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China’s Real-Estate Developers Struggle with Debt; Servicing China’s Total Debt Load is Problematic; Dramatic Slowdown in China Coming

By Mike “Mish” Shedlock, Mish Economic Analysis Blog, Inquiring minds are digging deeper into China’s bank credit bubbles, fixed asset […]

AIA: Architecture Billings Index indicates declining demand in April

From CalculatedRisk site, Note: This index is a leading indicator for new Commercial Real Estate (CRE) investment. From Reuters: US […]

Home Sellers Provide Last-Resort Loans

Prashant Gopal, On Friday May 20, 2011, 8:08 am EDT Sue and Douglas Reed knew no bank would give them […]

Homebuilders missing out on economic recovery

erek Kravitz, AP Real Estate Writer, On Tuesday May 17, 2011, 5:51 pm EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — For homebuilders, it […]

From Buffett to Cohen, How Big Investors Are Betting

From WSJ, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB – News) Inc. took a stake in MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA – News) […]

Buy vs. rent: These days, buying wins

Les Christie, On Friday May 13, 2011, 8:37 am EDT For the first time in years, buying a home may […]

Valuing A Real Estate Investment Property

by Arthur Pinkasovitch From a quantitative perspective, investing in real estate is somewhat like investing in stocks. In order to profit […]

Russian construction industry recovery continues

The Russian construction industry recovered some semblance of stability in 2010 and gradually began to pick up again after the […]

A Bull Market in Rental Housing

Five years into the real-estate bust, the market for single-family homes seems weaker than ever. According to the most recent […]

A Quick Tour Of The World’s Booming Farmland Markets

Farmland prices in the UK increased 13% in 2010 alone, according to the Knight Frank Farmland Index. High quality land […]