Hong Kong Lowers Threshold for Property Sales
Lawmakers approved a measure that will force holdout owners to sell apartments to a developer that buys at least 80% of a building's units. The new rule is expected to put prime real estate in play for development.
 
Mall Stores Try to Shrink
Chastened by the recession, mall-based apparel retailers like Gap and AnnTaylor are poring over their real-estate portfolios, looking for stores they can shrink, in a bid to increase profit.
 
Realtor Kurt Petersen Displays His Local MLS Listing Information Directly Onto His Website with the Help of IDX Broker
--(PR.com)-- Amerivest's Kurt Petersen has chosen to employ IDX, Inc. to advance and modernize the search function of his real estate website by incorporating a custom IDX solution. Residing in Naples, Florida, Petersen is a member of the Sunshine MLS
 
After sharp increase, Hainan real estate investment slows
After a sharp increase in real estate sales, investment in Hainan’s real estate market slowed, leading the local government to say that the market will stabilize. February investment in real estatedecreased 14.3 percent from January, to just under 3
 
The Real Estate Council Announces FightNight Date and Super Heavy Weight Sponsors
Dallas - Let's get ready to rumble! The Real Estate Council (TREC) Foundation has announced the date and top sponsors for the 22nd annual TREC FightNight to be held on Thursday, May 6 at 6 p.m. at the Hilton Anatole. The Super Heavy Weight Sponsors are
 
China's order on SOEs to help key property developers
* Non-property SOEs should withdraw from real estate sector * Move aimed at cooling, consolidating sector HONG KONG, March 19 (Reuters) - China's plans to ask some state firms whose core business is not property to exit the sector will likely benefit
 
State firms told to exit real estate sector
BEIJING: In a move to curb soaring property price, the State-assets watchdog on Thursday told major State-owned enterprises (SOEs) whose core business is not real estate to quit the market. Except for 16 SOEs which are purely real estate developers, 78
 
Developers Back Off Harlem Plans
Kimco Realty is the latest real-estate developer to consider pulling out of a project in the predominantly African-American and Hispanic community in upper Manhattan.