South Florida’s Select Top Office Leases for Q1 2012

The following is an account of the South Florida market’s select top five office lease transactions for the first quarter 2012. The Miami Herald Media Company leased 158,265 square feet at the Doral Operations Center in the Miami Airport submarket. Blanca Commercial Real Estate,
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2012 Gold Rush: Alaska Wants To Buy Your Vacant House in the Lower 48

In this bear investment market, the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. is planning to make a $ 400 million commitment to hunt for vacant single-family homes in the lower continguous U.S. Under its single-family homes strategy, the Alaska fund would not purchase or directly own the properties
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U.S. Home Price Index Shows Year-Over-Year Increase of Just Over 1% in April, Second Increase in 2012

According to CoreLogic’s April Home Price Index (HPI) report, home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased on a year-over-year basis by 1.1 percent in April 2012 compared to April 2011. This was the second consecutive year-over-year increase this year, and the f
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RECon 2012 Roundup

A myriad of project announcements, deals and product launches came during ICSC’s RECon show in Las Vegas. Here’s a rundown of some of the news. National Real Estate Investor
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April 2012 Commercial Repeat Sales Analysis Now Available

CoStar Group released the latest findings of the CoStar Commercial Repeat-Sale Indices (CCRSI) last week, providing the market’s first look at commercial real estate pricing trends based on property sales that closed through February 2012, and offering the broadest measure of co
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NREI Seniors Housing Study First Quarter 2012

Register now to download a copy of the NREI Seniors Housing Study First Quarter 2012 Study. National Real Estate Investor
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U.S. Remodeling Industry Expects Measured Growth in 2012

(ORLANDO, FL) — Based on panelists at a press conference held this week at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) International Builders’ Show (IBS) in Orlando, Florida, the residential remodeling market will continue to experience measured growth in 2012 after t
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2012: Better? More of the Same? or Total Economic Chaos?

The commercial real estate world this year will look a lot like it did in 2011, according to CoStar newsreaders. During the last few weeks of the year, we asked readers to give us your boldest, best predictions that you could take to Las Vegas and put money on. Based on that propositi
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Technology, Energy Hubs to Outperform the National Office Market in 2012

The office market should slowly improve throughout 2012. National Real Estate Investor
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Audi CEO: Auto industry faces tougher year in 2012 (Reuters)

Reuters – The automotive industry faces a tougher year in 2012 than it has done this year, Audi Chief Executive Rupert Stadler told Reuters in an interview for release on Sunday. Yahoo! News: Business News
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