Latest Real Estate News – Page 754

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    Invista reveals pressures as dividends halted

    2008-12-01T17:40:00Z

    UK/EUROPE - Invista European Real Estate Trust SICAF is suspending dividend payments in a bid to conserve cash and to deleverage the company.

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    CBRE trains its eye on Middle East

    2008-12-01T17:39:00Z

    ASIA - CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has revealed it is opening an office in Bahrain as part of the development of the company’s Middle Eastern business.

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    NAREIT reveals an uncertain future for REITs

    2008-11-27T18:54:00Z

    UNITED STATES - The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts’ annual convention in San Diego last week confirmed there is serious concern about the future of the REITs market in the current climate and how that will play out over the next couple of years.

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    Texas Teachers considers mezzanine debt

    2008-11-27T18:36:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Teacher Retirement System of Texas may be one the of few US pension funds to make a major investment this as officials are thinking of investing $150m (€116.9m) in mezzanine debt.

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    UK REITs could turn market liquidity - Deloitte

    2008-11-27T18:20:00Z

    UK – UK residential Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) will be attractive propositions for institutional investors and could help bring liquidity into the market, according to experts attending an IPD pre-conference meeting in Brighton yesterday.

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    UK Reits to struggle but better Europe - managers

    2008-11-27T18:10:00Z

    UK – UK REITs are entering unprecedented waters and are unlikely to achieve strong investor interest for at least a couple of years, according to Brend Stahli from Merrill Lynch.

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    Shake-up at ING RE Canada

    2008-11-27T18:00:00Z

    CANADA - ING Real Estate announced is making significant management changes to its Canadian subsidiary and losing five members of its senior team.

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    T.Rowe Price turns attention to globe real estate

    2008-11-27T17:54:00Z

    US/GLOBAL – US-based asset manager T. Rowe Price is launching a global real Estate strategy in a bid to expand its global investment opportunities.

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    Empty rates reform are 'empty promise'

    2008-11-27T17:28:00Z

    UK - UK government proposals to temporarily scrap rate for empty properties with an estimated value of less than £250,000 (€299,110) are nothing more than empty spin and do little to help the market, according to property experts.

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    CalPERS’ sustainability reduces tenants energy use

    2008-11-24T17:59:00Z

    US – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s (CalPERS) real estate partners have helped make significant progress towards the pension fund’s environmental goals.

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    Real estate derivatives gain fresh impetus

    2008-11-24T17:57:00Z

    UK - Derivatives offer real estate investors good opportunities to diversify their portfolio, according to property experts at the ING Real Estate Annual Seminar.

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    Oregon to follow on Guggenheim fund

    2008-11-24T17:54:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund has approved a $100m (€78.6m) commitment into the Guggenheim Fund II(a),which follows a fund launched in 2006.

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    Ohio School Employees to redeem real estate assets

    2008-11-24T17:47:00Z

    UNITED STATES - School Employees Retirement System of Ohio is in the process of issuing redemption queues on the RREEF America REIT II and BlackRock Strategic Apartment funds.

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    Oregon to follow on Guggenheim fund

    2008-11-24T17:45:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund has approved a $100m (€78.6m) commitment into the Guggenheim Fund II(a),which follows a fund launched in 2006.

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    Property sector finally unveiled for UK unlisted market

    2008-11-24T17:43:00Z

    UK – The Investment Management Association (IMA), trade body to the £3.4trn (€3.99trn) UK fund management industry, and its Performance Category Review Committee (PCRC) have created a new property sector.

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    Dubai acts to shore real estate from market risk

    2008-11-24T17:37:00Z

    MIDDLE EAST - The Dubai Government has formed a committee to tackle the impact of the financial crisis on its previously affluent property market and to restore investors’ confidence.

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    Grosvenor reviews its business priorities

    2008-11-24T17:34:00Z

    EUROPE- Grosvenor is planning to concentrate on developing its fund management business in continental Europe.

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    Negative rental growth now global

    2008-11-17T16:35:00Z

    GLOBAL – Rental growth has turned negative on a global scale and the downturn in emerging markets is accelerating, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) finds in its latest quarterly global report.

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    UK sets new record for fall in capital values

    2008-11-17T16:29:00Z

    UK – UK commercial property capital values fell by record levels last month, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).

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    UK will start to recover in 2010 – Schroders

    2008-11-17T16:28:00Z

    UK – The UK commercial real estate market will not stabilise until the latter part of 2009 but should begin to recover in 2010 according to Schroder Property.