Real Estate & Housing

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Pending Home Sales Dropped in September

For the first time in two years, pending sales of homes were lower than year-earlier levels, as reported...

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Rental-Backed Security Bonds to be Offered by Blackstone

Rental-Backed Security Bonds to be Offered by Blackstone (CNBC) Mortgage-backed securities are dead. Long live rental-backed securities! Blackstone,...

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Did Janet Yellen Really Warn Us about the Housing Bubble?

The media recently has lauded Janet Yellen, Obama’s choice to become the next Fed chairman, for her prescient...

J.P. Morgan Bullish on Commercial Real Estate

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. reported that existing commercial real-estate loans rose 12 percent in the third quarter...

Real Profits in London’s Real Estate

Okay, “the Singaporeans are coming” may not have the same resonance as the U.S. revolutionary battle cry, but...

Apartments Climb Upwards

National apartment vacancy rates in the U.S. remain at four percent.

Four-Year Low on Mortgage Activity as Borrowing Costs Rise

In the week ending Sept. 6, the Mortgage Bankers Association announced that their seasonally adjusted index of mortgage...

Whack-a-Mole Real Estate Market; China to Assume Global Lead in Oil Imports by 2017; Canada Doesn’t Want to Stay on Target

For real estate investors, trying to get a handle on where the next surge in home value will...

‘Buy’ When There’s Blood… on the Pyramids?; Wal-Mart Misses Q2 Analysts’ Estimates; Housing Recovery? What Housing Recovery?

Baron Rothschild’s contrarian axiom, “The time to buy is when there’s blood in the streets,” was spoken after...

Good Data Propels Europe; Home Sales Hit Five-Year High

Good Data Propels Europe (CNBC) Better-than-expected purchasing managers' index (PMI) data for the euro zone led to further...