February 4, 2012

Sustainability Specialists – Three Reasons For Early Appointment on Real Estate Development Projects

Sustainability Specialists – Three Reasons For Early Appointment on Real Estate Development Projects
The increasingly higher demands on real estate development projects to make a significant contribution to the sustainable development agenda make an early identification of the constraints, opportunities and requirements essential. In this article I will present three reasons why a sustainability specialists should be appointed in an early stage of the development project.

Commercial real estate bust looms

Commercial real estate bust looms

Owners of commercial properties — especially those that aren't generating cash — face a major squeeze when their loans come due in the next few years. Prices are down 35 percent from the peak, making it all but impossible to refinance some commercial properties.Amid the worst  housing crisis in decades, commercial real estate is shaping up as the second half of what some are calling a “double bubble.”  By msnbc.com’s John W. Schoen.




Senators OK homebuyer tax credit extension

Senators OK homebuyer tax credit extension
Senators have agreed to extend a popular tax credit for first-time homebuyers and to offer a reduced credit to some repeat buyers.

Record NYC real estate deal now on the rocks

Record NYC real estate deal now on the rocks

Real estate firm Tishman Speyer Properties and BlackRock Realty Advisors paid $5.4 billion for a pair of gigantic Manhattan apartment complexes known as Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village.It was the most expensive real estate deal in U.S. history. Now it’s poised to become one of the biggest flops.




Interest rates climb for third week in a row

Interest rates climb for third week in a row

Rates for 30-year home loans climbed to 5.03 percent this week, the third consecutive weekly increase.




Developing Green Real Estate

Developing Green Real Estate
Green real estate is when builds a home that basically runs on natural resources. By this I mean that instead of using electricity one uses solar energy, instead of using water from the local area water company, one uses water from rain or rivers by.

Detroit ‘ice house’ to spotlight foreclosure crisis

Detroit ‘ice house’ to spotlight foreclosure crisis

Architect Matthew Radune is seen holding a mockup of the Ice House Detroit project in downtown Detroit on Sept. 15. Radune and photographer Gregory Holm plan to freeze one of the city's thousands of abandoned homes to draw attention to the foreclosure crisis.A photographer and an architect plan to freeze one of Detroit’s thousands of abandoned homes this winter, encasing it in ice to draw attention to foreclosures that have battered the region.




Investor Report: Fannie Mae’s PRP

Investor Report: Fannie Mae’s PRP
Fannie Mae has just come up with some help for people who don’t qualify for the Obama administration’s “home affordable modification program”, also known as “HAMP.”

Record NYC real estate deal now on the rocks

Record NYC real estate deal now on the rocks

Real estate firm Tishman Speyer Properties and BlackRock Realty Advisors paid $5.4 billion for a pair of gigantic Manhattan apartment complexes known as Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village.It was the most expensive real estate deal in U.S. history. Now it’s poised to become one of the biggest flops.




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