Dubai's Emaar Properties shuts Algeria office The Star | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Shares of the Dubai developer building the world's tallest skyscraper extended their slide Sunday after the company shut an office overseeing US$20 billion worth of real estate projects in Algeria. | Emaar Properties, the Middle East's biggest publicly traded real esta...
Lend Lease expects housing price recovery The Australian | PROPERTY developer Lend Lease expects house prices to recover but does not anticipate big rises despite a housing shortage in Australia. | Lend Lease chief executive Steve McCann said yesterday that there was a general shortage of housing in Australia, giving him confidence that the downturn in th...
Realty firms lead gainers pack in early trade ahead of Budget The Times Of India | Text: MUMBAI: Realty stocks on Monday led the gainers pack in morning trade on the Bombay Stock Exchange and jumped over 6 per cent, amid expectations that the Budget would give special attentio...
Homeowners stuck with unwanted houses pay big bucks for upkeep Asbury Park Press | Owning an unwanted house can be expensive. | In the 1 1/2 years that Ed Tuttle, 31, has tried to sell his unoccupied brick one-story in Oklahoma City, he has hired people to mow the lawn, regrout tile, stage the home, repair a squirrel-eaten hole i...
Shooting unveils very different sides of McNair Philadelphia Daily News | TERESA M. WALKER | The Associated Press | NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Steve McNair earned the respect of his fellow NFL players for shaking off defenders and injuries. That same blue-collar playing style won the love of fans amazed at how the quarterback ke...
No end to woes for house prices Business Report | Johannesburg - House prices remained on a downward trend for June, Absa said on Monday. | According to its house price index, prices dropped further in nominal terms in June by 4.4 percent year-on-year. | In real terms (where inflation has been fac...
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Northern Rock fattens up for sale The Times | Northern Rock has begun offering mortgages to existing customers again - for the first time since the bank was nationalised in 2007. The move comes as the government prepares Nor...
Spicer housing finding tenants Ohio | When J.J. Hammerle was looking for an apartment, he wanted something close to the law school at the University of Akron, where he is a student. | He stumbled onto the luxury town...
Feature: Ghana in the mind of Nigeria Joy Online As United States President Barrack Obama sideline Africa’s giant, Nigeria, and instead makes his first African visit to Ghana, it has unmasked the long friction between the two countries. But the deeper truth is that the two countries need each other...
Real estate listings from Michael Y. Cannon The Miami Herald | OAKLAND PARK | MIXED-USE BUILDING SELLS FOR $450,000 | Location: 1586 E. Commercial Blvd. | Seller: Peggy Messingschlager, as trustee of the Peggy Messingschlager Revocable Trust Agreement. | Buyer: TAM Holdings, represented by Andres Mencia, manag...
Jackson’s mother faces challenge in effort to control estate The Boston Globe | LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson was one of the most famous people on earth and also one of the most famously broke. Many people who crossed paths with the performer in the final years of his life accused him of skipping out on bills. Jackson came wit...
NJ bill on autism insurance closer to becoming law Philadelphia Daily News | BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI | The Associated Press | TRENTON, N.J. - A measure that would expand health insurance coverage for autism and other developmental disabilities in New Jersey may soon become law. | The bill requires insurers to cover the cost of autism treatments deemed medically necessary, such as physical, speech and occupational therapy, along ...
Repayment of UK mortgage debt accelerates in 1Q Syracuse | (AP) - LONDON - U.K. homeowners paid down mortgage debt in the first quarter at the fastest rate in a year, shrinking the pool of money available for retail spending, the Bank of England said Friday. | The bank estimated that mortgage holders paid off 8.1 billion pounds in the quarter, compared to 7.8 billion pounds in the fourth quarter of 2008 ...
