Trikona hired 30 people in India and put in charge a former chief executive of Jardine Fleming's asset-management operations in India, Mahesh Gandhi, who had been running his own real estate advisory firm for several years.

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Steven Loh, a businessman from Singapore who runs a real-estate advisory group called Silkrouteasia Capital Partners, is a bulk buyer.

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Two years ago Ludwig sold a real estate investment advisory firm he cofounded and became a private consultant to, primarily, Middle East clients.

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"The true commercial banks they've pretty much kept their discipline, " said Howard Michaels, chairman of real-estate finance advisory firm Carlton Group.

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Keith Roberts graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School and has served as attorney or chief executive at investment advisory, real estate development, distribution and manufacturing businesses.

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"A lot of mezz lenders are sticking it out, hoping things get better in 2008, " says Scott McPherson, principal at Capital Advisory Group, which arranges real estate financing.

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Research by property advisory firm Jones Lang LaSalle names London's as the most traded real estate market in the world since 2008.

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