FamousAbout.com » Real Estate http://famousabout.com What's the Famous World News Online About? Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:07:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Spain tells banks to cover toxic assets or merge (AP) http://famousabout.com/spain-tells-banks-to-cover-toxic-assets-or-merge-ap http://famousabout.com/spain-tells-banks-to-cover-toxic-assets-or-merge-ap#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:06:33 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/spain-tells-banks-to-cover-toxic-assets-or-merge-ap AP – Spanish banks must raise an additional euro50 billion ($65.5 billion) to cover their exposure to toxic real estate loans and assets accumulated during a construction boom that went bust with the financial crisis, according to new regulations unveiled Thursday.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/ex-credit-suisse-traders-admit-cooking-subprime-books-reuters/feed 0 Find your next pad with the Apartments.com Android app (Appolicious) http://famousabout.com/find-your-next-pad-with-the-apartments-com-android-app-appolicious http://famousabout.com/find-your-next-pad-with-the-apartments-com-android-app-appolicious#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:06:11 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/find-your-next-pad-with-the-apartments-com-android-app-appolicious Appolicious – One of my favorite benefits to having an Android phone is the ability to use apps that pull up suggestions based on your location. Real estate apps offer one of the best uses of this function. I am the type of person who likes to get a feel for the neighborhood first

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]]> http://famousabout.com/find-your-next-pad-with-the-apartments-com-android-app-appolicious/feed 0 Obama administration bolsters homeowner lifeline (Reuters) http://famousabout.com/obama-administration-bolsters-homeowner-lifeline-reuters http://famousabout.com/obama-administration-bolsters-homeowner-lifeline-reuters#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:17:42 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/obama-administration-bolsters-homeowner-lifeline-reuters Reuters – The Obama administration, in an election-year bid to help distressed homeowners, on Friday expanded its main foreclosure prevention program, and pushed for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive mortgage debt.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/obama-administration-bolsters-homeowner-lifeline-reuters/feed 0 Blackstone’s new real estate fund passes $6 billion (Reuters) http://famousabout.com/blackstones-new-real-estate-fund-passes-6-billion-reuters http://famousabout.com/blackstones-new-real-estate-fund-passes-6-billion-reuters#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:10:00 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/blackstones-new-real-estate-fund-passes-6-billion-reuters Reuters – Blackstone Group LP has raised more than $6 billion for a real estate opportunity fund, which eventually could match its current $11 billion fund, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/blackstones-new-real-estate-fund-passes-6-billion-reuters/feed 0 SEC charges BankAtlantic, CEO with hiding losses (AP) http://famousabout.com/sec-charges-bankatlantic-ceo-with-hiding-losses-ap http://famousabout.com/sec-charges-bankatlantic-ceo-with-hiding-losses-ap#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:22:24 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/sec-charges-bankatlantic-ceo-with-hiding-losses-ap AP – Federal regulators have accused BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc., the parent of one of Florida’s biggest banks, and its chief executive of misleading investors about the bank’s financial health as its holdings of commercial real estate loans soured in 2007.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/sec-charges-bankatlantic-ceo-with-hiding-losses-ap/feed 0 Vanilla Ice Project returns for new TV season (AP) http://famousabout.com/vanilla-ice-project-returns-for-new-tv-season-ap http://famousabout.com/vanilla-ice-project-returns-for-new-tv-season-ap#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:31:56 +0000 admin http://famousabout.com/vanilla-ice-project-returns-for-new-tv-season-ap AP – An unlikely home improvement show hosted by 1990s rapper Vanilla Ice is set to premiere its second season with the remodeling of another South Florida home.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/vanilla-ice-project-returns-for-new-tv-season-ap/feed 0 Calpers to sell housing portfolio: report (Reuters) http://famousabout.com/calpers-to-sell-housing-portfolio-report-reuters http://famousabout.com/calpers-to-sell-housing-portfolio-report-reuters#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:16:32 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/calpers-to-sell-housing-portfolio-report-reuters Reuters – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System is selling a portfolio of 28 housing communities to a partnership between San Diego-based developer Newland Real Estate Group LLC and an affiliate of Japan’s largest home-building company, Sekisui House Ltd (1928.T), the Wall Street Journal reported.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/calpers-to-sell-housing-portfolio-report-reuters/feed 0 Analysis: China developers launch funds to bridge finance gap (Reuters) http://famousabout.com/analysis-china-developers-launch-funds-to-bridge-finance-gap-reuters http://famousabout.com/analysis-china-developers-launch-funds-to-bridge-finance-gap-reuters#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:37:32 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/analysis-china-developers-launch-funds-to-bridge-finance-gap-reuters Reuters – China’s fledgling real estate investment fund market could see a surge of activity in 2012 as property developers launch their own vehicles in a desperate bid to bridge an estimated $111 billion financing gap in the year ahead.

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]]> http://famousabout.com/analysis-china-developers-launch-funds-to-bridge-finance-gap-reuters/feed 0 Exclusive: U.S. is top 2012 property investment pick (Reuters) http://famousabout.com/exclusive-u-s-is-top-2012-property-investment-pick-reuters http://famousabout.com/exclusive-u-s-is-top-2012-property-investment-pick-reuters#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:55:23 +0000 France http://famousabout.com/exclusive-u-s-is-top-2012-property-investment-pick-reuters Reuters – The United States will remain the top choice of most global commercial real estate investors in 2012, but the country has lost ground to Brazil which ranked No. 2 this year, according to a survey released Sunday.

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