Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. announced that it will provide an online audio simulcast of its presentation to the investment community at the Oppenheimer 8th Annual Consumer Growth Conference in Boston, July 8-10, 2008. The Company’s presentation will take place on Thursday, July 10, 2008, at 4:10 p.m. ET.
The live audio broadcast of Ashford Hospitality Trust’s [...]
A massive foreclosure rescue bill cleared a key Senate test Tuesday by an overwhelming margin, with Democrats and Republicans both eager to claim election-year credit for helping hard-pressed homeowners.
The mortgage aid plan would let the Federal Housing Administration back $300 billion in new, cheaper home loans for an estimated 400,000 distressed borrowers who otherwise would [...]
The region’s rental market appears to be benefiting from the nationwide housing slump. With fewer folks moving into a place of their own, demand for rentals is high and landlords are reaping the benefits.
More tough times may be on the horizon for the nation’s housing market. But as the credit crunch deepens and mortgage defaults [...]
The housing slump continues to deepen, gathering pace across new and existing home sales; something investors will have to keep in mind as they assess the Westpac move on St George.
Housing finance is the safest and most profitable form of bank lending, especially with all the added services for personal banking like credit cards, personal [...]
The summary of a 2008 nationwide real estate forecast is sprinkled with fearsome words: “greater downside risk,” “repricing environment,” “vulture-oriented investing,” “retrench,” “ebbing tenant demand,” “tapped-out consumers.”
But speakers at a meeting Tuesday about the “Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2008″ report said Utah has a hard-charging economy and demographics that will insulate it from a [...]
The 10th Annual Green Building Expo is scheduled for October 5th and 6th, 2007 at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. With more than 6, 000 people expected to attend, this year’s Expo is shaping up to be an exciting two days filled with a wide array of activities for all ages.
Green builders and [...]
The ugly side of San Diego’s condominium downturn is on display along Fifth Avenue.
The bones of what was supposed to be Atmosphere, nearly 80 “luxury live/work units for a life well-designed,†sit open to public view. Naked steel rods and yawning holes are in the earth. The wood and chain-link fence around the site [...]
Single-family home sales rose slightly in July, marking the second time this year that monthly sales have risen. Year-to-date sales and median prices, however, are still down, according to a report released today by The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman.
Sales rose 1.5 percent from 5,151 in July 2006 to 5,229 this year. Single-family [...]
The grungy hotel room was reeking of smoke. The bathtub was rusty. The bedspread and furnishings were dingy relics. But I couldn’t leave. I’d already paid $155 in an online travel auction for the Queen Mary Hotel room — $91 for the room, $20 commission, $24 in taxes and $20 to upgrade to a room [...]
This makes Sheraton Miramar Resort one of the 99 most popular hotels worldwide.
The HolidayCheck Award one of the most desirable consumer choice awards of the travel industry…HolidayCheck is a portal created by ‘travellers for travellers’, so the prize was assigned by travellers based on opinions released by travellers. That is unique!
The awarding is based on [...]
Dissatisfaction with accommodations is the second-most-common travel complaint, after airline problems.
It’s happened to every traveler. You arrive someplace to discover the hotel described in the brochure or Web site as “first class†turns out to be anything but, at least by your personal standards. Perhaps the room is too dirty, too small, too hot, too [...]
For the 80% of home buyers turning toward the Internet to help make an informed real estate purchasing decision, Trulia.com, the national residential real estate search engine, today emerged from beta phase to announce new services and a significant site upgrade. Trulia Voices, Trulia Alerts and new smart filtering features now make it easier than [...]
