REAL ESTATE

Chinese real estate company IFM Investments Ltd priced its initial public offering at the bottom of a lowered range, an underwriter said on Wednesday.

Private equity firm Apollo Management founder Leon Black said on Wednesday he sees investment opportunities in commercial real estate, commodities, metals, energy and agriculture.

Sales of newly built U.S. single-family homes fell unexpectedly in December, data showed on Wednesday, the latest indication that the government-led housing recovery might be losing some steam.

U.S. mortgage applications fell for the first time in four weeks, reflecting a dramatic drop in demand for home refinancing loans, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday.

The Norwegian central bank chief said in a speech on Norwegian housing finance on Monday that loan-to-value ratios were in some cases alarmingly high.

Home prices slipped in November and were softer than expected in the latest sign that a rebound in the U.S. housing market is still tenuous, according to Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller indexes on Tuesday.

U.S. home prices slipped in November and were softer than expected in the latest sign that a rebound in the U.S. housing market is tenuous, according to Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller indexes on Tuesday.

A group led by Tishman Speyer Properties LP is giving up control of the Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village apartment complex in Manhattan to creditors, marking the collapse of one of the largest transactions during the U.S. real estate boom.

NY-based architects Rhea White and Steve Schappacher of Schappacher White sent us images of their recently remodeled Shelter Island fisherman's cottage, built in 1904.

The end of the Federal Reserve's program to buy mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could have a ripple effect on the market for U.S. government bonds.

The city of Baghdad asked foreign companies on Thursday to sign up for a project to design and build 75,000 apartments, the first phase of a $10 billion plan to rebuild the Iraqi capital's sprawling Sadr City slum.

U.S. home starts unexpectedly fell last month as unusually cold weather hampered construction, but a jump in building permits to a 14-month high indicated the housing market recovery was intact.

The homebuilding industry's biggest trade show meets this week, but most of its biggest executives will not be there.

New U.S. housing starts unexpectedly fell in December, likely the result of unusually cold weather, while producer prices rose for a third straight month.

Demand for U.S. home loans rose last week for the third straight week as mortgage rates fell to a one-month low and stoked refinancing, an industry group said on Wednesday.

New U.S. housing starts unexpectedly fell in December, pulled down by a drop in construction activity for single-family dwellings, a government report showed on Wednesday.

Vacancy rates for apartments in New York City's borough of Manhattan, the largest U.S. apartment market, declined in 2009, as lower rents and better landlord incentives attracted tenants, according to a quarterly brokerage report.

U.S. foreclosure actions shattered all records in 2009 and will do so again this year, with unemployment and wage cuts overcoming programs to remedy failing home loans, RealtyTrac said on Thursday.

U.S. mortgage bonds at the heart of the financial crisis may be revived by Wall Street as soon as this quarter, in what could be the most significant step yet toward repairing the credit and housing markets.

More foreclosed properties are expected in New York City’s commercial sector as vacancy rates continue to rise and as rents continue to fall in the city.

Banks in the UAE, heavily exposed to the region's ailing real estate market, can use a local foreclosure law to reclaim assets, but a sharp increase in reposessions is unlikely for now, lenders and analysts said.

China renewed its vow to curb runaway property prices and keep a watch on excessive lending, while investors rushed to cut exposure to risk on Wednesday, a day after the central bank tightened bank reserve requirements.

The Hattab home -- grey paint peeling from the walls, foundations sinking through the ground -- is squeezed in by brightly painted, three-storey villas blocking its view of the Mediterranean Sea.

U.S. mortgage applications rose in the first week of 2010, reflecting surging demand for home refinancing loans as interest rates dropped, industry data showed on Wednesday.

New home prices rose 0.4 percent in November for the fifth consecutive monthly gain, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday, adding to growing evidence that the housing market is leading Canada's economic recovery.

Fewer U.S. home sellers cut listing prices on their homes for a second straight month in December as home sellersrush to beat rising interest rates and an expiring tax credit, real estate website Trulia.com said on Tuesday.

U.S. commercial real estate investors may have to wait until next year to see their returns start to grow, as returns will likely remain in negative territory this year, according to the research arm of real estate services company CB Richard Ellis Group Inc.

The value of Canadian building permits fell 4.6 percent in November from October, roughly in line with expectations, as a decline in nonresidential projects offset the ninth consecutive increase in housing permits.

New York office landlord SL Green Realty Corp on Friday will become the owner of a 21-story downtown office next to the World Trade Center site, following a foreclosure auction after the prior owner, Sapir Organization, defaulted on the mortgage.