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Japan's Housing Starts Drop to 45 Year Record Lows

Japan's Housing Starts Drop to 45 Year Record Lows

(TOKYO, JAPAN) -- Japan's real estate market, like India's, is heading south despite signs of gradual improvement in some areas. Japan's Ministry of Land and the Japan Real Estate Institute are disclosing what most Japanese residents already know ... Read More

 
Realtors Partner with National Community Stabilization Trust to Revitalized Foreclosure Wracked Neighborhoods

Realtors Partner with National Community Stabilization Trust to Revitalized Foreclosure Wracked Neighborhoods

Vicki Cox Golder (WASHINGTON, DC) -- The National Association of Realtors has joined forces with the National Community Stabilization Trust to help rebuild American communities devastated by the foreclosure crisis.The collaboration will bring Realtors and the more than 1,400 state... Read More

 
Hamptons Home Sales Surge 22.9% in Q4, Reports Prudential Douglas Elliman

Hamptons Home Sales Surge 22.9% in Q4, Reports Prudential Douglas Elliman

(NEW YORK, NY) - The median sales price of an East End residential property was $701,161 in the fourth quarter, 1.6% higher than $690,000 in the same period last year and 0.2% above $700,000 in the prior quarter. This is the first year over-year increase in median sales price since the first quarter of 2008. Read More

 
U.S. Hotels Occupancy Rates Drop to 50.6% in Fourth Quarter 2009

U.S. Hotels Occupancy Rates Drop to 50.6% in Fourth Quarter 2009

(HENDERSONVILLE, TN) -- According to data from Smith Travel Research (STR), the U.S. hotel industry reported decreases in all three key performance metrics for fourth-quarter 2009 in year-over-year measurements.The industry's occupancy dropped 4.4 percent to 50.6 percent, average daily rate... Read More

 
Manhattan's SL Green Signs 48 Leases Totaling 560,000 SF in a Strong 2009 Finish

Manhattan's SL Green Signs 48 Leases Totaling 560,000 SF in a Strong 2009 Finish

BMW Renews 10-Year, 228,000-SF ContractDE Shaw Research Takes 75,000 SF on 7 Floors at Tower 45Law firm Debevoise & Plimpton Crafts 11-year, 33,000 SF ExpansionAeropostale Closes 15-Year Retail Deal for Over 17,500 SF. Manhattan's Total December Lease Closings of 2.25M... Read More

 
The Latest in Luxury Resort & Real Estate News

The Latest in Luxury Resort & Real Estate News

Conestoga Golf Club at Sun City Mesquite Opens to PublicConestoga Golf Club (MESQUITE, NV.) -- The Del Webb Sun City real estate brand is now making an active retirement play in this Nevada desert town with the announcement this week... Read More

 
Q & A with Dottie Herman

Q & A with Dottie Herman

Dottie Herman Q1 - I am looking to purchase a home and I have an offer on one house in Long island. The homeowner is had an Open House this weekend because it was scheduled and we made our offer... Read More

 
GLOBAL REAL ESTATE MARKET ROUNDUP

GLOBAL REAL ESTATE MARKET ROUNDUP

(LONDON, ENGLAND) -- London has beaten Washington, DC by a wide margin as the world's best real estate investment market today, according to a fourth-quarter 2009 survey by the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate. New York City was the No. 3 choice. Read More

 
Wyndham Entering Singapore Hotel Market With Ramada and Days Brands

Wyndham Entering Singapore Hotel Market With Ramada and Days Brands

Tom Monahan (ZHONGSHAN PARK, SINGAPORE) -- Wyndham Hotel Group (NYSE: WYN) plans to enter the Singapore lodging market shortly by licensing and managing two new properties after they break ground in the first half of this year.They are the 391-room... Read More

 
Borrowers Who Refinanced Homes in Q4 Are Now Reducing Mortgage Debt at Record Levels

Borrowers Who Refinanced Homes in Q4 Are Now Reducing Mortgage Debt at Record Levels

Frank Nothaft (MCLEAN, VA) -- According to Freddie Mac's quarterly Refinance Report, 33 percent of borrowers who refinanced their loan in the fourth quarter of 2009 have now lowered their principal balance.This is the highest "cash-in" share since Freddie Mac... Read More

 
2010 to be Challenging Year for Hotel Industry, Says STR

2010 to be Challenging Year for Hotel Industry, Says STR

Mark Lomanno (HENDERSONVILLE, TN) -- According to Smith Travel Research, the U.S. hotel industry is projected to end 2010 with decreases in two of the three key performance measurements.STR projects 2010 occupancy to be flat at 55.1 percent, ADR to... Read More

 
Long-Term Mortgage Rates Remain Flat

Long-Term Mortgage Rates Remain Flat

(MCLEAN, VA) -- Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.98 percent with an average 0.6 point for the week ending January 28, 2010, ... Read More

 
W Hotels Unveils Full Ownership Residences in Thailand

W Hotels Unveils Full Ownership Residences in Thailand

(KOH SAMUI, THAILAND) -- For the first time in Asia, W Hotels Worldwide today unveiled The Residences at W Retreat Koh Samui, which buyers can now acquire their own vacation homes (licensed under the W brand). Ownership will include the same level of indulgence and modern living in an enviable location with world-class design, ... Read More

 
Social Media Now Impacting Travel Planning

Social Media Now Impacting Travel Planning

(ORLANDO, FL) -- Are you on Facebook? Have you tweeted yet?Both questions now find their way into much social discourse because of the explosive growth in the use of "social media," driven by what appears to be an almost... Read More

 
Cushman & Wakefield Sees More Commercial Sales Volume in 2010

Cushman & Wakefield Sees More Commercial Sales Volume in 2010

Andrew I. Merin (EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ) -- Andrew I. Merin, head of  Cushman & Wakefield Inc.'s East Rutherford-based Metropolitan Area Capital Markets Group, isn't wearing rosy spectacles these days but he still expects more commercial sales volume this year for... Read More

 
19 Bidders Show Up With $75,000 Deposit Checks to Vie for Bankrupt South Beach Condo Conversion

19 Bidders Show Up With $75,000 Deposit Checks to Vie for Bankrupt South Beach Condo Conversion

Fairway Village, Miami Beach (MIAMI BEACH, FL) -- Nineteen bidders, each clutching $75,000 deposit checks, vied for Fairway Village, a bankrupt 118-unit South Beach condo conversion that was sold for $6.2 million or $53,000 per unit - nearly half of... Read More

 
U.S. Hotel Industry Posted a 16.7% Drop in Room Revenues in 2009

U.S. Hotel Industry Posted a 16.7% Drop in Room Revenues in 2009

Mark Lomanno (HENDERSONVILLE, TN) -- According to data from Smith Travel Research, the U.S. hotel industry posted a double-digit drop in revenue per available room during 2009. The metric fell 16.7 percent to US$53.71, the largest year-end decrease of any... Read More

 
New Wave of Home Foreclosures Hits the Nation

New Wave of Home Foreclosures Hits the Nation

(IRVINE, CA) - It's going to be another dismal year in the home foreclosures category, according to new data released today by Irvine, CA-based RealtyTrac. In its Year-End 2009 Metropolitan Foreclosure Market Report, RealtyTrac shows that cities in four Sun Belt states ... Read More

 
New York City Building Sales Drop 75% in 2009, Reports Massey Knakal Realty Services

New York City Building Sales Drop 75% in 2009, Reports Massey Knakal Realty Services

(NEW YORK, NY) -- Massey Knakal Realty Services released this week their year-end Property Sales Report for 2009 that shows the total volume of commercial real estate sales in the New York City marketplace was $6.3 billion, Read More

 
Miami Beach Retail Developer Gambling on Lincoln Theater Conversion

Miami Beach Retail Developer Gambling on Lincoln Theater Conversion

Clifford Stein (MIAMI BEACH, FL) -- Clifford Stein, a Miami Beach accountant and attorney with 25 years experience in real estate finance and investment, is about to do what most accountants shy away from - betting on less than a... Read More

 
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