Banking analysts also say a recent relaxation of so-called Basel III banking regulations might ease the need for some banks to unload real-estate assets right away.
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"The sale of W New Orleans-French Quarter helps advance Starwood's asset-light strategy, as we continue to pursue opportunities to sell owned real estate at the right time to the right owners, " said Simon Turner, Starwood's president of global development.
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"If I buy a great piece of real estate and do the right building, I'm really gonna have a success, " he says.
Life insurance companies also play a major role in real estate lending, and right now they find few good opportunities to put their money to work.
Right now real estate is at 1.08 while the average for all stocks is 0.96.
Real-estate agents say the right name can help sell a house.
What happens is pure planning roulette, a free-for-all, ad hoc gamble on the future where real estate reigns with a divine right established by astronomical values.
Thus, administration-fueled rumors of a new credit could further slow sales in the coming months, the last thing either real estate agents or Democrats need right now.
Right now real estate asset prices are low.
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However, we are in conversations with other business schools in how can we provide expertise to serve the needs that they see on other continents in exactly the same way that we are doing right now in real estate.
The listings are much more detailed than what typical commercial real estate sites provide. 42Floors, which right now is live in San Francisco, provides listings to agents for free and takes a fee on transactions.
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You would think that somebody could be able to tell right off whether a particular real estate activity constitutes a trade or business.
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Ads on the right taking up brainwaves and real estate and on the left lots of work for you to do checking boxes and moving sliders.
Blagojevich, who coincidentally had a gig as a cartoon governor, was reportedly given prime real estate on the convention floor with a booth right near the entrance.
Decisions to avoid making right away are big real-estate transactions -- such as selling a house -- or anything that could have a material effect on savings, such as giving away money from life-insurance benefits.
However, now back on its feet, the headlines are that GM wants to buy back GMAC, the auto loan, real estate mortgage, insurance giant, putting it right back into the financial business in a big way.
Real estate is a financial instrument that, under the right conditions, can help you generate lasting wealth.
"The market was treating retail real estate investment trusts exactly like retailers, which is not quite right, " says Adamo.
While that may sound mundane, just ask any real-estate agent about the value of an apartment zoned for the right elementary school.
You get school choice through the real estate market, thanks to school districting: buy a house in the right district, get the right school.
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First up is the Orsos Island, a floating, solar-powered, resort-style home that combines the best of mainland real estate and luxury yachts. (It never hurts to dream, right?) At the complete other end of the spectrum is the Camper Kart, a pop-up portable home that fits inside a standard shopping cart, and that could potentially give the world's less fortunate a place to lay their heads at night.
There were a lot of small residential developers who turned to real estate as a sideline, so there are a lot of apartments on the market right now.
The "page forward" sector gets the largest swath of real estate, encompassing the bottom 80 percent of the screen and 80 percent of the right-hand side.
There may be no one who has had a greater hand in shaping high taste in New York by steering the right people toward the right homes than the renowned founder of the eponymous real-estate firm.
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Lots of folks who bought investment real estate at the last peak are substantially underwater now, just as those who bought homes right before the fall are.
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"The government will try not to do something they don't think they can handle right now, " said Eddie Hui, Professor at the Department of Building and Real Estate of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Wilson, who has been selling real estate for 23 years, says people who don't have equity in their homes are in a difficult position right now.
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