long Tail of Search
An innovative internet marketing solution for real estate companies and professionals is now available for subscription. With NAR suggesting that nearly 77% of all real estate purchases start with an internet search and the introduction of several brand new national on-line real estate industry competitors, real estate professionals need a cost effective tool that allows them to become recognized (Wed, 08 Feb 2006 22:22:05 GMT)

Web Site Offers One-Stop Real Estate Data
Michele Norris talks with Rich Barton, founder and CEO of zillow.com, about the launch of a new free Web site that claims to offer free, accurate and neutral real estate information to the everyday consumer. It gives users the home's estimated value, maps and aerial photos. (Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:29:27 GMT)

Realtors ask administration to stop bankers from delving into real estate
Congress and the Bush administration are again getting caught in the crossfire of a long-standing turf war between the National Association of Realtors, which bills itself as the nation’s biggest trade association, and the banking industry over whether banks can engage in real-estate activities. (Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:59:20 GMT)

Real estate for GCC citizens, foreigners
DOHA: The Emir HH Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday ratified two cabinet decisions relating to sale and lease of real estate in Qatar to GCC citizens and foreigners. (Thu, 09 Feb 2006 04:17:15 GMT)

Real estate website looking like a hot property
A real estate valuation website that could alter US home-buying terrain has launched on the internet. - (Thu, 09 Feb 2006 04:24:45 GMT)

Real estate team orientation in New Jersey
Joann Shaffer and Crystal Allen of Coldwell Banker Countrywide Reality in Russellville recently attended an orientation in New Jersey on Dec. 5-9 where they learned worthwhile information pertaining to customer satisfaction and breaking techniques into the selling of real estate. (Thu, 09 Feb 2006 04:50:03 GMT)

Users Swamp Debut of Real Estate Website
"Crash" is not an image you'd want when launching a real estate website. Yet crash is what real estate appraisal site Zillow.com did Wednesday within hours of its much-ballyhooed debut. (Thu, 09 Feb 2006 08:10:54 GMT)

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Reports Year Ended December 31, 2005 and Fourth Quarter 2005 Results
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. today announced operating and financial results for the year ended December 31, 2005 and fourth quarter 2005. (Thu, 09 Feb 2006 13:00:00 GMT)

More people expected to face federal charges in Miss. real estate scam
HATTIESBURG, Miss. A man charged earlier this week in a real estate scheme is apparently just one of several people targeted in a federal investigation. (Thu, 09 Feb 2006 13:02:53 GMT)

Cendant Real Estate Services, Spot Runner Announce Strategic National Alliance
RISMEDIA, Feb. 9 — The Real Estate Services Division of Cendant Corporation and Spot Runner announced an agreement for Spot Runner to provide preferred pricing on its premium television advertising production, planning and media-buying services to Cendant's more than 9,000 U.S.-based affiliated real estate brokerage offices and their 260,000 affiliated sales associates. (Thu, 09 Feb 2006 14:29:25 GMT)

Zillow real estate valuation
New real estate valuation Zillow tells you how much your or your bosses' home is worth. When the site's up, that is. Billed as the "Kelly Blue Book" for homes, Zillow got a whole lot of press on... (Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:18:21 GMT)

Real estate website values US properties free of charge
A real estate valuation website that could alter US home-buying terrain launched on the Internet. (Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:11:37 GMT)

Alexandria Real Estate 4Q Earnings Climb
Real estate investment trust Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc., which specializes in life science laboratories and offices, said Thursday its fourth-quarter funds from operations and profit climbed as revenue rose. (Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:40:10 GMT)

More people expected to face federal charges in Miss. real estate scam
HATTIESBURG (AP) - A man charged in connection a real estate scheme is just one of several people accused in the federal investigation, a Jackson attorney said Wednesday. (Thu, 09 Feb 2006 18:56:23 GMT)

TimberWest looks to real estate to help business, meet cash distributions
VANCOUVER (CP) - TimberWest Forest Corp. (TSX:TWF.UN) will look to real estate sales to supplement its operations and help meet cash requirements for distributions in 2006, CEO Paul McElligott told analysts Thursday. (Thu, 09 Feb 2006 19:26:00 GMT)

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