Hawaii Real Estate News for 09/22/2008



Oahu real estate market picking up?
I took a few days off to vacation in Maui, and came back to about a dozen inquiries from buyers this morning. Realtors that deal with buyers (like me) are often the first to notice a slowdown in a market, and the first to notice a ...

Two Greeley real estate firms join forces (Greeley Tribune)
RE/MAX Optimum Group, LLC, one of Greeley's leading real estate firms, has joined forces with RE/MAX Alliance of Greeley...

Two Greeley real estate firms announce merger (Greeley Tribune)
Two Greeley real estate firms have announced their merger...

Maui Businesses See Short-Term Rentals As Key
Eight Paia stores have closed in the past two months, and north shore business owners place much of the blame for the dire situation on Mayor Charmaine Tavares decision to shut down nonpermitted short-term rentals. ...

McGuire Real Estate Signs on With CleanOffer.com - MarketWatch

McGuire Real Estate Signs on With CleanOffer.com
MarketWatch - 11 hours ago
This is a company-wide partnership, which will allow every McGuire Real Estate agent in the counties of San Mateo, San Francisco, and Marin to provide .
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Real estate market embraces WTC delay - Crain's New York Business

Real estate market embraces WTC delay
Crain's New York Business, NY - 15 hours ago
Real estate professionals say the towers' development should be delayed to give time for the market to absorb an imminent jump in available sublease space. .
1.5M-Sq.-Ft. Bio Campus in Cambridge, Mass. BioRegion News
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Worried watchdog demands funds disclose exposure to real estate (Haaretz Daily)
Israel's institutional investors will have to disclose their exposure to the real-estate sector, after years of gorging on debt issued by big (and not so big) real-estate companies...

Israel Stocks: Market pares previous day's gains; banks and real estate off (Market Watch)
Israel stocks on Monday, led by banks and real-estate developers, give back some of the previous days enormous gains induced by the U.S. plan to rescue its financial markets...

Ever Changing Ideas in an Ever Changing Market
On Saturday we took our English Cocker Spaniel "Shadow" to the Regional Park across from Waipio Gentry Community. After running walking around the park in the hot noontime sun for awhile it was time to go. The dog had her tongue hanging ...

Real Estate Wrap: Occupancy in Broad St. building hits the 90s - Bizjournals.com

Real Estate Wrap: Occupancy in Broad St. building hits the 90s
Bizjournals.com, NC - 15 hours ago
Endurance Real Estate Group lined up a $31.9 million loan for Cherry Hill Business Park, a 15-building flex complex totaling 737283 square feet off .
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Real estate roundup: Energy-efficient buildings recognized - Bizjournals.com

Real estate roundup: Energy-efficient buildings recognized
Bizjournals.com, NC - 11 hours ago
Jeff Sholian of Pacific Real Estate Partners represented Jefferson; Doug Deurwaarder, Mark Carnese and Tom Usher of Cushman & Wakefield of Oregon .
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Lehman Creditors Lose as Real Estate Offered in Falling Market (Bloomberg.com)
Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. 's bankruptcy filing may delay the sale of about $30 billion of commercial real estate assets at a time when property values are eroding, leaving less on the table for creditors...

Real estate execs: 09 wont be our year - Crain's Chicago Business

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Real estate execs: 09 wont be our year
Crain's Chicago Business, IL - 10 hours ago
(Crains) EUR While Cubs fans hope for a World Series victory this fall, real estate executives are saying wait until the year after next year. .
Commercial real estate executives in US see no end to property crisis Property Wire
Commercial space toll worse than S&L crisis Financial Times
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Single Family Home sells for $1 in Detroit
According to a Detroit News article dated August 13, 2008 A Detroit home was listed for $1, and it still took almost three weeks to find a buyer. And no, this is not part of any elaborate deal - the home will likely be sold for 100 ...

Susan Swanezy Joins Credit Suisse as Head of Distribution for Alternative Investments Real Estate Products Group (Centre Daily Times)
Credit Suisse today announced that Susan Swanezy has joined the Alternative Investments business as the new Head of Distribution for the Real Estate Products Group ("REPG")...

Real estate firms shun leasing, prefer to sell (Express India)
Reputed real estate developers in Mumbai and many parts of the country have started selling their commercial real estate which includes office, retail and hotels, rather than leasing them out...

Hawaii Mortgage Interest Rates/Market Update 9/22
Aloha Everyone,. Rates higher than last week. Stocks fall as investors shaky about government buy-out of $700 billion in mortgage debt. News and updated rates below. http://www.HawaiisMortageGuy.com. Market Highlights ...

ClosingCorp Urges RESPA Changes to Help Consumers Shop for Real . - Earthtimes (press release)

ClosingCorp Urges RESPA Changes to Help Consumers Shop for Real .
Earthtimes (press release), UK - 7 hours ago
22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumers will be discouraged from shopping online and saving on title insurance and other real estate closing services unless .
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Oahu home, Condo Sales Still Down
Sales of Oahus single-family homes and condominiums continued to decrease, as did prices, in the three-month period ending in August. The number of single-family homes sold in the period dropped 29.8 percent compared to the same period ...

Comprehensive Real Estate Tax To Be Reformed - 조선일보(영문판)

Comprehensive Real Estate Tax To Be Reformed
조선일보(영문판), South Korea - 2 hours ago
The government will reform the embattled comprehensive real estate tax, whereby heavy duties have been levied on homes worth more than W600 million since .
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21 Reasons This November To Reject Rail For Honolulu
1. City & County of Honolulus own Parsons Brinkerhoff studies show when rail is built, it wont change road congestion. Per Parsons Brinkerhoff, when complete, rail will take take 1.3 percent of cars off the road. ...

REAL ESTATE CATALOGUE (St. Petersburg Times)
In the nearest issue you will find the latest data on commercial, residential and trade premises in St. Petersburg. Fresh information about state of real estate market, tips from the leading consulting companies and much more!..

Real estate market slow to respond to gov't plan - The Associated Press

The Associated Press

Real estate market slow to respond to gov't plan
The Associated Press - Sep 21, 2008
The Prudential real estate agent recalled a year ago, she'd see 10 to 15 people during an open house in this midtown Kansas City neighborhood. .
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An Estimator Looks At Oahus Proposed Rail Transit System
On the eve of Oahus Mayoral election, which may well decide the future of the current mayors proposed rail project, I took some time to review the 600+ page estimate prepared for this project by Parsons Brinkerhoff Quade & Douglas ...

GE Capital ready to cash in on real estate lending - Financial Times

GE Capital ready to cash in on real estate lending
Financial Times, UK - Sep 21, 2008
. other risky assets, is extending its push into corporate and commercial real estate debt to capitalise on the dearth of rival lenders in these markets. .
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Tory candidate in BC riding thrice-disciplined real estate agent - The Canadian Press

Tory candidate in BC riding thrice-disciplined real estate agent
The Canadian Press, VANCOUVER - 3 hours ago
VANCOUVER EUR The Conservative candidate in a suburban Vancouver riding was disciplined three times by British Columbia's real estate regulators, The Canadian .
Tory candidate in BC riding thrice disciplined real estate agent TheChronicleHerald.ca
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September 2008 Hawaii Real Estate Discussion - Focus On Forclosures
Sept 2008 Hawaii Foreclosures Discussion, with Scott Higashi on KITV news...

REAL ESTATE (St. Petersburg Times)
Residential real estate In this section you can find different offers on residential real estate from the leading real estate agencies: Apartments for all tastes: standard to luxurious, short or long terms...

Honolulu Economic Development Plan: An Integrated Vision Of .
Our four point plan to secure a bright economic future for Honolulu may be summarized as follows:. 1. Bring our infrastructure to world-class standards. A city in the current state of disrepair like ours simply cannot have a serious ...

Real estate market slow to respond to gov't plan (Washington Post)
KANSAS CITY, Kansas -- By late Saturday afternoon, only three prospective homebuyers had visited the open house Valerie Morrill was hosting. The Prudential real estate agent recalled a year ago, she'd see 10 to 15 people during an open house in this midtown Kansas City neighborhood...



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