Lodging Sales Surge As ‘Unprecedented’ Hotel Market Run Unfolds

The U.S. lodging industry, benefitting from two years of sporadic recovery, should continue to enjoy gains in occupancy and pricing power through 2014, with rising profits luring greater levels of investment, according to a series of hospitality reports and outlooks released over the
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Investors See Good Prognosis for Health-Care Real Estate Despite Market Uncertainty

The health care industry and its real estate providers are literally caught between two eras as the 2012 elections and a key U.S. Supreme Court decision that will determine the future of health-care reform play out against the backdrop of a strengthening, yet far from robust, economic
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Hidden Hills Estate Home Once Leased by Britney Spears Back on Market

Hidden Hills Estate Britney Spears once rented (Los Angeles, CA) — The Hidden Hills estate that pop icon Britney Spears had been leasing for $ 25,000 a month is back on the market. Ronald N. Tutor, chief executive of the construction firm Tutor Perini, is listing the equestrian-
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U.S. Hotel Market Reports Performance Increases in January

According to STR, the U.S. hotel industry in January reported increases in all three key performance metrics. Overall, the U.S. hotel industry’s occupancy rose 4.1 percent to 49.4 percent, its average daily rate was up 3.9 percent to US$ 100.74 and its revenue per available room
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U.S. Hotel Market Performing Well in Early February

According to STR, the U.S. hotel industry experienced increases in all three key performance metrics during the week ending February 11, 2012. In year-over-year comparisons for the week, occupancy was up 2.6 percent to 55.9 percent, average daily rate increased 3.8 percent to US$ 102.
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Fed Chairman Bernanke Tells U.S. Home Builders Market in Transition, REO-to-Rental Programs Not a ‘Silver Bullet’

Ben S. Bernanke, Fed Chairman Today Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a thought-provoking speech on the state of the U.S. housing market to the nation’s top home builders gather at the National Association of Home Builder’s (NAHB) annual International Home Builder Show in Orl
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Landlords Poised to Regain Upper Hand In Recovering Office Market

Office space absorption doubled during 2011 as the office-using job base expanded and vacancies declined across nearly two-thirds of U.S. submarkets, CoStar Group reported this week in its Year-End 2011 Office Review & Outlook. The report presented to CoStar clients found that po
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Houston Housing Market Ends 2011 in Positive Territory

According to the Houston Association of Realtors (HAR), after several months in which home sales figures were skewed by the effects of the 2010 homebuyer tax credit, the Houston real estate market concluded 2011 solidly in the black. December marked the seventh straight month of incre
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How Keeping Up With Market Trends Can Help Landlords

When investing on rental properties, it is important that the investor should be on top of what is happening in the industry. Without the right knowledge of current happenings in the rental property business, landlords would not be able to formulate the right plan to maximize profit.
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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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