Mortgage, Real Estate, US Real Estate

Mortgages Become More Affordable in Scotland

By Alina Popescu | January 22, 2013
Reduced mortgage rates and decreasing house prices in Scotland have led to a significant improvement in mortgage affordability, according to new research released by the Bank of Scotland. Mortgage payments as a proportion of income have dropped by over two fifths in recent year from the record 38% level reached in the fourth quarter of 2007.
Market Watch, US Real Estate

UK Real Estate Asking Prices on the Rise

By Alina Popescu | January 21, 2013
UK property asking prices went up by 2% in January froth their December level, leading to a 2.4% year on year increase, as shown by Rightmove data. The property website forecasts that both prices and transaction numbers for real estate will moderately grow in 2013, based on their increase in traffic in the new year.
Luxury Real Estate, Market Watch, Residential

Condos Pique the Interest of Investors and Developers Once More

By Alina Popescu | January 17, 2013
For some cautiously, for others at full speed, condominiums are making a comeback in US urban markets as buying is once again more attractive than renting. Investors and big developers turn their interest to residential condos, as apartment rents go up and the real estate market slowly recovers.
Investing, Real Estate

GreenOak to Raise $500 Million for Second US Investment Fund

By Alina Popescu | January 16, 2013
Investment firm GreenOak Real Estate LP plans on raising $500 million for its second U.S. investment fund, money that will be used to buy properties in large coastal cities. GreenOak's first fund, of which already 70% had been invested, was raised to acquire office, retail and residential properties, most of them in New York city
Market Watch, US Real Estate

Real Estate Funds Underperform Due to Excessive Leverage

By Alina Popescu | January 15, 2013
Real estate funds that favor a riskier approach are more likely to have leverage determine their underperformance, as shown by a recent study published by the Urban Land Institute (ULI). To reach its conclusions, the study employed a model which measured leverage impact on underperformance for 169 core, value-added and opportunistic funds.
Commercial Real Estate, US Real Estate

Transwestern Investment Management Makes Strategic Acquisition of Houston Office Building

By Alina Popescu | January 15, 2013
Transwestern Investment Management has just announced the acquisition of a Houston development, the Reserve at Westchase. Along with its equity partner, State Farm Life Insurance Company, Transwestern Investment Management has bought this 194,191-square-foot project that will be developed into a Class A office building in Houston's Westchase District. The value of the transaction involving the acquisition of this […]
Commercial Real Estate, US Real Estate

GM Real Estate Appointed Letting Agent for London Wall Place Development

By Alina Popescu | January 14, 2013
GM Real Estate and Jones Lang LaSalle have been appointed letting agent by Brookfield Office Properties and Oxford Properties for the London Wall Place development. Two buildings totalling 500,000 square feet will be developed on the 1.8-acre site that has a 200 meter footage on London Wall to the West of Moorgate, EC2.

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