Homester.com Web News Archive

Central China Real Estate Plans H.K. IPO, People Say (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) - May 19 (Bloomberg) -- Central China Real Estate Ltd. , minority-owned by Singapore's CapitaLand Ltd. , may raise as much as HK$1.9 billion ($244 million) in a Hong Kong initial public offering, said two people familiar with the sale.

Taiwan Real Estate Experts To Sound Alarm Over Housing (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) - A local academic real estate group will soon submit a petition to the government warning that the bubble in the local housing market may soon burst if the proper policies, including limiting Chinese speculation in the market, are not adopted.

TAIWAN REAL ESTATE EXPERTS TO SOUND ALARM OVER HOUSING (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) - Infrastructure   A local academic real estate group will soon submit a petition to the government warning that the bubble in the local housing market may soon burst if the proper policies, including limiting Chinese speculation in the market, are not adopted.

Dallas real estate co. Predium acquired by New York firm (BizJournals) - The New York-based commercial real estate firm Newmark Knight Frank has acquired Dallas-based Predium Inc., giving Newmark a significantly stronger foothold in North Texas.

Real estate listings settling into Web / Competition, weak market and legal pressure lead to rise in online access (San Francisco Chronicle) - As if home buyers do not have it good enough already, finding a house for sale on the Web is becoming easier. The triple threat of a weak market, legal pressure and increasing competition has compelled real estate professionals to offer their information...

Central China Real Estate plans $244 mln HK IP0 (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News) - HONG KONG, May 19 - Chinese property developer Central China Real Estate Ltd plans to raise as much as $244 million in a Hong Kong initial public offering, a source with direct knowledge of the deal said on Monday.

Thomas Flatley, Hub real estate icon, dies at 76 (Boston Globe) - Thomas J. Flatley, a frugal immigrant who arrived from Ireland with $32 in his pocket and built a commercial real estate empire in Greater Boston and beyond that was estimated at $1.3 billion, died early yesterday morning.

Real estate bonuses may get scrutiny (The Charlotte Observer) - N.C. regulators, reversing course, have called a special meeting later this month to address a proposed rule that would ensure homebuyers are aware of their real estate agents' financial interests in selling a home. The nine-member N.C. Real Estate Commission had voted Wednesday to table the proposal, which required real estate agents to provide written disclosure of bonuses and other extra ...

How a Real Estate High-Flyer Crashed and Burned (The Source Weekly) - There’s a bombshell of a story in this morning’s Oregonian describing the spectacular crash-and-burn of one of the Central Oregon real estate boom’s high rollers who the paper reports is now under investigation by the FBI and the IRS.

Optimizing Your Real Estate Blog For Better Traffic (Turks.US) - Considering the number of potential clients and customers for real estate property acquisition on the Internet, real estate companies and agents are utilizing the power of blogs to further improve their business venture.