real estate

Apollo Real Estate Said to Seek Sale of Office Towers in Manila
Bloomberg
Billionaire Leon Black's Apollo Global Real Estate is selling its controlling stake in five office towers in one of Manila's prime business districts, according to two people familiar with the matter. Apollo's portfolio includes office buildings in ...
Apollo Global Real Estate Management to Sell Stake in Manila Office PropertiesRealty Today

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Houston Makes Top 5 as Boom Lures Foreigners: Real Estate
Bloomberg
International real estate investors are falling in love with Houston, a fast-expanding energy hub that's luring buyers from Toronto to Tel Aviv seeking properties with lower costs and higher returns than buildings in the priciest U.S. cities. Firms ...

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Why our real estate reporter dumped her Realtor (and why it worked)
Phoenix Business Journal (blog)
It was only a few weeks ago that it finally dawned on my husband and me how big of a difference your real estate agent can have on your success in buying (and selling, I'm sure) a home — which is why we switched right in the middle of our search for a ...

New York Times
After You Read the Listings, Your Agent Reads You
New York Times
“Here's a tell,” said Jim Foote, who has been in real estate for 38 years and is broker-owner of Greenwich Custom Real Estate Services in Old Greenwich, Conn. “If they linger for a long time in any one room, that's telling you that there is something ...

New York Daily News
Real estate heir Robert Durst continues fight to get Westchester DA to turn ...
New York Daily News
A flamboyant real estate heir suspected of killing his wife has gone to court to try and get the Westchester County DA to turn over investigative files on her case. Robert Durst contends he needs the files to prove that the investigation is so dormant ...
Real Estate Scion Robert Durst Tries to Subpoena DA Over Missing WifeDNAinfo

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Younger buyers jumping into retirement real estate
NBCNews.com (blog)
Charlie Rocque knows a great real estate deal when he sees one — at one of the largest retirement communities in the nation, Century Village in Boca Raton, Fla. "I bought an apartment that not long ago was valued at around $75,000, and I picked it up ...

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Transportation Nation
Real Estate Tip: Buy Near Transit
Transportation Nation
Homes close to good transit options made for better real estate investments during the recession, according to a new study from the American Public Transportation Association. APTA looked at housing market data from Phoenix, Boston, San Francisco, ...

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Downtowns: What's Behind America's Most Surprising Real Estate Boom
Forbes
One of the main factors businesses consider when deciding on where to relocate or expand is the available pool of college-educated workers. And that has cities competing for college-educated young adults. “The American population, contrary to popular ...

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Belleville News Democrat
Real Estate: What's your neighbor's house selling for?
Belleville News Democrat
Real Estate: What's your neighbor's house selling for? Published: March 24, 2013. 2013-03-23T14:07:07Z. Tweet · 0 Comments E-mail Print. Advertisement. Recent Headlines. Real Estate: What's your neighbor's house selling for? 1 hour ago. Real Estate: ...

Southwest Florida real estate briefs March 24, 2013
Naples Daily News
Cindy S. Carroll will share information on market trends and fluctuations since 2004, and how inventory levels in the local housing market affect your real estate appraisal value. This is vital to determining the final sale price. Carroll, a senior ...

Real estate briefs: TwinEagles Country Club recognized
The News-Press
TwinEagles Country Club has been recognized by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation as one of only 13 food service establishments in Florida with no safety or sanitation violations within the past year. In a personal letter ...

Real estate transactions for March 24, 2013
Bradenton Herald
$1,800,000 Seaside Breeze LLC to Gold Richard M, Gold Maria F, Lot 2 Blk 39 Ilexhurst, O.R. Book 02462 Page 1851, March 11. $1,150,000 Jacobson Timothy H, Jacobson Elizabeth A to Meyer Maradith, Meyer Jeffrey C, Lot 30 Blk C Lakewood Ranch ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune
Mac Hyde, environmental lawyer and real estate developer, dies
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Maclay Reed Hyde, a groundbreaking environmental law attorney and a passionate real estate developer of polluted, often discarded, brownfield sites, died March 8 of complications from chronic lymphocytic leukemia. He was 78. Hyde was a pioneer in a ...

Purported Real Estate Investor and Alleged Straw Buyer Charged in New Jersey ...
Federal Bureau of Investigation (press release)
CAMDEN, NJ—Two alleged conspirators in a $13 million mortgage fraud scam that used phony documents and straw buyers to make illegal profits on overbuilt condos at the Jersey shore are charged in connection with the scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J.

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Q & A
New York Times
A “This answer will depend entirely on the terms of the contract between the owner and the contractor,” said Sandor D. Krauss, a Manhattan real estate lawyer. Mr. Krauss said that while the contractor may have obtained the permits he thought he had to ...

The World's Most Expensive Cities For Luxury Real Estate
Forbes
Billionaires have been on a real estate buying spree. Stateside, they've broken records on huge home purchases in every major housing market from Woodside to Malibu to Aspen to Chicago to Miami to New York. And internationally, massive sales in ...
10 Most Expensive Cities For Real Estate, According To Forbes (PHOTOS)Huffington Post

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Duluth lawyer gets prison for corrupt real estate transactions
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Specifically, Landers received money transfers into his escrow account from several real estate closings but did not distribute them as required. He deliberately delayed paying out the funds for weeks and sometimes months rather than promptly ...

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Real Estate Watch: Why real estate agents list their own homes
San Jose Mercury News
Doctors shouldn't treat themselves, and there's that old adage about how any lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. But when it comes to selling their own homes, real estate agents hold differing opinions on the best course of action.

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17 Bizarre Real Estate Listing Photos
Huffington Post
The search for a home can be quite an adventure. On the hunt for a house or condo with the proper amenities, you never know what you may come across. By digging through thousands of real estate listings each week it's amazing some of the things we ...

New York Times
Staking a Claim in South America
New York Times
THE BUZZ IS LOUD these days about South Americans buying Miami and New York condos at a furious pace, helping to stoke high-end residential boomlets in those cities. But back home, their own real estate markets have started to lure investment from ...