Posts Tagged ‘real estate boom’

Construction costs, stricter lending rules blamed; some projects sold, others are redesigned

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

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 [...]

‘Wellness’ becomes condo selling point

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Would you like a shiatsu massage with your new condo? How about a bone-density test?
Arizona’s Canyon Ranch, regarded as the most glittering brand in the $10 billion spa industry, has branched into real estate, and on Wednesday will roll out a marketing campaign for the 67-story condo-hotel at Huron and Rush Streets that will bear [...]

Will supply and demand burst the Dubai real estate bubble?

Monday, April 16th, 2007

The arrival of a Korean developer and the promotion of rotating towers are surely separate symptoms of a bubble in Dubai real estate. Foreign firms are usually the last to arrive, and outlandish proposals are only taken seriously during the most bullish of times. But supply and demand is the issue of greater concern.
Expert opinion [...]

Loan woes hit condo, homeowners associations

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

At Glen Waye Gardens Condominiums in Silver Spring, Md., 21 owners are more than 30 days behind on their monthly condo fees. Two other owners have not paid since they bought their units, one in April 2005 and the other in September 2006. Both properties went into foreclosure.
The lost fees, which make up 5 percent [...]

The Real Estate Boom in the Gulf and the Housing Funding Dilemma

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

At the turn of the millennium, real estate markets and all associated sectors emerged as a key and vital factor of boosting economic development in Arab countries. This was especially because these markets have contributed greatly to the creation of new jobs, and the emergence of a number of other industries, such as contracting and [...]

Real estate boom was a boon for truss maker

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

Truss Components of WA Inc. makes trusses - wood frames t hat give the roof on a house its slope and structure.
The company, which has operated a Tumwater manufacturing plant since 1992, has benefited from South Sound’s growing real estate market.
Before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Truss Components produced trusses for an average of [...]

Juárez industrial real estate boom boosts El Paso

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

A booming Juárez industrial real estate market helped fill more El Paso warehouse space last year — bringing El Paso’s industrial vacancy rate to its lowest level in several years.
“Demand for warehousing (in El Paso) is back to where it was five years ago,” said Mike White, managing director of the El Paso office of [...]

Boom bust cycles in real estate, stocks and dollar shows stocks are headed for a massive fall in 2007

Monday, December 11th, 2006

Analytical studies that involve cycle analysis in real estate, stocks, dollar and gold are revealing some interesting data. Smart money in the last 100 years have moved in and out of real estate market in a periodic sinusoidal cycle. It has recycled itself between stocks, gold and real estate very systematically.
The real estate market absorbs [...]

Condo-hotel in Baja planned by Trump

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

Developer Donald Trump and Los Angeles-based real estate investment company Irongate Development plan to build a $200 million (all figures U.S.) luxury resort in northern Baja, Mexico.
The partners plan to start construction by year-end on Trump Ocean Resort Baja, a hotel-condominium on Punta Bandera with 526 suites that may be offered for rent when they [...]

Real estate boom was lowered in 2005

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

Now we know where some of the badness is lurking as the residential real estate market continues unwinding — 2005. The year the boom market turned.
That clue revealed itself last week when DataQuick Information Systems released a report that showed third quarter foreclosure activity soaring across the state from the year-ago levels.
DataQuick s analysis found [...]

Trump plans Baja resort

Monday, October 9th, 2006

Developer Donald Trump and Los Angeles-based real estate investment company Irongate Development plans to build a $200 million luxury resort in northern Baja, Mexico.
The partners plan to start construction by year-end on Trump Ocean Resort Baja, a hotel-condominium on Punta Bandera with 526 suites that may be offered for rent when they are not being [...]

Financial planners offer free tips to 116 callers

Monday, October 9th, 2006

When Sarah Brooks decided to get her financial house in order, that’s exactly where she began: her home.
The El Cerrito woman has been pondering whether to refinance her mortgage to get an interest rate lower than her current 7.4 percent. But she’s also considering selling the house within a few years, so she’s worried the [...]


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