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AP
Friday, 13 October 2006
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AP - The founder and former chief executive of online real estate listings company Homestore Inc. was sentenced Thursday to a 15-year prison term and ordered to pay a $5 million fine for his part in a scheme to defraud investors. |
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Investor's Business Daily
Friday, 13 October 2006
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Investor's Business Daily - Investors clamoring to grab properties in the commercial real estate boom have had a growing array of strategies to sate their desires, from interest-only loans to novel ownership structures such as tenant-in-common partnerships. The latest trend: retail condominiums. |
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AP
Thursday, 12 October 2006
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AP - The go-go days for home prices are over, but Mike Pietrafesa thinks it is still tough for people to buy their first slice of the American dream. |
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AFP
Monday, 09 October 2006
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 AFP - Citigroup is looking at acquiring banks outside the United States in an effort to reduce its dependence on its home market, the group's Chief Executive Charles Prince said in an interview published in the Financial Times.
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Investor's Business Daily
Friday, 06 October 2006
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Investor's Business Daily - Savvy investors know that there's money to be made in good times and bad. Slowing home sales have wags predicting opportunities in one of the saddest segments of a falling real estate market: foreclosures. |
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BusinessWeek Online
Wednesday, 04 October 2006
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BusinessWeek Online - Is the Japanese property market's rebound the real deal? Plenty of investors seem to think so, given the robust performance of Nomura Real Estate Holdings on its Oct. 3 trading debut at the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The stock price of the former unit of Japanese securities colossus Nomura Holdings shot up 18% in its first day of trading to $35 a share after the company recently raised about $1.2 billion in the biggest initial public offering in Japan this year. It now boasts a market capitalization of roughly $4 billion. |
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The Motley Fool
Wednesday, 04 October 2006
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The Motley Fool - While apartment and office-space rentals have been the center of attention from a big summer for real estate investment trusts, health care REITs have also continued to experience steady gains. Ventas (NYSE: VTR - News) has emerged as one of the heavy hitters in the sector, turning in impressive earnings and enriching its shareholders with a 4.1% dividend yield. With a market capitalization of just more than $4 billion, the company finances, owns, and leases health care-related and senior housing facilities in 42 states. |
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AP
Tuesday, 03 October 2006
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AP - Japanese stocks slipped, breaking a four-day climb, as investors sold technology, real estate and oil stocks. Sony and Pioneer tumbled after Goldman Sachs cut the stock ratings of both companies. |
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BusinessWeek Online
Monday, 02 October 2006
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BusinessWeek Online - In response to perilously lax lending standards and a proliferation of risky new mortgages, bank regulators issued new guidelines on Sept. 29 to protect American home buyers. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), along with the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of Thrift Supervision, and other bank agencies, now requires more stringent underwriting standards and more informational sales practices surrounding nontraditional mortgages, such as interest-only mortgages and "payment option" adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs). ... |
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Investor's Business Daily
Friday, 29 September 2006
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Investor's Business Daily - Investors hesitant to plunk down equity to acquire commercial real estate are enjoying the best of times: Mezzanine capital hunting for property has flooded the market the last couple of years in a quest for yield, giving borrowers greater access to cheaper financing. |
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FT.com
Thursday, 28 September 2006
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FT.com - US Treasuries traded largely flat on Wednesday after a report on new home sales prompted a reversal of earlier gains made on the back of a weaker-than-expected durable goods report. |
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