Since the implementation of HIPS for the 3 and 4 bedroom properties there have been a sharp reduction in the number of those properties being put on the market even after taking into account a general reduction in the number of properties being marketed due to other factors.
On top of its 37 malls, Rouse has 113 otherproperties, including office, research and development and industrial space in 22 states, that General Growth could sell to pay down debt.