United States
LaSalle ready for U.S. commercial property deals Reuters 23.06.2009 | No recovery for U.S. property markets until 2017Ilaina Jonas Reuters 23.06.2009 |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - LaSalle Investment Management has about $1.5 billion to $2 billion ready to use to buy U.S. commercial property for its investors but does not expect to pull the trigger for a few quarters. |  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. urban commercial real estate markets probably will not recover until 2017, the head analyst of commercial mortgages for Deutsche Bank Securities (DBKGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Monday. |
Bargains abound in distressed marketJIM WOODARD Creators News Service 22.06.2009 | The Green Mandate for Commercial Real EstateDees Stribling Hospitality Design 22.06.2009 |
 Distressed properties — foreclosures, pre-foreclosures, bank-owned and short sale properties — represent an estimated 40 percent to 50 percent of all home being sold today in major U.S. markets. In fact, it is estimated that 8 million U.S. properties will be foreclosed upon by the end of 2009. |  Green building standards may not seem to be on the front burner of commercial real estate as much this year as last, simply because very little new development is breaking ground these days. Yet think and planning and policy shifts regarding sustainable real estate go on, anticipating the day when development will begin again. |
Spring U.S. housing market fell short-Coldwell CEOJulie Haviv reuters 19.06.2009 | Shapell Industries Closing Sales Despite Real Estate DownturnShapell Industries earthtimes 18.06.2009 |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - This year's peak home-buying season was lackluster, as buyers seeking to trade up to larger houses were absent, said the head of one of the country's largest real estate firms. |  BEVERLY HILLS, CA -- 06/17/09 -- Beverly Hills based Shapell Industries, Inc. -- parent company of S&S Construction and Shapell Homes -- has remained profitable despite the current, historic housing crash. In fact, while other developers have been forced to file Chapter 11 or have opted to simply stop building, Shapell not only has sticks in the ground, but also is consistently closing sales. |
U.S. Stocks Fall; S&P 500 Has Biggest Two-Day Drop Since AprilJeff Kearns bloomberg.com 17.06.2009 | New Law to Delay Foreclosures kmph.com 17.06.2009 |
 June 16 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks fell, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to its biggest two-day tumble since April, as Best Buy Co. posted disappointing sales and commodity producers sank on concern the economic recovery is stalling. |  Fresno - The American dream of homeownership continues to turn into a nightmare for many families. |
Real estate market looking up! May housing construction jumps 17 percent daily news 17.06.2009 | Developer George Tsakopoulos dies business journals 17.06.2009 |
 U.S. builders broke ground on more houses than forecast, as multifamily units surged and single- family units rose by the most since January 2006. |  Noted Sacramento developer George Tsakopoulos died Monday at the age of 82. |
