China’s Desperate Developers Turn to Investment Funds to Stay Afloat

By Michael Cole, Following China’s clampdown on traditional funding for speculative real estate ventures, developers facing a financing gap estimated […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 05 Feb 12 | Posted in Asia, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Shopping centre market in Central Europe expected to grow by half until 2013

Around 6 million m2 of new GLA is planned to be completed in Central European countries through to 2013. Most […]

By pmr | 15 Sep 11 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Mountain of maturing commercial real estate debt creates buying opportunity for value investors

From URDANG report, The significant amount of maturing mortgage debt attached to commercial real estate is providing an unusual opportunity […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Aug 11 | Posted in North America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Wealthy U.S. Individuals Invest in Commercial Property in Quest for Yield

By Margaret Collins, Bloomberg, When Sumeet Parekh bought a retail property in Manhattan’s TriBeCa neighborhood in January, individual investors provided […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Mar 11 | Posted in Finding Oxstones, Hedge Fund, North America, Private Equity, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Why Dubai’s Construction Boom Continues

By Zainab Fattah, BusinessWeek, Construction sites are buzzing with work across the Persian Gulf sheikdom of Dubai more than two […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 13 Mar 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Finding Oxstones, Real Estate, Regions | Comments (0)

How to Profit From the Path of Progress

By Ronan McMahon, The Daily Reckoning, Verdant green tropical forest sweeps down to golden-sand beaches washed by the rich blue […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 15 Feb 11 | Posted in Finding Oxstones, Latin America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Why Commercial Real Estate Isn’t Swamped with Foreclosures

By ABIGAIL FIELD, Daily Finance, The residential real estate market is drowning in foreclosures as the crisis there continues to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 03 Nov 10 | Posted in Food for Thought, North America, Real Estate, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

3 Ways to Buy Brazil

By Ronan McMahon, Real Estate Trend Alert There are three real estate trends taking shape in Brazil that you can […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 19 Oct 10 | Posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, Private Equity, Real Estate, Stocks | Comments (0)

Oxstones Customized Cap Rate Model for CRE Collateral Valuation

Studies have shown that there is a high correlation between CRE loan defaults and asset value mispricing.  Therefore the key […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 07 Oct 10 | Posted in Commodities, Food for Thought, North America, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Real Estate, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)