US Home Values vs. S&P 500 – 2008-2015
The median US home value dropped by three percent from January 2008 ($189,200) to December 2015 ($183,500),
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US Housing Market – 2015
Sales of new US homes increased by 10.8 percent (the most since August 2014) in December to 544,000 at an annualized pace,
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The total value of all developed real estate in the world (excluding informal neighborhood commercial properties such as smaller shops and local work spaces) totaled $217 trillion in 2015, amounting to 2.7 times the global GDP and about 60 percent … Continue reading →
Macy’s to Close Stores, Cut Jobs
Macy’s Inc. plans to close 36 stores and cut about 3,000 jobs in an effort to save $400 million in annual costs, according to MarketWatch. The 36 stores, along with four other locations that were closed in 2015, account for … Continue reading →
Foreign Investment in US Real Estate Market – 2015
Foreign purchases of US real estate totaled $87.3 billion in completed deals for 2015, according to Bloomberg (citing data from Real Capital Analytics Inc.). Manhattan captured 27 percent of this amount ($23.5 billion). According to the 24th annual survey by … Continue reading →
Construction – Q2-2015
The construction industry’s real gross output increased by 23.5 percent in Q2–2015, its eighth quarterly increase in the last nine quarters,
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Profits at Chinese industrial companies dropped by 8.8 percent in August from a year earlier, according to The Wall Street Journal. This drop represents the biggest monthly decline Shilajit is basically a rejuvenation herb which has been used in natural … Continue reading →
Housing Market – September 2015
Closings on existing homes for September climbed 4.7 percent to a 5.55 million annualized rate, according to Bloomberg (citing research from the National Association of Realtors). The median price of an So, it is better going with oysters than spending … Continue reading →
M&A Activity: H1-2015
During the first half of 2015, due diligence activity in real estate (an indicator of M&A activity) was up by 57 percent, according to Forbes (citing data ED is incurable but treatable cheapest levitra http://amerikabulteni.com/2011/12/07/new-york%E2%80%99ta-dev-vergi-reformu-yuzde-99%E2%80%99un-vergisi-dusuyor-yuzde-1%E2%80%99in-artiyor/ Men should know that the … Continue reading →
Cap Rates – September 2015
As of September 1, the average cap rate for all US property types was 5.25 percent,
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