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  • Harry Potter’s Birthplace for Sale
    The de Vera House in Suffolk was featured in the Harry Potter movies as the birthplace of both Harry Potter and Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore.
  • HUD to Provide Disaster Assistance to Isaac Victims
    HUD has offered foreclosure protection to the displaced families In the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac, U. S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced disaster assistance to displaced homeowners and low-income renters in the states of Mississippi and Louisiana.
  • Taylor Swift buys House Near Boyfriend’s Family Home
    Taylor Swift has bought a new home in Cape Code, near boyfriend's family home Taylor Swift has bought a new home in Cape Code Country pop musician Taylor Swift, 22, has bought a new house in Cape Cod, People magazine confirmed.
  • Santa Barbara Real Estate Prices Down From 2007
    Santa Barbara real estate has taken a plunge, with median home list prices down from $1,667,500 in September 2007 to $649,000 this May.
  • Spanish SME CLOs well protected despite real estate exposure
    Spanish SME CLO ratings are resilient in scenarios where the collateral performance significantly deteriorates but sovereign or counterparty risk does not increase, according to a new report by Fitch Ratings. This is despite their exposure to the real estate sector. Under a severe stress, no losses are expected for 'AA-sf' tranches, the highest rating achievable for Spanish structured finance transactions.
  • Manhattan Home Prices Steady in Second Quarter of 2012
    Prices and sales volume for Manhattan real estate were unchanged in the second quarter of 2012, largely due to the continued decline in inventory, low interest rates and increased foreign investment.
  • A Look Into Katie Holmes Home Following Tom Cruise Divorce
    Katie Holmes filed for divorce from Tom Cruise last week Friday following five years of marriage and a 6-year old daughter, Suri. Holmes is now settling down in an apartment in Chelsea, Manhattan.
  • United Real Estate to Auction Property
    United Real Estate, a real estate company in Northern Texas, in conjunction with United Country -- Coleman & Patterson, are conducting a multi-property auction event on Friday, July 27.
  • EverBank Buys $2.5 Bln GE Real Estate Unit
    EverBank Financial Corp. said it plans to buy a real estate unit of GE Capital Real Estate, North America for $2.51 billion in cash, according to a statement released by the company.
  • China's House Prices Up After 9 Months
    The average home price in China's 100 major cities edged up 0.05 percent in June from May, up for the first time in 10 months and manufacturing indicators beat forecasts.
  • Mike Miller Auctioning off House
    Miami Heat guard Mike Miller will sell his house on Saturday morning to the highest bidder. Miami Heat guard Mike Miller will sell his house on Saturday morning to the highest bidder.
  • Spanish Real Estate Prices Down
    The ongoing Spanish economic crisis has caused a massive decline in real estate prices, a new study found.
  • Ryan Phillippe Slashes Price of Hollywood Home
    Ryan Phillippe has lowered the asking price of his Hollywood home. The actor purchased the property for $7.1 million in 2008 following his split from ex-wife Reese Witherspoon but put it back on the market two years later for $7.45 million.
  • Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust
    Morguard REIT is a publicly traded closed-ended trust whose units are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Morguard REIT is an externally advised REIT that is 44.8% owned by Morguard Corp
  • Blackstone Real Estate Raises $12 Billion
    Blackstone Group LP has raised more than $12 billion for its latest real estate fund, according to a report.
  • Luxury Real Estate Numbers Strong in Second Quarter
    Luxury home prices were up and closings on some of the world's most beautiful properties picked up in the second quarter, bringing good news to those offering premium real estate in the U.S. and abroad.
  • U.K. House Prices Down in June
    U.K. house prices fell in June as the economy struggled to rebound from a recession and the end of a tax break continued to weigh on demand, Nationwide Building Society said.
  • Loss of American Home-ownership Dream: NAR
    The National Association of Realtors' met for their mid-year meeting last week where there was much concern over whether the "American Dream of Homeownership" has been lost forever.
  • Los Angeles Real Estate Attorneys Experience Dark Side of LA Real Estate
    With all real estate sales transactions, California law mandates the disclosure of material information and commonly used real estate contract forms tend to cover most, if not all required disclosures.
  • Pending Home Sales Up in May
    Home sales across America were up in May, with pending contracts matching the highest level the National Association of Realtors has seen in the past two years.
  • California Real Estate Up 11.2 Pct in May
    The state of California experienced an 11.2 percent jump in home sales for the year ending in May, according to a California Association of Realtors report released Wednesday.
  • Sotheby’s to invest in Chinese luxury market in 2013
    Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC, a unit of Realogy Corp., plans to start business in China’s luxury property by the first half of next year, targeting first-tier cities such as Beijing and Shanghai.
  • US most transparent real estate market in 2012: Study
    Recovering real estate markets is having a positive effect on transparency, which has been much needed following the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009.
  • Home prices rise for third consecutive month in April
    Residential real estate prices fell in April at the slowest pace in more than a year, the latest indication that a recovery in the housing market is gaining traction.
  • New York rental finder Blocksy.com changes name
    Blockhawk.com, a website based in New York which offers users a different way to search for houses and apartments to rent in New York City, has changed its name to Blocksy.com.
  • SEC sues Utah man for $100 Million real estate ponzi scheme
    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused a Utah man of defrauding investors of $100 million after failing to fulfill promises of higher returns in a real estate-based Ponzi scheme.
  • Irish house prices up in May
    Irish house prices rose in the month of May, making it their first increase since 2007, according to data released on Monday.
  • New home sales climb to 2 year high
    Sales of newly built homes rose to its highest level in two years, largely led by limited supply of previously owned homes and record-low mortgage rates.
  • New home sales up 7.6 Pct: Commerce Dept
    New single-family home sales were up 7.6 percent from April or 369,000 annualized sales, according to a report released by the Commerce Department on Monday.
  • California home sales show an upturn in housing market
    The state of California experienced an 11.2 percent growth in home sales over the May-to-May time period, according to recent data from the California Association of Realtors.
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