Fortis Real Estate acquires sole control of Devimo Group - report
BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - Fortis Real Estate has acquired sole control of Belgian shopping centre group Devimo, La Libre Belgique reported, citing retail newsletter Negocio. Fortis Real Estate, which previously had a 32.5 percent stake in the group,
 
International Real Estate Federation Supports GHF Plan to Expand Micro Mortgage Initiative
NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/02/08 -- The International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) announced its support of a plan by the Global Housing Foundation (GHF) to provide access to affordable housing for residents living in some of the world's
 
REITs Bruised by Credit Crisis
Real-estate shares fell victim to economic and credit concerns in the second quarter, registering bigger declines than the broader S&P 500.
 
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Professionals Now Have an Opportunity to Improve their Career and Skills Many agents are seeing their 2008 production sink like the rest of the real estate and overall business markets. Now they don?t have to let the tough market drive them down or
 
Low sales for prime commercial real estate
Office and retail space that once attracted top dollar have suffered from plummeting buyer interest, with sales down 60 percent for the first half of the year, according to figures released by commercial real estate agents CBRE. Listed property trusts
 
Consumers are expected to rein in their spending habits as the job market softens and the real estate market cools, according to a TD report.
The report suggests spending growth will pull back from above five per cent in 2008 to 2.6 per cent in 2009 in year-over-year comparisons. 'Households have been spending almost like drunken sailors over the past couple of years, which provided critical
 
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BusinessWeek editors Peter Coy, Dean Foust, Chris Palmeri and Prashant Gopal chronicle the highs and lows of the housing and mortgage markets on their Hot Property blog. In print and online, the Hot Property team first wrote about the potential downside
 
REAL ESTATE
Carlyle Group, the world's second-largest private-equity firm, and Crown Acquisitions paid $525 million for a controlling stake in the retail portion of 666 Fifth Ave. in New York, the largest retail deal in the city this year. The 90,000-square-foot