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  WSJ.com: Commercial Real Estate

• Morgan Releases Crescent

  20 Nov 2009 | 12:18 pm

  Morgan Stanley closed the chapter on its disastrous $6.5 billion acquisition of Crescent Real Estate Equities by handing the keys to lender Barclays.

• Morgan Releases Crescent

  20 Nov 2009 | 12:18 pm

  Morgan Stanley closed the chapter on its disastrous $6.5 billion acquisition of Crescent Real Estate Equities by handing the keys to lender Barclays.

• General Growth in Mortgage Pact

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:42 am

  General Growth Properties said it reached a deal to restructure $9 billion in mortgages on 77 malls in hopes of removing them from bankruptcy protection by the end of the year.

• Starwood to Relocate Its Headquarters to Connecticut

  19 Nov 2009 | 8:35 am

  Starwood will move its corporate headquarters to Stamford, Conn., from New York's Westchester County, after receiving state government incentives worth as much as $89.5 million.

• Starwood to Relocate Its Headquarters to Connecticut

  19 Nov 2009 | 8:35 am

  Starwood will move its corporate headquarters to Stamford, Conn., from New York's Westchester County, after receiving state government incentives worth as much as $89.5 million.

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  WSJ.com: Real Estate

• Morgan Releases Crescent

  20 Nov 2009 | 12:18 pm

  Morgan Stanley closed the chapter on its disastrous $6.5 billion acquisition of Crescent Real Estate Equities by handing the keys to lender Barclays.

• General Growth in Mortgage Pact

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:42 am

  General Growth Properties said it reached a deal to restructure $9 billion in mortgages on 77 malls in hopes of removing them from bankruptcy protection by the end of the year.

• Starwood to Relocate Its Headquarters to Connecticut

  19 Nov 2009 | 8:35 am

  Starwood will move its corporate headquarters to Stamford, Conn., from New York's Westchester County, after receiving state government incentives worth as much as $89.5 million.

• New York Landmark Burns Its Investors

  19 Nov 2009 | 8:26 am

  The U.S. real estate arm of Africa Israel Investments has tentatively agreed with creditors to restructure its disastrous acquisition of the former New York Times headquarters in a deal that will wipe out $400 million in debt.

• Trump Drops Casino-Control Bid

  18 Nov 2009 | 6:49 am

  Donald Trump and his daughter, Ivanka, have reached a settlement agreement with a group of creditors in the bankruptcy battle over control of Trump Entertainment Resorts.

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  Wash Post Real Estate

• Housewatch: How to pick the most environmentally friendly countertops

  Katherine Salant

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Want the greenest countertop on the market? You're going to have to do a bit of research.

• Featured Advertiser

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

• Trendy now, but not by accident

  Mark Wellborn

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Mark Milibrand is a rare breed among District home buyers. Before buying a two-bedroom condo in a renovated Victorian rowhouse in Logan Circle at the end of October, he lived in a 4,000-square-foot home in Fairfax. His decision to reverse the traditional migration from city to suburb was driven by a...

• Do-It-Yourself: Fixing a drafty window on the cheap

  Gene Austin

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Our house is about 60 years old and has the original wooden, double-hung windows. Several of the windows are drafty and loose, and they rattle when the wind blows. A few won't stay open unless I prop them with a stick. I can't afford new windows and wonder whether there is a less expensive way to...

• 20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Post

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Mark Wellborn is editor and co-founder of UrbanTurf, a Web site that covers condominiums and other homes in the District and close-in suburbs. This issue of Where We Live was produced in collaboration between The Washington Post and UrbanTurf.

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  NYT > Real Estate

• A Lowly Grass Moves Up

  By ALEXANDRA S. SENO

  19 Nov 2009 | 11:05 pm

  Bamboo continues to gain favor as a modern, eco-friendly material for construction.

• Asian Governments Indicate They May Take Action to Deter Speculation

  By ALEX FREW McMILLAN

  19 Nov 2009 | 11:05 pm

  As a tumultuous year for Asian real estate comes to an end, it seems regulators are likely to try to cool the market next year.

• High & Low | St. Augustine, Fla.: History, Sun-Drenched

  19 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm

  St. Augustine, Fla., the oldest permanent European settlement in the continental United States, was settled by the Spanish in 1565.

• Square Feet: Earning a Profit by Ending Energy Waste

  By ALEC APPELBAUM

  19 Nov 2009 | 7:48 pm

  A nonprofit lender’s new Green Financing Initiative offers mortgages or refinancing to developers who fix wasteful energy and water systems in apartment buildings.

• Streetscapes: A Walk Among Vanished Guideposts

  By CHRISTOPHER GRAY

  19 Nov 2009 | 3:08 pm

  A writer retraces his first brushes with the streetscapes of New York.

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  Commercial Real Estate Industry News Headlines | Bizjournals.com

• Office leasing expected to remain stagnant through 2010

  20 Nov 2009 | 2:52 pm

  Office leasing demand will hit its bottom this quarter and remain stagnant throughout 2010, while asking rents will still decline another 5 to 7 percent in 2010, according to a new national forecast by Jones Lang LaSalle.

• MacAulay-Brown to expand Beavercreek presence

  20 Nov 2009 | 2:18 pm

  A local defense contractor has inked a deal to expand.

• Pizza Hut incentives on Plano's agenda

  20 Nov 2009 | 2:14 pm

  Pizza Hut is considering building a new corporate headquarters in the Legacy business park in West Plano, moving at least 450 high-paying jobs to a city that's been highly successful at luring corporations in the past year.

• U.S. Century Bank seeks foreclosure on Coral Gables apartments

  20 Nov 2009 | 1:58 pm

  U.S. Century Bank wants to foreclosure on an apartment building in Coral Gables that was proposed as an office building redevelopment.

• Casey’s expands in Missouri

  20 Nov 2009 | 1:41 pm

  Casey’s General Stores Inc. has agreed to buy nine convenience stores in Missouri owned by PICS Marketing Inc. and Ridgerunner Properties LLC, paying an undisclosed amount.

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  Residential Real Estate Industry News Headlines | Bizjournals.com

• Dayton home building permits climb 11%

  20 Nov 2009 | 1:31 pm

  The number of residential building permits in the Dayton area continued to rise last month.

• Scott Brenner loses $23M foreclosure judgment

  20 Nov 2009 | 12:47 pm

  Veteran real estate developer and broker Scott Brenner lost a $23.6 million foreclosure judgment over a planned residential development site in Oakland Park.

• Wells Fargo CEO sees hope in Atlanta

  20 Nov 2009 | 11:59 am

  The CEO of Wells Fargo & Co. sees hope, and a little pain, in the Atlanta market as early signs point toward a long and slow economic recovery. (WFC) (WFC) (STI)

• RealSTATs: October home sales up in Pittsburgh region

  20 Nov 2009 | 11:34 am

  The number of homes sold in the Pittsburgh region rose in October, spurred by first-time homebuyers taking advantage of the federal tax credit, according to a report from real estate information company RealSTATs.

• First-time buyers account for nearly half of home sales

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:43 am

  Thanks in part to an $8,000 tax credit, first-time buyers accounted for a record 47 percent of all home purchases this year, according to the National Association of Realtors.

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  msnbc.com: Real estate

• Forbes: World's most expensive homes

  20 Nov 2009 | 2:53 pm

  Prices have dipped, but some sellers are certain their nine-figure properties will attract buyers. Forbes - Business - Real estate - Construction and Maintenance - Residential Housing

• Replacing a real estate agent with a Web site

  20 Nov 2009 | 11:21 am

  Selling a home without a real estate agent can save thousands of dollars in commission fees, but it can also be a painstaking, confusing task. Foregoing an agent, however, is easier these days thanks to Web sites that help homeowners advertise their properties. Real estate broker - Real estate - Business and Economy - United States - Property

• Video: Video: Tips to find great real estate deals

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:30 am

  Nov. 20: TODAY’s Al Roker talks to TODAY real estate expert Barbara Corcoran about some great deals for homes across America that cost between $200,000 and $500,000. (Today Show) Today - Real estate - Al Roker - Barbara Corcoran - United States

• Rates on 30-year loans still below 5 percent

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:24 am

  Rates on 30-year mortgages stayed below 5 percent this week but remained above the record set earlier this year, Freddie Mac said Thursday. Freddie Mac - Mortgage - Loan - Macintosh - Apple

• Mortgage delinquencies hit record high

  19 Nov 2009 | 8:37 am

  A rising proportion of fixed-rate home loans made to people with good credit are sinking into foreclosure, adding to concerns about the strength of the economic recovery. Mortgage - Foreclosure - Business - United States - Financial Services

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  Commercial Property News - Latest News

• Manhattan Retail Hit Hard in '09, But Turnaround on Tap

  28 Oct 2009 | 6:04 am

  It's been a rough year for retail, even in tony Manhattan. The crumbling of Wall Street in the fourth-quarter of 2008 spurred the downward spiral of the market and the recession just added salt to the wound, according to a third quarter report by Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services.

• Germany's Promising Discount Retail Market Lures Behringer Harvard

  28 Oct 2009 | 6:04 am

  With the recession having taken a chunk out of consumers' pocketbooks around the world, the retail real estate market has been struggling for quite some time, and the situation is no different in Germany. However, the discount retail sub-sector is thriving in the country, and Dallas-based commercial real estate firm Behringer Harvard has positioned itself to capitalize on related development opportunities with the recent formation of Behringer Harvard German Retail, a joint venture with Hanover, Germany-based real estate investment and management company Rahlfs Immobilien GmbH.

• Organization Launches $4B Green Initiative for Affordable Housing

  28 Oct 2009 | 6:04 am

  The green movement in commercial real estate has caught on like wildfire and even with the recession having left most clutching their pocketbooks, it continues to spread. Now Columbia, Md.-based Enterprise Community Investment Inc. plans to take the trend to new heights with the kicking off its $4 billion Green Communities initiative, which is designed to propel the greening of affordable housing development across the country.

• As San Antonio Office Market Rebounds, Transwestern Takes Over at 2MSF Mixed-Use

  28 Oct 2009 | 6:04 am

  With San Antonio's office market rebounding in the third quarter, Transwestern’s local office hopes to take advantage of that good karma with the contract to handle the real estate services assignment for the Brooks City-Base development there.

• Economy Watch: Capmark Files for Bankruptcy

  28 Oct 2009 | 6:04 am

  Major commercial real estate lender Capmark Financial Group Inc. and various subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which last month the company had warned was coming. The move will allow the Capmark to reorganize and, very likely, delay selling off some of its $20 billion-plus in assets at less-than-desirable prices.

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  Home mortgage rates and real estate news - CNNMoney.com

• Most affordable city to buy a house

  20 Nov 2009 | 7:47 am

  Here are the 5 metro areas where the average American family can afford to purchase a median-priced home -- and the 5 where they can't.

• You don't have to be a millionaire to buy a house

  20 Nov 2009 | 7:01 am

  The Great Recession has ravaged savings and boosted unemployment rates, forcing people become more conservative with their cash. It has also made homes a lot more affordable -- at least for those people still working.

• Mortgage loans: Record number are late

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:38 am

  Mortgage borrowers are still falling behind on their payments in record numbers, despite the many foreclosure prevention efforts initiated by the government and non-profits.

• Buy the house Twilight was filmed in

  19 Nov 2009 | 8:38 am

• Rebuilding from real estate rubble

  19 Nov 2009 | 7:47 am

  Semper fidelis, the U.S. Marine Corps motto, means "always faithful" in Latin. As a young grunt serving at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Duane Draughon learned to remain loyal to the mission -- "whatever the cost," he says.