At the moment many of the most obvious contenders, such as Australia's Maquarie Bank, are sellers of airports, not buyers (see article).
To be successful, any marketplace has to attract not only buyers, but sellers as well.
"Crystal chandeliers and marble lobbies are not what buyers are looking for today, " he said.
The main beneficiaries of this latest burst of art market confidence are clearly not the buyers.
These are not retail buyers but supposedly sophisticated investors, some of whom issue bonds themselves.
In any case, it is banks' reluctance to lend, not a buyers' strike, that has the housing market on its knees.
Like subprime, many of these people are not real buyers because they have no skin in the game and endless government relief when a default occurs.
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The National Association of Realtors now agrees with me and indicated recently that they expect 180, 000 home purchases will not close on time as the buyers were not able to get financing approval on time, and home builders could not meet the demand on time.
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This does not include the often high costs of taking back those now mature animals from buyers not able to live up to keeping their pet.
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The Perth Mint also sells platinum bullion coins, but those are not drawing the buyers.
"The house buying system as it stands does not work for buyers and sellers, " Mr Ockenden says.
The fight is not about whether buyers owe tax on their online purchasers.
In an email message, Ms. Quinn said she had not met the buyers but welcomed them to the neighborhood.
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Even if scrappage schemes are continued or tapered, there may not be many buyers left who meet the qualifications.
Ford ended up making too many cars but not having enough buyers.
For buyers not ready to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for one jewel, there is much to choose from in this auction, including some unusual older pieces.
That is not to suggest that it could not still end badly, but the actions of many of these bond-buyers are not quite as irrational as some believe.
As for sovereign wealth funds from the Middle East, these cash-rich buyers do not need the kind of aggressive, short-term private-equity returns that propelled buyers like Harry Macklowe and his lenders to take outsized risks.
It is also not about whether online buyers owe tax on their Net purchases.
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The attractiveness of a business to other buyers is not relevant to this calculation.
This means, of course, that some buyers may not receive the device until after Christmas.
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The stock market did not have giant institutional buyers moving huge blocks of stock.
First-time buyers will not find a more reliable, comprehensive or enjoyable dictionary of English.
Corporate technology buyers are not known for betting on anything less than a sure thing.
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