Real estate transactions and construction accounted for 12.7 percent of China’s gross domestic product and 15.1 percent of its GDP growth last year, according to The Wall Street Journal (quoting According to surrey, 90% viagra cialis levitra of men have … Continue reading →
Hong Kong, London, Moscow, Singapore and New York account for 40 percent ($2.2 trillion), of all global UHNWI (ultra-high-net-worth-individuals) real estate holdings, according to Savills. Hong Kong tops the list with $798bn followed by London ($676bn). As real estate prices … Continue reading →
George Soros and John Paulson are both taking ~$126m stakes in the flotation of Spanish property group Hispania Activos Inmobiliarios, according to the Financial Times. Hispania is seeking to list on the Madrid Stock Exchange as a real estate investment … Continue reading →
Seventy-seven percent of investors with assets of $1 million or greater own real estate, according Bloomberg (citing data from a survey conducted by Morgan Stanley’s Wealth-Management Unit). The number one alternative investment pick for 2014 among millionaires is direct ownership … Continue reading →
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) classifies assets into two categories: The Type A category of assets includes consumer-related products such as residential mortgages, auto loans/leases and SME loans. The Type B Category of assets includes most other … Continue reading →
Cap Rate (Capitalization Rate) Ratio between the net operating income (NOI) produced by a property and its capital cost (purchase price or current market value); Does not take into account financing factors or changes in income or costs; Useful, “snapshot” … Continue reading →
Retail real estate developer/owner Edens Investment Trust recently closed a $1.47 billion equity transaction that will allow the company to expand its portfolio from $4 billion to $7 billion, according to The Washington Post. Blackstone Group bought out the State … Continue reading →
Residential building permits are being issued at their fastest pace since June 2008. Recent U.S. Commerce Department data shows a 15 percent surge in multifamily permits nationwide with about one in three building permits issued this year being for the … Continue reading →
George Washington University’s real estate investments have tripled over the past decade and appreciated by $20 million in the past year, totaling $813 million by Q3 2013, according to Hypnosis can not only deliver strategies to aid resolve the issue … Continue reading →
In commercial real estate, early repayment of a CMBS loan may entail high penalties. This is because such loans are often bundled together and sold to investors as debt securities with a guaranteed rate of return. An early repayment would … Continue reading →