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For Sale By Owner - Fewer Going It Alone Amid Housing Slump
Investor's Business Daily   Friday, 19 January 2007
Investor's Business Daily - Selling a home during a slumping market can be a grueling process for owners. Going it alone can be especially tough -- and now a smaller proportion of sellers does that.
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A Multitude of Suitors for Mills
BusinessWeek Online   Thursday, 18 January 2007
BusinessWeek Online - It must be a familiar sight to shopping-mall operator Mills Corp. : Eager buyers jostling each other for a piece of discounted merchandise. But this time, the item in question isn't a sweater or handbag -- it's the company itself. On Jan. 17, the troubled Virginia outfit announced plans to sell itself to the Canadian investment firm Brookfield Asset Management for around $7.5 billion including assumed debt and preferred stock. But then the Israeli real estate company Gazit-Globe stepped up with a counteroffer the same day.
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Merrill eyes $4 bln property financing in Japan tie
Reuters   Thursday, 18 January 2007

A woman exits the Merrill Lynch headquarters in New York in an undated file photo. Merrill Lynch plans to invest up to $4.15 billion in a property development partnership with Japanese venture capital firm SBI Holdings Inc., a source close to the matter said on Thursday. (Jeff Christensen/Reuters)Reuters - In a deal that will increase its exposure to Japan's resurgent property market, U.S. investment bank Merrill Lynch agreed on Thursday to provide up $4 billion in financing for real estate projects backed by Japanese venture capital firm SBI Holdings Inc. (8473.T).


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Japanese stocks climb; dollar up vs. yen
AP   Wednesday, 17 January 2007

The electronic board of a securities firm flashes the day's Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo Monday, Jan. 15, 2007. Japanese stocks rose for a second day Monday, lifted by upbeat machinery orders and Wall Street's continuing rally. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index advanced 152.91 points, or 0.90 percent, to 17,209.92 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Japanese stocks rose Wednesday, led by real estate, construction and steel companies as investors awaited the outcome of a two-day policy meeting of Japan's central bank.


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Investors reject Countrywide bid
FT.com   Tuesday, 16 January 2007
FT.com - The tussle for control of Countrywide, the UK's largest estate agent, was thrown into confusion on Monday after a meeting to vote on a 3i-backed management takeover proposal was adjourned.
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S Korea to encourage investment abroad
FT.com   Tuesday, 16 January 2007
FT.com - The South Korean government on Monday unveiled its much-heralded measures to encourage companies to invest more abroad, exempting domestic investors from capital gains tax on overseas equity earnings and easing restrictions on foreign real estate purchases.
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Ventas makes offer for Sunrise
Reuters   Monday, 15 January 2007
Reuters - Ventas Inc. is offering to buy Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Investment Trust's (SZR_u.TO) private pay assisted living communities for US$1.8 billion including debt, the companies said on Monday.
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A Brewing Battle for Equity Office?
BusinessWeek Online   Friday, 12 January 2007
BusinessWeek Online - When Sam Zell, the founder and chairman of Equity Office Properties Trust , announced plans in late November to sell his real estate investment company to Blackstone Group for $36 billion, including debt, some had wondered why he accepted a premium that was only 8.5% above his company's Nov. 17 trading price of $44.72 per share (see BusinessWeek.com, 11/20/06, "Sam Zell: A Question of Timing"). Now Blackstone's rivals might be closing in to battle for a piece of the action.
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Korean investors eye L.A. enclave homes
AP   Monday, 08 January 2007
AP - Choung Yang-suk just bought a condo in the city's Koreatown district — far from her home in South Korea — and plans to retire there in a few years to be near her two grown children.
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Office rents to rise on healthy economy: report
Reuters   Wednesday, 03 January 2007

An office building in a file photo. A healthy economy will fuel growth in the U.S. office market in 2007, although the outlook for commercial real estate markets exposed to the weak housing market isn't as bright, according to a new report. (File/Reuters)Reuters - A healthy economy will fuel growth in the U.S. office market in 2007, although the outlook for commercial real estate markets exposed to the weak housing market isn't as bright, according to a new report.


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REITs Generate Many Happy Returns - Pushing 34%
Investor's Business Daily   Friday, 29 December 2006
Investor's Business Daily - Major stock market indexes are on the verge of posting weighty returns this year, but won't come close to the performance of real estate investment trusts -- again.
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