A Grain of Salt on Thursday’s Pending Sales Report

September 3rd, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments Economist David Rosenberg urged a note of caution when reading Thursday's positive pending home sales report.

Real Estate News: Mortgage Rates Fall to 4.32%

September 3rd, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments Here's a look at the real estate news in today's WSJ.

Real Estate News: Pending Sales Rise in July

September 2nd, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments Here's a look at the real estate news in today's WSJ:

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Pending Home Sales Rise in July: Stocks gained on Thursday after the National Association of Realtors reported that pending sales rose by 5.2% in July. Five Mistakes Home Buyers Make: From snubbing the real-estate agent, to failing to determine how much a buyer can truly afford, this list should help avoid some common pitfalls. Surprising Shelter: Real-Estate Funds Gain: Despite continued bad news about the economy and real estate's role in it, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds in the real-estate sector have rebounded during this past year. Fed's Pianalto: Multiple Solutions Needed on Housing: The housing crisis needs multiple, coordinated policy solutions, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Sandra Pianalto told a conference on Thursday. House of the Day: Providence Poet House: The poet who's lived in this 6,800-square-foot former carriage house finds it well-suited for writing. The Rhode Island home features seven bedrooms and an indoor fire pit.

Builder Bummer: Big Land Auction Cancelled

September 1st, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments Today we wrote about the excitement surrounding a big California land auction that was set for Thursday. Well, the bidders should just stay home.

One Michigan County Offers Free Land

September 1st, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments Muskegon County in Michigan is bartering land for jobs as its unemployment rate soars past the national average.

Serial Killer’s Former California Home Sells

September 1st, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments Barbara Holmes and Tom Williams got a killer deal in the foreclosure auction for their new Sacramento home.

Real Estate News: Home Prices Rise, Outlook Dims

September 1st, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments Here's a look at the real estate news in today's WSJ:

Shiller: Time for More ‘Inspirational’ Housing Policy Ideas

August 31st, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments Yale economist Robert Shiller urged policy makers to be more “inspirational” when designing solutions to the housing market morass.

Real Estate News: L.A. Turns on Lights to Fight Crime

August 31st, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments Here's a look at real-estate news in today's WSJ:

Home Price Reports Don’t Show Declines (Yet)

August 31st, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments When reading Tuesday's report on home prices from the S&P/Case-Shiller index, use caution.

Ignore Talk of a Housing Tax Credit ‘Revival’

August 31st, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments Bring back the home buyer tax credit? Don’t hold your breath.

Loan Mod Saves OC ‘Housewife’ Alexis Bellino’s Home

August 30th, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments The economic downturn has snared yet another Housewife.

The 15-Year Mortgage Gains Fans

August 30th, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments These days mortgage holders are saying, "let's just get this over with." Some are putting cash-in to take advantage of historically low interest rates others are refinancing into 15 year mortgages.

Real-Estate News: New Manhattan Skyline on Horizon

August 30th, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments Here's a look at real-estate news in this weekend's and today's WSJ:

Former Conseco Exec’s Indiana ‘Chateau’ Receives Three Bids

August 27th, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments At least three people have submitted bids for an Indiana mansion that insurance company CNO Financial Group Inc. has owned since it wrested the elaborate estate from its former chief executive.

Real Estate News: Mixed Signals on Mortgage Delinquencies

August 27th, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments Here is a look at real-estate news in today's WSJ:

Real Estate News: Mother Teresa vs. the Empire State Building

August 26th, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments Here is a look at real-estate news in today's WSJ:

Fewer Economists See Home Prices Gaining in 2010

August 26th, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments Housing analysts took a gloomier view of the housing market in August—and that was before this week’s report of worse-than-expected declines in home sales.

Omni Snares Bankrupt Amelia Island Resort on Florida Coast

August 26th, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments Omni Hotels & Resorts plans to expand the Amelia Island Plantation by more than 100 rooms after prevailing in an auction this week to buy the bankrupt oceanfront resort in northeast Florida.

What Commercial Landlords and Chamillionaire Have in Common

August 25th, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments Commercial property owners now have something in common with rapper Chamillionaire: They're all walking away from debts on their property.

Analyst: Please, Don’t Compare Toll Brothers to Tiffany & Co.

August 25th, 2010    Posted in Manhattan Real Estate Developments Toll might be the sector's best-known luxury builder, but to compare them to luxury retailer Tiffany, as some have, just doesn't work.