China flash PMI helps lift shares, eyes on Europe (Reuters)

Reuters – European shares were set to follow Asian gains on Tuesday after a survey of Chinese factory output soothed fears of a hard landing for the world’s No.2 economy, but gold hit a record on persistent concerns about the health of the developed world. Yahoo! News: Bus
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Inland To Sell Boston Area Office Bldg. for $57 Million

Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc. found a buyer for its 185,171-square-foot office building in Canton, MA. Hines Global REIT Inc. agreed to acquire the property known as Blue View Corporate Center for approximately $ 57 million or $ 308 per square foot. The transaction is schedul
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CoStar’s People of Note (August 14-20)

This week’s People of Note includes the following markets: Baltimore, Charlotte, Chicago, Inland Empire, Los Angeles and Retail. CHARLOTTE Lomax To Head Operations for CBRE in Charlotte Henry C. Lomax Jr. joined CB Richard Ellis Group (NYSE:CBG) to oversee its operations in Char
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Clearwater Bay Golf Club Opens on Hainan Island, China

Agile Clearwater Bay (LINGSHUI, CHINA) — Schmidt-Curley Design recently unveiled its newest golf course design project in China, the B Course at Clearwater Bay Golf Club in Lingshui. It is Schmidt-Curley’s second design at Clearwater Bay for the Agile Group, one of China&#
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Villas of Palm Beach Trade for $4.4M

AG Properties acquired the 60-unit Villas of Palm Beach multifamily community at 2236 Laurel Way in West Palm Beach, FL from ABC Construction, Inc. for $ 4,365,000, or $ 72,750 per unit. Villas of Palm Beach is a garden-style community consisting of seven buildings in the Greenacres s
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Q & A with Dottie Herman

Dottie Herman Q1 – Can you still get a no doc loan? A – Today there are no more true “No Doc” loans available.  What is available is a “stated income/full asset” check loan program available for self-employed borrowers who can put 35% down on a
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More volatility ahead as uncertainty rules (Reuters)

Reuters – The historic swings in the U.S. stock market over the past two weeks have investors struggling to figure out where equities may be headed next. Only one thing seems clear: The volatility is far from over. Yahoo! News: Business News
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How to Handle Your “Impossible” Tenant

Everybody has had them. I can remember the name of every one of them. These are the tenants that won’t play by the rules, and have no limitations to the amount of grief they can cause you – most actually delight in calling a hundred times a day, and complaining about thing
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U.S. Mortgage Rates Hit 50-Year Record Lows This Week

Frank Nothaft According to Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS), showed that mortgage rates, fixed and adjustable, reaching all-time record lows providing further incentive for those homeowners looking to refinance. The 30-year fixed averaged 4.15 perce
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Market Trend: South Florida’s Industrial Vacancy Stays at 9.0%

The South Florida Industrial market ended the second quarter 2011 with a vacancy rate of 9.0%. The vacancy rate was unchanged over the previous quarter, with net absorption totaling positive 280,252 square feet in the second quarter. Vacant sublease space increased in the quarter, end
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