Archive for the Category ‘Real Estate’

Australian Dollar Stable as Home Loans Slow, Investment Lending Rises

Australian Dollar Stable as Home Loans Slow, Investment Lending Rises

The Australian dollar was relatively unchanged after May reports of Australia’s housing data. A recovery in investment lending for real estate was countered by weaker housing loans.

UK House Prices Confirms Slowdown; Markets Continue Watching Greece

UK House Prices Confirms Slowdown; Markets Continue Watching Greece

The third major British real estate report confirmed a weaker residential housing market.

Second Report Confirms Weaker UK Housing, Traders Await CPI

Second Report Confirms Weaker UK Housing, Traders Await CPI

The second major British house prices data confirmed a weaker real estate sector in May and going into the historically weaker summer months.

Australian Home Loans Jump; Markets Still Pricing in Bernanke Comments

Australian Home Loans Jump; Markets Still Pricing in Bernanke Comments

Although a higher than expected home loans growth rate restored some hope for the weakening Australian real estate market, the Australian dollar continues its morning decline as equity markets fall, hinging on Chairman Bernanke’s tepid remarks on the US economy.

UK Real Estate Prices Fall Less than Expected, Pound Weakness Continues

UK Real Estate Prices Fall Less than Expected, Pound Weakness Continues

British RICS Real Estate Index for March reported lower, but beats estimates for March.

U.S. Mortgage Finance Overhaul May Create New Winners, Losers

U.S. Mortgage Finance Overhaul May Create New Winners, Losers

The Obama administration’s proposal for reducing the government’s role in housing finance may pit Wall Street against real estate groups as it restructures the $11 trillion mortgage market.

DealBook: Anglo Irish Lost 17.6 Billion Euros in 2010

Anglo Irish Bank, the lender whose huge bets on development in Ireland now epitomize the reckless excess of its real estate bubble, said late Tuesday that it had lost another 17.6 billion euros last year.

Istanbul Is Property Buyers’ Top European City

Istanbul Is Property Buyers’ Top European City

Turkey’s biggest city is the best place in Europe to buy or develop property, says a survey of 600 real estate professionals. London and Munich came next, with Dublin edging Athens for last place

The Real Estate Lobby: Ready to Rumble

The Real Estate Lobby: Ready to Rumble

Financiers, homebuilders, and real estate agents are uniting to save mortgage subsidies

Blackstone Profit Rises 56% as Real Estate Gains

Blackstone Profit Rises 56% as Real Estate Gains

Blackstone Group LP, the world’s largest private-equity firm, said fourth-quarter profit rose 56 percent as the value of its real estate investments gained.